Our prediction for this Europa League match:
Thursday’s Europa League game at London Stadium pits together West Ham United and Freiburg, the two teams who are vying for top position in Group A. The Hammers aim to recover from a heavy 5-0 loss to Fulham and, no doubt, they are desperate to give fans something to cheer about. Both Michail Antonio and Alphonse Areola are sidelined with injuries, while the likes of Benrahma, Emerson, and Mavropanos should be recalled to the starting XI.
Christian Streich’s men, on the other hand, are eyeing their fourth consecutive win in all competitions. Freiburg have been in a fine form of late, but beating West Ham in London is easier said than accomplished. Taking everything into account, we believe that punters from all four corners of the world can find value in betting on draw. All Gunter, Keitel, Kyereh, Philipp, Rosenfelder, and Schmidt should miss out with injuries for the away team.
Highlighted Player (Saïd Benrahma):
Said Benrahma is an Algeria international who started his club career at Nice. The pacey winger made his Ligue 1 debut during the 2013/2014 season and after scoring 3 goals in 17 appearances for les Aiglons in the French top flight, he moved to the Championship team Brentford in the summer of 2018.
Said Benrahma was born in Ain Temouchent, Algeria on August 10, 1995 and it has to be noted that he played for the likes of Angers, Gazelec Ajaccio and Chateauroux on loan before joining the Griffin Park outfit. The Algerian footballer impressed in the 2018/2019 Championship season, scoring 10 goals and providing 15 assists for his teammates.
His main position is right winger, but he is used as a left winger as well. Speaking of his international career, Said Benrahma made his debut for the Algeria national team on October 13, 2015 in a 1-0 win over Senegal.
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.