Europa League preview and statistics: Olympiakos Piraeus vs SC Freiburg full pre-match guide

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 15.September
Match begins: 16:45 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki (32115 seats)

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Olympiakos Piraeus at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki when the Europa League tournament arrives in town and SC Freiburg with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

It's quite the trip for SC Freiburg when visiting Olympiakos as the cities are 2400 kilometers apart.

It's no vacation for neither Olympiakos Piraeus nor SC Freiburg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Olympiakos Piraeus was eliminated in the knockout round play-offs last season in the Europa League. Atalanta was too strong.

Seven points from three Super League home games is a great start for Olympiakos Piraeus, who are hoping to build on that form here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki. This match is a Europa League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 0 wins, 4 draws and 1 loss in this competition.

The home followers saw a 1-1 draw versus Volos NFC last time out and are looking for a win here. The hometeam coach Vallet made a successful contribution in the game against Volos NFC, bringing on Arabi who scored the equalizer in the 1-1 draw. Valbuena (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.81/10. Valbuena hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 26 successful passes (of 31 total).

Before that, a defeat in the away fixture against Nantes in the Europa League.

There will be little rest for Olympiakos after this match as they are travelling to Aris for a Super League game in only three days.

From these home matches, Olympiakos Piraeus have conceded only 2 goals.

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SC Freiburg form and stats

SC Freiburg are on a winning streak away after three games, as mentioned below. A maximum 9 points in the bag from 3 travels in the Bundesliga.

SC Freiburg's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Borussia M'gladbach that finished 0-0. Goalkeeper Flekken got the top player rating of the team with 8.12/10. Flekken topped it up with a clean sheet.

A home victory as expected against Qarabağ before that, in the Europa League.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Freiburg manager Streich as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hoffenheim.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 8 goals in 3 league games away this season. It's not easy to score on SC Freiburg as they have only conceded 2 goals from these away games.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

SC FreiburgV. Grifo
V. Grifo
3 goals
SC FreiburgM. Gregoritsch
M. Gregoritsch
3 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusY. El-Arabi
Y. El-Arabi
2 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

SC Freiburg missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus SC Freiburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   12 25
8 4   Won W   9 15
10 5   Drew D   2 6
7 2   Lost L   1 4
31 14   Scored S   26 46
34 13   Conceded C   14 32
92% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 88%
84% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   75% 72%
48% 36%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   67% 64%
28% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   42% 40%
8% 9%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   25% 28%
72% 64%   BTTS BTTS   67% 60%
20% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 40%
16% 18%   Failed to Score F T   8% 12%
 
5.3 7.1   Corners for (avg) C F   5.3 4.8
3.7 2.7   Corners against (avg) C A   4.5 4.4
1.9 2.2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.6 1.3
1 1   Red cards R C   0 0
 
10.9 13.8   Shots (avg) S (   12 13.6
3.7 4.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4 4.9
35% 32%   Goal Efficiency G E   52% 37%
 
9.5 8.2   Shots against (avg) S A   14.3 13.4
3.8 3   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   5 5.1

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Nantes 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
2 SC Freiburg 1 1 0 0 2 1 1 1 0 0 2 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3
3 Olympiakos Piraeus 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 0
4 Qarabağ 1 0 0 1 1 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 1 1 2 -1 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 Panathinaikos 4 4 0 0 6 1 3 3 0 0 4 1 1 1 0 0 2 0 5 12
2 Olympiakos Piraeus 4 2 2 0 6 2 3 2 1 0 6 2 1 0 1 0 0 0 4 8
3 Atromitos 4 2 1 1 9 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 5 3 4 7
4 Aris 4 2 1 1 6 3 2 1 1 0 3 0 2 1 0 1 3 3 3 7
5 Panaitolikos 4 2 1 1 6 4 1 1 0 0 3 1 3 1 1 1 3 3 2 7
6 PAOK 3 2 1 0 3 1 2 2 0 0 3 1 1 0 1 0 0 0 2 7
7 AEK Athens 4 2 0 2 6 3 2 1 0 1 2 1 2 1 0 1 4 2 3 6
8 Volos NFC 4 1 2 1 5 5 2 0 1 1 3 4 2 1 1 0 2 1 0 5
9 PAS Giannina 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 0 2 0 4 -3 4
10 Asteras Tripolis 4 0 3 1 3 5 2 0 1 1 0 2 2 0 2 0 3 3 -2 3
11 OFI 4 1 0 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 1 4 2 1 0 1 2 3 -4 3
12 Lamia 3 0 2 1 1 4 2 0 1 1 0 3 1 0 1 0 1 1 -3 2
13 Levadiakos 4 0 1 3 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 1 3 1 6 -5 1
14 Ionikos 4 0 1 3 2 8 2 0 1 1 1 4 2 0 0 2 1 4 -6 1
  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 6 4 2 0 13 4 3 2 1 0 6 3 3 2 1 0 7 1 9 14
2 SC Freiburg 6 4 1 1 10 5 3 1 1 1 2 3 3 3 0 0 8 2 5 13
3 Bayern München 6 3 3 0 19 5 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 2 1 0 14 2 14 12
4 Hoffenheim 6 4 0 2 12 7 3 3 0 0 8 3 3 1 0 2 4 4 5 12
5 Borussia Dortmund 6 4 0 2 8 7 3 2 0 1 4 3 3 2 0 1 4 4 1 12
6 Mainz 05 6 3 1 2 6 9 2 0 1 1 0 3 4 3 0 1 6 6 -3 10
7 Köln 6 2 3 1 10 7 3 1 1 1 3 2 3 1 2 0 7 5 3 9
8 Borussia M'gladbach 6 2 3 1 7 5 3 2 0 1 4 2 3 0 3 0 3 3 2 9
9 Werder Bremen 6 2 2 2 12 11 3 0 1 2 5 7 3 2 1 0 7 4 1 8
10 RB Leipzig 6 2 2 2 9 9 3 2 1 0 7 2 3 0 1 2 2 7 0 8
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 6 2 2 2 11 12 4 1 1 2 6 8 2 1 1 0 5 4 -1 8
12 Schalke 04 6 1 3 2 8 13 3 1 1 1 6 9 3 0 2 1 2 4 -5 6
13 Augsburg 6 2 0 4 4 10 3 0 0 3 1 8 3 2 0 1 3 2 -6 6
14 Stuttgart 6 0 5 1 6 7 3 0 2 1 2 3 3 0 3 0 4 4 -1 5
15 Hertha BSC 6 1 2 3 6 8 3 0 2 1 3 4 3 1 0 2 3 4 -2 5
16 Wolfsburg 6 1 2 3 5 10 3 0 2 1 4 6 3 1 0 2 1 4 -5 5
17 Bayer Leverkusen 6 1 1 4 8 11 3 0 0 3 3 8 3 1 1 1 5 3 -3 4
18 Bochum 6 0 0 6 4 18 3 0 0 3 1 11 3 0 0 3 3 7 -14 0

Read more about Europa League

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.