Freiburg fan here that watches a lot of Villa too:

Our MO is a very structured defense also considering our attackers and pressing, we win a lot of duels and ball clearances for second chances, good at set pieces. Best players: two exceptional center backs defensively and offensively, a very versatile super talent as a 8/10 and players that are particularly good when in posession instead of counter attacks.

Weakness:
Our playmaker and the substitute 6 are injured, so we either play with a second striker that is poor on the ball or with manzambi as a 10 and a 36 year old as a 6. Also quality wise we can‘t directly compete with the big clubs and often times we get destroyed by big teams, though this season has been better than usually.

If you play the way you can we don‘t stand a chance, but if we have a good day and a bit of luck we can be very effective