FREIBURG IM BREISGAU. SC Freiburg had a fantastic comeback against Lens.
The match was played at the Europa Park Stadium stadium in Freiburg im Breisgau. The referee was Rade Obrenović with the collaboration of Jure Praprotnik and Grega Kordež. The 4th official was David Smajc. The weather was light rain. The temperature was cold at 10.75 degrees Celsius or 51.35 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 85%.
Match Statistics
- 49 Ball Possession 51
Shots
- 24 Total 12
- 8 On Target 8
- 11 Off Target 1
- 5 Shots blocked 3
- 140 Attack 115
- 52 Dangerous attack 47
- 103 Ball safe 112
- 0 Penalties 0
- 8 Corners 7
Fouls
- 17 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 6 Substitutions 6
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. SC Freiburg was in possession of the ball for 49% of the time vs. Lens that controlled the ball for 51% of the time.
Attitude and shots
SC Freiburg was putting more pressure with 52 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 8 were on target. This is one of the reasons why SC Freiburg won the match.
SC Freiburg shot 24 times, 8 on target, 11 off target. On the other side, Lens shot 12 times, 8 on target, 1 off target.
Cards
SC Freiburg received 3 yellow cards (Lukas Kübler, Lucas Höler and Christian Streich). On the opposite side, Lens received 6 yellow cards (Brice Samba, Facundo Medina, Angelo Fulgini, Przemyslaw Frankowski, Florian Sotoca and Wesley Saïd).
Match Timeline
Standings
Group A
Group B
Group C
Group D
Group E
Group F
Group G
Group H
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SC Freiburg – Formation
SC Freiburg
86'
61'
67', 90'
SC Freiburg started with a conservative line-up (4-4-2).
The manager Christian Streich decided to play with the following team: Noah Atubolu , Lukas Kübler , Manuel Gulde , Kiliann Sildillia , Jordy Makengo , Ritsu Doan , Maximilian Eggestein , Nicolas Höfler , Merlin Röhl , Roland Sallai and Lucas Höler .
The home team had on the bench: Michael Gregoritsch , Attila Szalai, Noah Weißhaupt , Chukwubuike Adamu, Florian Müller, Florent Muslija , Matthias Ginter , Christian Günter , Benjamin Uphoff and Vincenzo Grifo .
Substitutions
SC Freiburg made 6 changes: Kiliann Sildillia for Noah Weißhaupt (46′), Jordy Makengo for Michael Gregoritsch (46′), Merlin Röhl for Vincenzo Grifo (86′), Manuel Gulde for Matthias Ginter (86′), Lukas Kübler for Christian Günter (101′) and Roland Sallai for Florent Muslija (105′).
Player of the match: Roland Sallai
The player that probably impressed the most for SC Freiburg was Roland Sallai .
His rating is with 2 goals, 23 passes (78% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 17. He performed 5 crosses.
Lens – Formation
Lens
Lens started with a 3-4-1-2 line-up (3-4-1-2).
Franck Haise played with: Brice Samba , Jonathan Gradit , Abdukodir Khusanov , Facundo Medina , Przemyslaw Frankowski , Salis Abdul Samed , Neil El Aynaoui , Jhoanner Chávez , David da Costa , Florian Sotoca and Elye Wahi .
They had on the bench: Angelo Fulgini , Andy Diouf , Massadio Haidara , Ruben Aguilar , Jean-Louis Leca, Wesley Saïd , Nampalys Mendy, Morgan Guilavogui , Adrien Thomasson, Ayanda Sishuba and Yannick Pandor.
Substitutions
Lens made 6 changes: Przemyslaw Frankowski for Ruben Aguilar (73′), Elye Wahi for Morgan Guilavogui (74′), David da Costa for Angelo Fulgini (81′), Jhoanner Chávez for Massadio Haidara (80′), Jonathan Gradit for Andy Diouf (103′) and Salis Abdul Samed for Wesley Saïd (103′).
Player of the match: Elye Wahi
The player that probably impressed the most for Lens was Elye Wahi.
His rating is with 1 goal, 20 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 1 duel out of 3. He performed 1 cross.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Europa League.
- Rennes – Milan – 3-2
- SC Freiburg – Lens – 3-2
- Toulouse – Benfica – 0-0
- Qarabağ – Sporting Braga – 2-3
- Roma – Feyenoord – 1-1
- Sporting CP – Young Boys – 1-1
- Sparta Praha – Galatasaray – 4-1
- Olympique Marseille – Shakhtar Donetsk – 3-1
