Freiburg have already qualified for the league's knockout stages with games remaining, whereas Olympiacos are out of the Europa League.
Freiburg and Olympiacos will square off on Matchday 5 of the Europa League Group G fixture at Freiburg’s Europa-Park Stadion. Freiburg have already qualified for the league’s knockout stages with games remaining, whereas Olympiacos have been eliminated from the Europa League but are still in contention to finish third and qualify for the Europa Conference League. Freiburg have done well in the Europa League after a nine-year absence, claiming all 12 available points. Christian Streich would be eager to make a few changes now that qualification has been confirmed and Freiburg is third in the Bundesliga.
Freiburg vs Olympiacos | Key Details |
Date | 28 October 2022 |
Venue | Europa-Park Stadion |
Kickoff time India | 12:30 am (Friday) |
Kickoff time Germany | 9:00 pm (Thursday) |
Both teams will be fighting for different things in terms of qualification, as well as game time and rest, but since Matchday 2 in Greece, Freiburg has played eight games, winning five and scoring 14 goals, while Olympiacos has played seven games, scoring eight goals and winning three. Olympiacos’ 4-4-2 formation has worked in the past, and they are likely to stick with it in search of desperate points after a 2-0 win over Panetolikos over the weekend at the Stadio Panetolikou. While Freiburg have changed things up after their disastrous loss to Bayern, and will be interesting to see how they field the XI.
Due to injury, Freiburg will most likely be without the services of Manuel Gulde, Kimberly Ezekwem, Jonathan Schmid, and Roland Sallai for the game; on the other hand, Olympiacos are dealing with a slew of injury issues, with Tomas Vaclik, Konstantinos Tzolakis, Pape Abou Cisse, Ousseynou Ba, and Pajtim Kasami all unlikely to travel to Germany.
Freiburg possible line-up: Flekken; Kubler, Lienhart, Schlotterbeck, Gunter; Eggestein, Keitel; Doan, Woo-Yeong, Holer; Petersen
Olympiacos possible line-up: Paschalakis; Pipa, Ntoi, Papastathopoulos, Reabciuk; Masouras, M’Vila, Hwang, Biel; Kamara, El Arabi
Opponent | Scoreline |
Werder Bremer | 2-0 (W) |
St. Pauli | 2-1 (W) |
Bayern Munchen | 5-0 (L) |
Nantes | 0-4 (W) |
Hertha BSC | 2-2 (D) |
Opponent | Scoreline |
Panetolikos | 0-2 (W) |
PAOK Thessaloniki | 1-2 (L) |
Qarabag FK | 0-0 (D) |
OFI Crete | 1-2 (L) |
Qarabag FK | 0-3 (L) |
Last 2 Matches | Score |
Freiburg beat Olympiacos | 0-3 |
Freiburg beat Olympiacos | 4-2 |
The Europa League match between Freiburg and Olympiakos will take place at the Europa-Park Stadion on Friday at 12:30 AM IST.
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