Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Europa-Park Stadion will host Thursday’s Europa League game between Freiburg and Olympiakos. Christian Streich’s troops are one point away from securing their spot in the knockout stages and they are likely to adopt a cautious approach against Olympiakos. Keep in mind that all Gunter, Keitel, Kubler, Kyereh, Philipp, Rohl, and Rosenfelder have been struggling with injuries of late.
The Thrylos, on the other hand, face a must-win situation in their penultimate group game. Considering that the Greeks will adopt an attack-oriented strategy in Thursday’s game, we predict that the hosts will have a number of opportunities to seal the victory on the break. Taking everything into account, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the home side. As for the away team, Morocco forward Ayoub El Kaabi is pushing for a start after scoring as a substitute in a 3-1 win over Panetolikos at the weekend.
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):
Freiburg are a professional football club that compete in
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.