Ace Football previews the Europa League round of 16 match between Freiburg and Genk and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.
When Genk come to Europa-Park Stadion for the Europa League match on Thursday, Freiburg will be hoping to use their home advantage to their advantage.
Form: Freiburg vs Genk
Freiburg Form
In their previous three outings, Freiburg drew 3-3 with Bayer Leverkusen, before losing 1-0 against Genk and 0-1 against Union Berlin. Freiburg have been nothing short of fabulous at their home ground in the six most recent Europa League matches here. They quite simply claimed a maximum 18 points, scoring ten while conceding three goals. Naturally, this is the best points total in the Europa League across the last six games.
Genk Form
Genk won twice in their last three matches, but began by losing 2-1 against Union St.Gilloise, before beating Freiburg 1-0. Another win followed, this time by 1-0 against St.Truiden. Genk came through their last six away games in the Europa League with four wins. Of those six matches, they drew once and lost once in which, they scored 11 and conceded six.
Betting facts for Freiburg and Genk
Here are some facts that might be useful for placing bets on the upcoming game between Freiburg and Genk. The facts are based on the statistics from the last couple of matches that these teams played across all tournaments.
- In the last 5 Freiburg matches in the Europa League, the sum of goals was under 1.5
- Freiburg have won the last 5 home matches in a row in the Europa League while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- Freiburg have won 7 of the last 9 home matches while scoring less than 2.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 8 Freiburg matches in the Europa League, the sum of goals was under 2.5
- In 10 of the last 12 Freiburg home matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In 8 of the last 10 Genk matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- In 6 of the last 7 Genk away matches the sum of goals was over 2.5
- Genk have won 4 of the last 5 away matches while scoring more than 1.5 goals
- In 7 of the last 9 Genk away matches in the Europa League, the sum of goals was under 3.5
- In the last 3 Genk matches the sum of goals was under 3.5
Players on top: Freiburg vs Genk
Having scored just once lately in the Europa League, Vincenzo Grifo will be eager to hit the target again, and the upcoming game presents an opportunity to step up. Genk hope Zakaria El Ouahdi can inflict some damage on their upcoming opponents by adding to his tally of four Europa League goals in his last six Europa League games.
Popular markets: Freiburg vs Genk
Full-time result
Freiburg claimed a modest seven wins from their previous 10 home matches across all tournaments. They split the points with the visiting team in two of the games, whilst losing one. Genk won four of their last 10 games away, drew two and lost four of the games in this run.
Both teams to score
Freiburg scored first in six of their last ten home games. Genk scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive away games Genk played. There appears to be a good chance of seeing Freiburg on the scoreboard this coming Thursday with Genk managing just a single four clean sheet in the previous 10 games. The hosts fought their way to one clean sheets in their previous 10 matches.
Total goals
Freiburg saw over 2.5 goals in three of their last ten matches across all tournaments, as they scored an average of 0.7 goals during this run. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Genk, who scored 1.9 times on average in these matches. Freiburg conceded a goal in their 7 most recent matches.
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