Freiburg will face Olympiacos in the 5th round of the UEFA Europa League at Europa Park on Thursday 27 October.
The hosts topped Group G by winning their first four matches. In any case, they managed to advance to the playoffs and knockout on a point from this match. Freiburg will face Olympiacos in the fifth leg of the UEFA Europa League at the Europapark on Thursday, October 27.
And ‘Olympiacos’ has not won in Europe this season and has only one point. The playoffs were all but banned.
Freiburg beat Werder Bremen 2-0 in the Bundesliga on Saturday and Olympiacos beat Panetolikos 2-0 to win the Greek Super League on Saturday. It will also be interesting to see how the two teams at the front of the table lock their coaxons on Thursday.
prediction
Freiburg is in good form this season and is one of three teams with a 100% record in the Europa League. They haven’t lost at home since August and have won 6 of their last 7 home games in the competition. The visitors have just one goal in the league this season and their goal race could be overturned once again.
Given the contrasting forms of the two teams, an easy win is within reach for Freiburg, who can also keep a clean sheet.
Freiburg 2-0 Olympiacos
head-to-head
The two teams met for the first time in September at the Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium. There, Freiburg prevailed 3-0 with Michael Gregoritsch’s goal.
Only Feyenoord (12) have beaten Freiburg (11) in the Europa League this season. Freiburg also has the best defensive record in the league, conceding just one goal in four matches.
Olympiacos has the worst offensive record in the league, scoring just 1 goal in 4 matches. “Olympiacos” have not won their last 11 Europa League matches.
Freiburg have kept clean sheets in their last three games of the regular season, but the visitors have not scored in their last three games.
Freiburg has suffered just one defeat at home in all competitions this season. They are on a four-game unbeaten run and have scored two goals in one game.
line-up
Freiburg predicted starting lineup:
Flekken; Kubler, Lienhart, Schlotterbeck, Gunter; Eggestein, Keitel; Doan, Woo-yeong, Holer; Petersen
Olympiacos predicted starting lineup:
M’Vila, Hwang, Biel; Kamara, El Arabi, Paschalakis; Pipa, Ntoi, Papastathopoulos, Reabciuk; Masouras,
betting tips
- Result – Freiburg
- Goals – Over/Under 2.5 Goals – Under 2.5
- At least a goal to be scored in the second half – Yes
- Michael Gregoritsch to score any time – Yes
where to watch
You can watch all Europa League Matches on Sony Liv.