38′
9:37 p.m
A long throw in from the right lands on Makengo’s head in the Freiburg penalty area, who unfortunately clears it to Souček. But his shot from the turn on the right in the penalty area goes into the London evening sky.
35′
9:35 p.m
Sallai shakes out his opponent on the left side and passes sharply inside, where Dōan flies into the ball, but just misses it – a missed opportunity.
32′
9:32 p.m
Grifo tries from the right corner of the penalty area. But his harmless shot ends up in Fabiański’s arms.
29′
9:29 p.m
Freiburg repeatedly tries to work its way forward on the right side. Sallai and Dōan let the ball run well, but in the end the decisive pass was missing.
26′
9:27 p.m
West Ham celebrates because the ball is in the Freiburg goal again – but then the flag goes up. Bowen is sent into the penalty area with a through ball on the left and is free through. In front of Atubolu he pushes the ball into the right corner – but then the whistle sounds. Bowen was just offside.
23′
9:22 p.m
The hosts are now taking control of the game and pushing Freiburg back deep into their own half. Bowen tries it from a central position of 20 meters – way over.
20′
9:19 p.m
Dōan picks up speed on the right side and crosses into the penalty area, where Gregoritsch wins the aerial duel, but heads wide from the turn.
17′
9:17 p.m
This early goal is of course bitter for Freiburg, who have been playing well so far. How does the sports club react?
14′
9:13 p.m
Tooor for West Ham United, 1-0 by Mohammed Kudus
The hosts lead! Álvarez plays a sugar pass from the center circle over the opposing chain into the path of Kudus, who is free through, stays cool in front of Atubolu and scores the lead.
12′
9:11 p.m
Grifo wins the ball in the opponent’s half and passes it over to Sallai on the left. He has a lot of space, but wastes the ball in one-on-one situations.
9′
9:09 p.m
The sports club is well in the game in the opening minutes and has a lot of possession. The English disrupt early and attack Freiburg aggressively.
6′
9:06 p.m
Bar! Now West Ham is also showing itself in front of the Freiburg box for the first time: Kudus works his way into the penalty area from the right and crosses, where Ginter clears it directly onto the foot of Lucas Paquetá. The Brazilian finishes powerfully from 18 meters and only hits the crossbar – luck for Freiburg.
4′
9:03 p.m
Grifo takes a free kick from the right half of the field sharply towards the penalty spot, where the English are able to clear.
2′
9:01 p.m
Freiburg attacks cheerfully and has the first corner of the game, which Grifo circles from the right onto the first post. Höfler climbs up there, but heads a meter over.
1′
9:01 p.m
The ball is rolling. Freiburg kicks off in white. West Ham are all in red.
20:52
The referee of the game is the Portuguese Joao Pinheiro. His assistants on the sidelines are Bruno Alves Jesus and Luciano Antonio Gomes Maia.
20:41
Let’s look at the personnel: SC Freiburg will have to do without Lienhart for the short term, who has muscular problems. Gulde replaces him in the starting lineup. In addition, Sallai starts compared to the Wolfsburg game last weekend. After recovering from illness, Weißhaupt is back in the Breisgauer squad. The injured Michail Antonio is not available for West Ham.
20:22
“It was a close affair in the first leg. Freiburg are a team with a lot of good players, they proved that throughout the entire group stage,” said West Ham coach David Moyes before the game. A look at history shows that both teams have only met once so far – in the first leg at the beginning of October. At that time, West Ham narrowly won 1-2 in Freiburg.
8:17 p.m
The hosts from England want to push SC Freiburg out of first place in the table with all their might this evening and complete their group victory. West Ham wants to show a different face than last weekend – after six unbeaten competitive games, they suffered a clear 5-0 defeat against Fulham FC. West Ham still ranks ninth in the English Premier League. In the Europa League, the club, like the sports club, already has the playoff phase in its pocket before the decisive sixth matchday.
8:10 p.m
“I have never played in a competition in the best and most expensive league, where they have by far the most money. It motivates us extremely to show that we small Freiburgers from the Bundesliga can play a good game here,” said Freiburg- Coach Streich before the game.
8:03 p.m
On the last matchday in the Europa League, SC Freiburg is aiming for group victory and direct entry into the round of 16. The sports club would like to build on the good performances of the past games: The Breisgauers have won the last three competitive games and haven’t conceded a goal. In Group A, Freiburg are currently in first place with 12 points – level on points with today’s opponents.
Hello and welcome to the 6th matchday in Group A of the Europa League! This Thursday evening, West Ham United will face SC Freiburg. The game at the London Stadium kicks off at 9 p.m.