LONDON. West Ham United overcomes SC Freiburg with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Kudus (14′) and a goal from E. Álvarez (42′). West Ham United took advantage of its superior ball possession (57%).
The match was played at the London Stadium stadium in London on Thursday and it started at 8:00 pm local time. The referee was João Pedro Silva Pinheiro who had the assistance of Bruno Miguel Alves Jesus and Luciano António Gomes Maia. The 4th official was João António Ferreira Gonçalves. The weather was overcast clouds. The temperature was quite cold at 6.33 degrees Celsius or 43.39 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.
Match Statistics
- 57 Ball Possession 43
Shots
- 8 Total 12
- 3 On Target 4
- 5 Off Target 5
- 0 Shots blocked 3
- 106 Attack 110
- 25 Dangerous attack 47
- 79 Ball safe 65
- 11 Free Kicks 11
- 0 Penalties 0
- 0 Corners 3
- 3 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 7 Total 4
- 0 Yellow Cards 0
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
West Ham United was in firm control of the ball 57% while SC Freiburg was struggling with a 43% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
SC Freiburg was putting more pressure with 47 dangerous attacks and 12 shots of which 4 were on target. Nonetheless, West Ham United was capable to find the solution to win this match.
West Ham United shot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. Regarding the opposition, SC Freiburg shot 12 times, 4 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
None of the teams received any yellow card.
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
After this match, West Ham United has 15 points to sit in the 1st place. Talking about the opposition, SC Freiburg will stays with 12 points to sit in the 2nd place.
Next matches
West Ham United – Formation
West Ham United
88'
42'
West Ham United started with a aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager David Moyes decided to play with the following team: Łukasz Fabiański , Vladimir Coufal , Konstantinos Mavropanos , Nayef Aguerd , Emerson Palmieri , Tomas Soucek , Edson Álvarez , James Ward-Prowse , Mohammed Kudus , Jarrod Bowen and Lucas Paquetá .
The home team had on the bench: Kurt Zouma, Danny Ings , Ben Johnson, Aaron Cresswell, Pablo Fornals , Maxwel Cornet, Angelo Ogbonna, Saïd Benrahma, Alphonse Areola, Thilo Kehrer, Conor Coventry and Divin Mubama .
Substitutions
West Ham United made 5 changes: Edson Álvarez for Pablo Fornals (54′), Jarrod Bowen for Danny Ings (72′), Lucas Paquetá for Divin Mubama (72′), Mohammed Kudus for Maxwel Cornet (88′) and Vladimir Coufal for Thilo Kehrer (88′).
Player of the match: Edson Álvarez
The most impressive player for West Ham United was Edson Álvarez.
His rating is with 1 goal, 41 passes (93% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 3 duels out of 7.
SC Freiburg – Formation
SC Freiburg
SC Freiburg started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
Christian Streich played with: Philipp Lienhart, Noah Atubolu , Kiliann Sildillia , Matthias Ginter , Manuel Gulde , Jordy Makengo , Ritsu Doan , Maximilian Eggestein , Nicolas Höfler , Vincenzo Grifo and Roland Sallai , Michael Gregoritsch .
The following players were sitting on the bench: Merlin Röhl , Noah Weißhaupt , Lucas Höler , Lukas Kübler , Chukwubuike Adamu , Florian Müller, Fabian Rudlin, Mika Baur and Jaaso Jantunen.
Substitutions
SC Freiburg made 5 changes: Roland Sallai for Merlin Röhl (46′), Maximilian Eggestein for Lucas Höler (56′), Michael Gregoritsch for Chukwubuike Adamu (56′), Vincenzo Grifo for Noah Weißhaupt (69′) and Jordy Makengo for Lukas Kübler (74′).
Player of the match: Nicolas Höfler
Following our analysis, the most impressive player for SC Freiburg was Nicolas Höfler.
His rating is with 58 passes (84% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 10.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Union Saint-Gilloise – Liverpool – 2-1
- LASK Linz – Toulouse – 1-2
- Rennes – Villarreal – 2-3
- Panathinaikos – Maccabi Haifa – 1-2
- Roma – Sheriff – 3-0
- Slavia Praha – Servette – 4-0
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Molde – 5-1
- Qarabağ – Häcken – 2-1
- West Ham United – SC Freiburg – 2-0
- Olympiakos Piraeus – Bačka Topola – 5-2
- Ajax – AEK Athens – 3-1
- Brighton & Hove Albion – Olympique Marseille – 1-0
- Real Betis – Rangers – 2-3
- Aris Limassol – Sparta Praha – 1-3
- Sporting CP – Sturm Graz – 3-0
- Raków Częstochowa – Atalanta – 0-4
