RC Lens vs SC Freiburg prediction 15.02.2024
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- Competition: Europa League
- Date: 15th February 2024
- Kickoff: 20:00 UTC / 21:00 CET
- Venue: Stade Bollaert-Delelis
Freiburg will be looking to maintain their 100% record against French sides when they face Lens away on Thursday in the first leg of their Europa League playoff tie.
The hosts started the season in the Champions League and can count themselves unlucky to be out of the competition, having beaten Arsenal and Sevilla in their group. Les Sang et go into Thursday's game on the back of a comfortable 3-1 win over Strasbourg, which ended the team's winning streak in all competitions at three games.
Freiburg, meanwhile, finished second in Europa League Group A with 12 points from six games. The German outfit have not been in good form recently, losing all of their last three games (conceding nine goals and scoring just two). However, Breisgau-Brasilianer can take heart from the fact that they won their last two matches against French teams, beating Nantes 6-0 on aggregate last season.
Lens vs Freiburg Betting Tips: Over 2.5 goals
Lens' defense has proved less than solid in recent weeks, especially at the Stade Bollaert-Delelis. The French outfit enter this game on a run of six consecutive games without a clean sheet, and only two of those outings have seen fewer than 2.5 goals scored. Their last two games in Europe also ended with at least three goals.
Apropos weaknesses in defense, Freiburg cannot be left out, with Christian Streich's side conceding at least two goals in six of their last seven games. Breisgau-Brasilianer managed to scored average a goal per game in that spell and just one of those games ended with under 2.5 goals.
- Best Tip: Over 2.5 goals
- Lens vs Freiburg prediction: 2-1
Lens team news
With no new injuries to report in the 2-0 win over Toulouse, Lens coach Franck Haise will resist the temptation to reshuffle his squad.
Facundo Medina will be available again this week after missing that game through suspension, but Jimmy Cabot is unlikely to be ready for action any time soon due to a cruciate ligament injury.
Last matches of RC Lens
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RC Lens
3 : 1
Strasbourg
Ligue 1
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Nantes
0 : 1
RC Lens
Ligue 1
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Toulouse
0 : 2
RC Lens
Ligue 1
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RC Lens
0 : 2
PSG
Ligue 1
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RC Lens
5 : 6
Monaco
Coupe de France
RC Lens lineup
Goalkeeper
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30
Brice Samba
Defenders
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13
Jhoanner Chávez
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14
Facundo Medina
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4
Kevin Danso
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2
Ruben Aguilar
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7
Florian Sotoca
Midfielders
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10
David Costa
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23
Neil El Aynaoui
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18
Andy Diouf
Forwards
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9
Elye Wahi
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22
Wesley Saïd
Freiburg team news
Vincenzo Grifo has been directly involved in more goals than any other player in the Europa League this season (6), and the striker will be looking to add to that tally on Thursday.
Merlin Röhl was absent for the recent defeat to Werder in the league due to suspension, but the midfielder will be available for the trip to France.
Daniel-Kofi Kyereh, Kenneth Schmidt, Max Rosenfelder, Philipp Lienhart and Matthias Ginter are all out for this game through injury.
Last matches of SC Freiburg
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Borussia Dortmund
3 : 0
SC Freiburg
Bundesliga
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SC Freiburg
1 : 3
Stuttgart
Bundesliga
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Werder Bremen
3 : 1
SC Freiburg
Bundesliga
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SC Freiburg
3 : 2
Hoffenheim
Bundesliga
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SC Freiburg
0 : 0
FC Union Berlin
Bundesliga
SC Freiburg lineup
Goalkeeper
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1
Noah Atubolu
Defenders
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33
Jordy Makengo
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25
Kiliann Sildillia
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28
Matthias Ginter
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17
Lukas Kübler
Midfielders
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8
Maximilian Eggestein
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9
Lucas Höler
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34
Merlin Röhl
Forwards
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32
Vincenzo Grifo
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38
Michael Gregoritsch
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7
Noah Weißhaupt
Three reasons we expect at least three goals in this game
- Four of the last six home games of Lens ended with over 2.5 goals.
- Each of the last four games of SC Freiburg ended with over 2.5 goals.
- Five of the last six games of Freiburg in Europe ended with over 2.5 goals.
Main prediction RC Lens - SC Freiburg
Over 2.5 goals
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