Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Olimpiacos
Match Time & Date:
21/09/2023
12:00 PM
Prediction: 1-1
Freiburg
Olympiakos and Freiburg will lock horns at Georgios Karaiskakis Stadium in what is expected to be a close Europa League encounter. The Thrylos booked their place in the group stages by beating Serbian side Cukaricki 6-1 in the double-header, but they face a difficult task against the Bundesliga outfit. Summer signing Stevan Jovetic is likely to start from the bench once again, while there are no fresh injury worries in the home team. Christian Streich’s men have established themselves as a top-table side in the German top flight, but they have big ambitions for the 2023/2024 Europa League campaign as well.
Freiburg, though, experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 4-2 loss to Borussia Dortmund on Saturday and we do not believe that they are capable of grabbing more than one point from Thursday’s encounter. Michael Gregoristch limped off with injury in the last league match, with fellow midfielder Vincenzo Grifo likely to step up.
Highlighted Player (Kostas Fortounis):
Born in Trikala Greece on 16 October, 1992, Kostas Fortounis made his senior debut for his hometown club Trikala in the 2009/2010 Gamma Ethniki campaign. After playing 13 games for the club he moved to Asteras Tripolis at the end of the season.
In 2011 the Greek midfielder moved to Germany, signing a deal with Kaiserslautern. Fortounis made 70 league appearances for Kaiser, scoring two goals from 2011 to 2014. On 22 July, 2014 he returned to Greece, signing a four-year contract with Olympiacos. It has to be noted that he played for the Thrylos during his youth career (2003-2008).
Kostas Fortounis made his Greece debut against Belgium in February, 2012 and he represented his homeland at the 2012 European Championship finals. However, he was left out of the Greece 2014 FIFA World Cup squad. His main position is attacking midfielder, but he is capable of playing as a winger as well. Fortounis won two Greek Superleague titles (2014/2015, 2015/2016) with Olympiakos.
Highlighted Team (Freiburg):
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Freiburg made it to the German Cup semis in the 2012/2013 DFB Pokal campaign, but their local rivals
The likes of Levan Kobiashvili, Papiss Cisse, Sascha Rieter, Joachim Low, Zlatan Bajramovic, Mohammadaou Idrissou, Roda Antar, Sebastian Kehl, Richard Golz are the notable footballers who played for Augsburg in the past. It is well known that Joachim Low helped Germany win the 2014 FIFA World Cup as a coach.
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