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Conference League · League phase, matchday 4

Freiburg vs FC Twente: Match Preview & Stats

Freiburg crest Freiburg
vs
FC Twente crest FC Twente
Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg im Breisgau

Our picks

Model predictions are published 48 hours before kick-off

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Our record

  • Freiburg: 7 of 8 right
  • FC Twente: 4 of 8 right

Our result picks in each club's earlier matches on this site.

Match facts

Competition
Conference League, League phase, matchday 4
Kick-off
Venue
Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg im Breisgau
Since last match
Freiburg: 5 days (Bundesliga) · Elversberg FC Twente: 4 days (Eredivisie) · Willem II
Next match
Freiburg: 2 days (Bundesliga) later FC Twente: 2 days (Eredivisie) later

Last starting XI

Freiburg 4-2-3-1

  1. 1 Backhaus
  2. 29 Treu
  3. 28 Ginter
  4. 3 Lienhart
  5. 33 Makengo
  6. 8 Eggestein
  7. 16 Engelhardt
  8. 19 Beste
  9. 14 Suzuki
  10. 7 Scherhant
  11. 20 Matanović

Coach: Julian Schuster vs Union Berlin, 2-0 · Bundesliga · 8 Nov

FC Twente 4-2-3-1

  1. 16 Drommel
  2. 28 van Rooij
  3. 3 Pröpper
  4. 4 Nijstad
  5. 29 Adelgaard
  6. 6 Zerrouki
  7. 8 Weidmann
  8. 11 Rots
  9. 10 Taha
  10. 27 Ørjasæter
  11. 9 Weghorst

Coach: John van den Brom vs Ajax, 2-2 · Eredivisie · 8 Nov

Our predicted line-ups come with our picks, 48 hours before kick-off. Until then: each club's last starting XI.

Injuries and suspensions

Freiburg

  • – Florent MuslijaInjured · Late December 2026

FC Twente

  • GK Lars UnnerstallInjured · Day to day
  • DF Max BrunsInjured · Day to day
  • DF Stav LemkinInjured · Day to day
  • FW Filip ThorvaldsenInjured · Day to day

Players listed as injured, suspended or away with their national team, with their expected return.

Missing Players Impact

Freiburg

Low impact
Missing attack share 0.0%
Missing minutes share 0.0%
1 player out

FC Twente

Low impact
Missing attack share 3.0%
Missing minutes share 4.0%
4 players out

Share of team playing time and attacking output over the last 10 matches accounted for by unavailable players.

Tactical Profile & Play Quality (0–100)

Freiburg FC Twente
Box & Territory Pressure 55 85
Set-Piece & Corner Threat 77 75
Finishing Efficiency 47 54
Defensive & Goalkeeper Wall 33 73
Underlying Play Power 53 87
Freiburg Balanced (results match underlying play)
FC Twente Playing above results (positive regression candidate)

OptimaGoal 0–100 performance indices built from the last 10 matches before kick-off.

Game-State Scenarios & Goal Timing

Freiburg

When scoring first 89% won · 89% unbeaten (9 matches)
When conceding first 33% points rescued · 17% won (6 matches)
1st Half: 43% 2nd Half: 57%
First 15': 13% Last 15' (76-90'): 23%

FC Twente

When scoring first 80% won · 90% unbeaten (10 matches)
When conceding first 80% points rescued · 40% won (5 matches)
1st Half: 39% 2nd Half: 61%
First 15': 8% Last 15' (76-90'): 26%

Reaction to scoring or conceding first and goal distribution across the last 15 matches.

Key Attacking Threats

Freiburg

  1. 1. FW Derry Scherhant 2G · 2A
    Team attack 12.0% Team shots 11.0%
  2. 2. FW Vincenzo Grifo 1G · 2A
    Team attack 12.0% Team shots 10.0%
  3. 3. FW Igor Matanović 1G · 0A
    Team attack 10.0% Team shots 16.0%

FC Twente

  1. 1. FW Wout Weghorst 8G · 2A
    Team attack 17.0% Team shots 15.0%
  2. 2. FW Sondre Ørjasæter 2G · 5A
    Team attack 12.0% Team shots 10.0%
  3. 3. MF Daouda Weidmann 4G · 3A
    Team attack 11.0% Team shots 12.0%

Top available players by share of team attacking production and shot volume over the last 10 matches.

