Europa League match preview: Nantes versus SC Freiburg

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 13.October
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau (37473 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Nantes at Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and SC Freiburg with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

Everyone involved with the away team has to get their travel gear ready for this match as there's a whopping 900 kilometers to cover before arriving at the match.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Nantes form and stats

The story so far in the Ligue 1 for Nantes at their home stadium (Stade de la Beaujoire - Louis Fonteneau) is 1 win, 2 draws and 1 defeat. 1W-0D-2L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Nantes.

The followers are hoping that Nantes will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 0-3 away loss in the game against Rennes. Defender Pallois got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.3/10. Pallois won 5 of 6 duels.

Before that game, a defeat in the away fixture against SC Freiburg in the Europa League.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Brest are coming to town in three days.

Nantes have conceded 5 in these home matches.

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SC Freiburg form and stats

3 wins, 2 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of SC Freiburg playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. Total Europa League statistics for SC Freiburg: 3 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.

SC Freiburg are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 2-2 draw at Hertha BSC. As mentioned above, SC Freiburg drew the match against Hertha BSC. Manager Streich brought on Schade to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Midfield player Doan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.04/10. Doan served one assist and hit three key passes.

Before that match, the victory at home hosting Nantes in the Europa League (2-0).

The visitors will be packing their bags again in only three days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Bayern München.

It's not easy to score on Freiburg as they have only conceded 4 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent recorded result featuring both these teams is the SC Freiburg - Nantes 2-0 played previously this season.

Top Goalscorers

SC FreiburgM. Gregoritsch
M. Gregoritsch
4 goals
NantesM. Simon
M. Simon
3 goals
SC FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
3 goals

Nantes missing players

SC Freiburg missing players

Nantes SC Freiburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
7 5   Won W   9 16
6 3   Drew D   2 6
12 3   Lost L   1 3
30 16   Scored S   28 48
43 13   Conceded C   14 27
92% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
80% 73%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
56% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   75% 64%
32% 18%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   50% 36%
20% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 20%
52% 55%   BTTS BTTS   58% 52%
20% 18%   Clean Sheets C S   42% 48%
36% 36%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
5 4.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.6 4.6
4.9 5.3   Corners against (avg) C A   5.1 4.6
1.7 1.4   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.9 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.8 11.2   Shots (avg) S (   13.1 14.3
3.6 3.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.9 5.4
33% 37%   Goal Efficiency G E   47% 34%
 
