Europa League match preview: Olympiakos Piraeus versus SC Freiburg

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Competition: Thu 21.Sep
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki (32115 seats)

International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Olympiakos Piraeus and SC Freiburg are looking forward to this Europa League fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.

It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for SC Freiburg, who are travelling more than 2400 kilometers to play this game.

Olympiakos Piraeus have less rest than SC Freiburg in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Super League game only four days ago. That game was an away game at AEK Athens, so at least Olympiakos are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!

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Olympiakos Piraeus form and stats

Last season, Olympiakos Piraeus's Europa League journey ended in the group stage.

As mentioned below, Olympiakos Piraeus are feasting on a winning streak here so far with maximum points from their first 3 Super League games. 3W-1D-0L is the hard facts regardless of venue in the Europa League for Olympiakos Piraeus.

The Olympiakos manager Penas and his pawns return home after a 1-1 draw away versus AEK Athens. Midfield player Podence got a match rating of 7.44 in that game, the max score being 10. Podence served one assist and hit one key pass.

Before that, Olympiakos Piraeus had a Super League home game versus Lamia which ended with a victory 4-0.

The match schedule is unforgiving for Olympiakos as they have a new game in only three days, a Super League match thankfully also at home. Kifisia are visiting.

Olympiakos Piraeus always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Stadio Georgios Karaiskáki with 10 goals in 3 league games.

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SC Freiburg form and stats

Freiburg's mission in Europa League last season failed in the round of 16 against Juventus.

Things could have gone better for SC Freiburg in their Bundesliga away matches, but 3 points from 2 games is all right.

Home advantage was not enough for SC Freiburg in their previous game as they lost hosting Borussia Dortmund, 2-4. A mental match with an abundance of goals last time out for SC Freiburg, as mentioned above. 6 goals in that one, will this fixture be as much fun? Grifo got a match rating of 8.05 in that game, top player of the team. Grifo signed up for two assists and hit four key passes.

Before that, SC Freiburg secured a home win against Werder Bremen with the score 1-0.

Freiburg have another match that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Bundesliga game versus Eintracht Frankfurt. A demanding fixture list for the visitors!

As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, SC Freiburg has managed {2 goals} and let in 6 from 2 matches.

Head 2 Head

Head-2-head stats last two meetings: zero - one - one (Olympiakos Piraeus wins - draws - SC Freiburg wins). As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one had two or less. One of the stars has been Gregoritsch with 2 goals scored against Olympiakos in these 2 encounters.

Top Goalscorers

Olympiakos PiraeusG. Masouras
G. Masouras
3 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusA. El Kaabi
A. El Kaabi
2 goals
Olympiakos PiraeusK. Fortounis
K. Fortounis
1 goals

Olympiakos Piraeus missing players

SC Freiburg missing players

Olympiakos Piraeus SC Freiburg
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   12 25
15 10   Won W   6 11
6 2   Drew D   2 5
4 1   Lost L   4 9
48 31   Scored S   14 36
21 10   Conceded C   16 35
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   92% 96%
84% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   67% 72%
56% 69%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   50% 48%
36% 54%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   17% 28%
4% 8%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   17% 20%
52% 54%   BTTS BTTS   50% 52%
40% 46%   Clean Sheets C S   33% 28%
12% 0%   Failed to Score F T   25% 24%
 
4.5 5.1   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 3.9
3.5 2.9   Corners against (avg) C A   4 4.2
2.2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.6
3 1   Red cards R C   0 3
 
13 16.3   Shots (avg) S (   11.9 12.6
5 5.9   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.2 5.3
38% 40%   Goal Efficiency G E   22% 27%
 
8 7   Shots against (avg) S A   13.4 13.1
3.2 2.6   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   4.5 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 West Ham United 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
2 Olympiakos Piraeus 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 SC Freiburg 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 Backa Topola 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 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 Olympiakos Piraeus 4 3 1 0 11 1 3 3 0 0 10 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 10 10
2 Panathinaikos 3 3 0 0 9 0 1 1 0 0 3 0 2 2 0 0 6 0 9 9
3 PAOK 4 2 1 1 5 2 3 2 1 0 5 1 1 0 0 1 0 1 3 7
4 OFI 4 2 1 1 6 7 2 2 0 0 4 2 2 0 1 1 2 5 -1 7
5 PAS Giannina 4 1 2 1 5 3 2 1 0 1 3 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 5
6 AEK Athens 3 1 2 0 5 4 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 1 0 0 3 2 1 5
7 Lamia 4 1 2 1 5 8 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 0 1 1 2 6 -3 5
8 Asteras Tripolis 4 1 1 2 7 8 2 1 1 0 5 2 2 0 0 2 2 6 -1 4
9 Aris 4 1 1 2 5 6 1 1 0 0 3 2 3 0 1 2 2 4 -1 4
10 Kifisia 4 1 1 2 7 10 2 1 1 0 6 5 2 0 0 2 1 5 -3 4
11 Panserraikos 4 0 3 1 6 8 1 0 1 0 1 1 3 0 2 1 5 7 -2 3
12 Panaitolikos 3 0 2 1 1 6 2 0 1 1 0 5 1 0 1 0 1 1 -5 2
13 Volos NFC 3 0 1 2 4 8 2 0 1 1 4 5 1 0 0 1 0 3 -4 1
14 Atromitos 2 0 0 2 1 6 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 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 Bayer Leverkusen 4 3 1 0 13 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 5 2 8 10
2 Bayern München 4 3 1 0 11 4 2 1 1 0 5 3 2 2 0 0 6 1 7 10
3 RB Leipzig 4 3 0 1 13 4 2 2 0 0 8 1 2 1 0 1 5 3 9 9
4 Stuttgart 4 3 0 1 14 6 2 2 0 0 10 0 2 1 0 1 4 6 8 9
5 Hoffenheim 4 3 0 1 10 6 2 1 0 1 4 3 2 2 0 0 6 3 4 9
6 Wolfsburg 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 2 0 0 4 1 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 9
7 Borussia Dortmund 4 2 2 0 8 5 2 1 1 0 3 2 2 1 1 0 5 3 3 8
8 FC Union Berlin 4 2 0 2 9 7 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 5 3 2 6
9 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 1 3 0 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 2 2 1 6
10 SC Freiburg 4 2 0 2 5 10 2 1 0 1 3 4 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 6
11 Heidenheim 4 1 1 2 8 9 2 1 0 1 6 5 2 0 1 1 2 4 -1 4
12 Werder Bremen 4 1 0 3 6 9 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 0 0 2 2 5 -3 3
13 Bochum 4 0 3 1 4 9 2 0 2 0 2 2 2 0 1 1 2 7 -5 3
14 Borussia M'gladbach 4 0 2 2 8 12 2 0 0 2 1 5 2 0 2 0 7 7 -4 2
15 Augsburg 4 0 2 2 7 12 2 0 2 0 6 6 2 0 0 2 1 6 -5 2
16 Köln 4 0 1 3 3 7 2 0 0 2 2 5 2 0 1 1 1 2 -4 1
17 Darmstadt 98 4 0 1 3 5 13 2 0 1 1 4 7 2 0 0 2 1 6 -8 1
18 Mainz 05 4 0 1 3 3 12 2 0 1 1 2 4 2 0 0 2 1 8 -9 1

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.