Freiburg FC Twente
Over 1.5 goals 9/10 9/10
Over 2.5 goals 8/10 6/10
Over 3.5 goals 4/10 5/10
Both teams scored 7/10 6/10
Clean sheet 2/10 4/10
Failed to score 1/10 0/10
Goals per match (scored / conceded) 1.7 / 1.6 2.8 / 0.9

Last 10 matches, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

Form guide

Freiburg

  • W 2-0 vs Union Berlin (H) Bundesliga · 8 Nov
  • W 1-0 at Trabzonspor (A) Conference League · 5 Nov
  • W 2-1 at Augsburg (A) Bundesliga · 31 Oct
  • W 3-2 vs Wolfsburg (H) DFB Pokal · 28 Oct
  • L 1-3 vs Bayern München (H) Bundesliga · 25 Oct

FC Twente

  • D 2-2 vs Ajax (H) Eredivisie · 8 Nov
  • W 3-1 vs Pafos FC (H) Conference League · 5 Nov
  • W 9-0 at Excelsior (A) Eredivisie · 1 Nov
  • W 2-0 at AZ Alkmaar (A) Eredivisie · 25 Oct
  • W 4-1 at Lincoln Red Imps FC (A) Conference League · 22 Oct

Last five competitive matches before kick-off, all competitions, results after 90 minutes.

When the goals come

ScoredConceded

Freiburg

FC Twente

Goals in each 15-minute period, Conference League this season. Stoppage time counts with its half.

Top scorers

Freiburg

Player G A
Lukas Kübler 1 1
Maximilian Eggestein 1 0
Vincenzo Grifo 1 0

FC Twente

Player G A
Daouda Weidmann 2 2
Thomas van den Belt 2 2
Wout Weghorst 1 1
Ramiz Zerrouki 1 0
Ruud Nijstad 1 0

Goals and assists in the Conference League this season.

Corners and yellow cards

Freiburg FC Twente
  • 6.7 Corners won 8.0
  • 4.7 Corners conceded 1.0
  • 1.7 Yellow cards 1.3
  • 2.7 Opponents' yellow cards 0.3

Per match in the Conference League this season. Average per club and match: 5.0 corners, 1.9 yellow cards.

Attack and defence ratings

FreiburgFC Twente
Attack 91 77 1.3 goals per match this season2.7 goals per match this season
Defence 86 74 1.7 conceded per match this season0.7 conceded per match this season

0 to 100 against this season's Conference League clubs (100 = best). The rating is our model's long-run strength before this match: it uses the last three years and counts recent matches most, so a few results do not move it at once. Under each rating: this season's actual goals per match.

1944Elo #48 Elo rating 1829Elo #104

Head-to-head

Freiburg and FC Twente have not met in our records since 2010.

Table

#Team PWDLGoalsGDPts
1 Lugano 3 300 11:4 +7 9
2 Panathinaikos 3 300 9:3 +6 9
3 FC Twente 3 300 8:2 +6 9
4 Monaco 3 300 7:1 +6 9
5 Brighton & Hove Albion 3 210 5:0 +5 7
6 FC København 3 210 7:3 +4 7
7 Brann 3 210 7:3 +4 7
8 Universitatea Craiova 3 210 6:2 +4 7
9 Mjällby 3 210 5:1 +4 7
10 St.Truiden 3 210 4:1 +3 7
11 Ajax 3 201 9:3 +6 6
12 Trabzonspor 3 201 6:3 +3 6
13 Hajduk Split 3 201 3:2 +1 6
14 Freiburg 3 201 4:5 -1 6
15 FK Crvena Zvezda 3 111 6:6 0 4
16 Atalanta 3 111 4:4 0 4
17 Braga 3 111 2:3 -1 4
18 Gent 3 111 1:2 -1 4
19 Thun 3 102 3:3 0 3
20 Riga FC 3 030 3:3 0 3
21 Borac Banja Luka 3 102 3:4 -1 3
22 Lincoln Red Imps FC 3 102 3:6 -3 3
23 Jablonec 3 021 3:4 -1 2
24 AGF 3 021 1:2 -1 2
25 Nordsjælland 3 021 3:5 -2 2
26 Egnatia 3 021 2:4 -2 2
27 Kairat Almaty 3 021 3:7 -4 2
28 CSKA Sofia 3 012 4:6 -2 1
29 Iberia 1999 3 012 2:5 -3 1
30 Pafos FC 3 012 3:7 -4 1
31 Getafe 3 012 3:7 -4 1
32 KuPS 3 012 2:6 -4 1
33 Heart of Midlothian 3 012 2:6 -4 1
34 FC Midtjylland 3 012 2:8 -6 1
35 Inter Club d'Escaldes 3 003 2:7 -5 0
36 FK Kauno Žalgiris 3 003 1:11 -10 0

Our table from the results; the two clubs of this match are highlighted. Full table

Season projection

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Where these two clubs are projected to finish in the Conference League: average points, likely range and chances.

ClubPts Avg ptsLikely Top 8Play-off round Win it
Freiburg 6
FC Twente 9

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