13.7 12.8   Shots against (avg) S A   13.1 12.8
4.3 3.1   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.4 4.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 SC Freiburg 3 3 0 0 7 1 2 2 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 3 0 6 9
2 Qarabağ 3 2 0 1 7 2 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 4 2 5 6
3 Nantes 3 1 0 2 2 6 1 1 0 0 2 1 2 0 0 2 0 5 -4 3
4 Olympiakos Piraeus 3 0 0 3 1 8 2 0 0 2 0 6 1 0 0 1 1 2 -7 0
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 PSG 10 8 2 0 28 5 4 3 1 0 9 4 6 5 1 0 19 1 23 26
2 Lorient 10 8 1 1 21 14 4 4 0 0 10 5 6 4 1 1 11 9 7 25
3 Olympique Marseille 10 7 2 1 20 7 6 4 1 1 11 6 4 3 1 0 9 1 13 23
4 Lens 10 6 3 1 17 8 5 5 0 0 12 5 5 1 3 1 5 3 9 21
5 Monaco 10 6 2 2 19 13 5 2 1 2 10 11 5 4 1 0 9 2 6 20
6 Rennes 10 5 3 2 20 9 5 4 0 1 13 3 5 1 3 1 7 6 11 18
7 Lille 10 5 1 4 18 18 5 3 0 2 9 11 5 2 1 2 9 7 0 16
8 Clermont 10 5 1 4 14 15 5 3 0 2 6 9 5 2 1 2 8 6 -1 16
9 Olympique Lyonnais 10 4 2 4 17 12 6 4 1 1 14 5 4 0 1 3 3 7 5 14
10 Montpellier 10 4 0 6 21 21 6 3 0 3 9 10 4 1 0 3 12 11 0 12
11 Toulouse 10 3 3 4 14 16 5 2 2 1 8 8 5 1 1 3 6 8 -2 12
12 Troyes 10 3 2 5 18 21 4 1 2 1 6 7 6 2 0 4 12 14 -3 11
13 Nice 10 3 2 5 9 13 5 1 1 3 4 8 5 2 1 2 5 5 -4 11
14 Strasbourg 10 1 5 4 10 14 5 0 3 2 4 7 5 1 2 2 6 7 -4 8
15 Reims 10 1 5 4 12 19 5 0 3 2 4 9 5 1 2 2 8 10 -7 8
16 Auxerre 10 2 2 6 10 22 5 1 2 2 5 8 5 1 0 4 5 14 -12 8
17 Angers SCO 10 2 2 6 11 24 6 1 1 4 7 14 4 1 1 2 4 10 -13 8
18 Ajaccio 10 2 1 7 7 15 5 0 1 4 2 8 5 2 0 3 5 7 -8 7
19 Nantes 10 1 4 5 9 18 4 1 2 1 4 5 6 0 2 4 5 13 -9 7
20 Brest 10 1 3 6 10 21 5 0 2 3 3 12 5 1 1 3 7 9 -11 6
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Union Berlin 9 6 2 1 16 6 4 3 1 0 8 3 5 3 1 1 8 3 10 20
2 SC Freiburg 9 5 3 1 14 8 4 2 1 1 4 4 5 3 2 0 10 4 6 18
3 Bayern München 9 4 4 1 25 8 4 2 2 0 9 3 5 2 2 1 16 5 17 16
4 Borussia Dortmund 9 5 1 3 13 12 5 3 1 1 7 5 4 2 0 2 6 7 1 16
5 Werder Bremen 9 4 3 2 20 14 4 1 1 2 10 8 5 3 2 0 10 6 6 15
6 Borussia M'gladbach 9 4 3 2 16 12 5 4 0 1 12 4 4 0 3 1 4 8 4 15
7 Hoffenheim 9 4 2 3 14 10 5 3 1 1 9 5 4 1 1 2 5 5 4 14
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 9 4 2 3 16 16 5 2 1 2 8 8 4 2 1 1 8 8 0 14
9 Köln 9 3 4 2 16 15 4 2 1 1 6 4 5 1 3 1 10 11 1 13
10 Augsburg 9 4 1 4 9 13 5 1 1 3 3 9 4 3 0 1 6 4 -4 13
11 RB Leipzig 9 3 3 3 14 13 4 3 1 0 11 2 5 0 2 3 3 11 1 12
12 Mainz 05 9 3 3 3 9 13 4 0 3 1 2 5 5 3 0 2 7 8 -4 12
13 Wolfsburg 9 2 3 4 9 15 4 1 2 1 7 8 5 1 1 3 2 7 -6 9
14 Hertha BSC 9 1 5 3 10 12 5 0 4 1 6 7 4 1 1 2 4 5 -2 8
15 Bayer Leverkusen 9 2 2 5 13 16 5 1 1 3 8 9 4 1 1 2 5 7 -3 8
16 Schalke 04 9 1 3 5 10 21 4 1 1 2 8 12 5 0 2 3 2 9 -11 6
17 Stuttgart 9 0 5 4 9 14 5 0 2 3 3 7 4 0 3 1 6 7 -5 5
18 Bochum 9 1 1 7 8 23 5 1 1 3 5 12 4 0 0 4 3 11 -15 4

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The UEFA Europa League, abbreviated as UEL and commonly referred to as just the Europa League, is an annual football club competition organised by UEFA. It is the second-tier competition for football clubs in Europa, beneath the UEFA Champions League in value and importance. Teams qualify through their performance in their national leagues and cup competitions. Some teams qualify from the Champions League; more precisely the teams who are knocked out in the playoff qualifying round and the third-place finishers of the group stage. The winner of the Europa League qualifies for the Champions League in their next competitive season.