Europa League: Freiburg vs Aston Villa – Betting preview

Ace Football previews the Europa League round Final match between Freiburg and Aston Villa and offers team news, stats and a free betting tip with the latest odds.

Having not shared a spot in the same division in recent times, this is the first time Freiburg comes up against Aston Villa as of late.

Form: Freiburg vs Aston Villa

Freiburg Form

Freiburg have been a little inconsistent recently, as they beat Braga by 3-1. Following that up proved too difficult, as they lost 3-2 against Hamburger SV, before achieving a 4-1 win against RB Leipzig. Freiburg swept all opposition aside in the six most recent Europa League matches at their home ground. They won all six, adding 18 points to their account, whilst scoring 15 and conceding two goals.

Aston Villa Form

In their last three matches, Aston Villa beat Nottingham Forest 4-0, drew 2-2 with Burnley and beat Liverpool by 4-2. Aston Villa recorded a very decent outcome of four wins from six away matches in the Europa League, in which they banged in eight goals, whilst conceding five. They recorded no draws but in stead suffered defeat twice.

Betting stats and facts for Freiburg and Aston Villa

Let’s have a look at some of the most interesting betting-relevant facts based on the stats from the last couple of matches that Freiburg and Aston Villa played across all tournaments.

In-form players: Freiburg vs Aston Villa

There are a few players in each team who currently draws attention to their name in the goal-scoring department. For the visitors, Ollie Watkins has been hitting the net regularly and now has five goals in his last six games. Should he find himself in the starting line-up on Wednesday, it is because Aston Villa bank on him to build on these numbers against Freiburg. The latter relies on Vincenzo Grifo, who found the target three times in six games.

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Full-time result

In their last 10 matches at Tupras Stadyumu across all tournaments Freiburg won six times, drew two and lost two times. Aston Villa claimed three wins, three draw and four defeats in their last 10 games away. Freiburg did not lose any of their last 5 matches on home soil.

Both teams to score

Freiburg scored the first goal of the match an impressive eight times in the last ten home games. Aston Villa scored the opening goal in five of a possible ten games. Both teams have scored in the last 4 consecutive home games Freiburg played. Both teams have been quite terrible at keeping their opponents at bay in recent matches. While Freiburg managed to keep a clean sheet in one of the last 10 games, Aston Villa kept their opponent from scoring in two of their last 10 matches.

Total goals

Over 2.5 goals came out eight times in the previous ten matches across all tournaments for Freiburg, who scored an average of 1.8 goals along the way. Over 2.5 goals happened in seven of the last ten games for Aston Villa, who scored 2.3 times on average in these matches. Freiburg conceded a goal in their last 9 matches.