Freiburg vs West Ham Prediction & Match Preview

• Each of Freiburg’s last five home outings has seen the Over 2.5 goals & Both Teams To Score pick coming in.
• There were ten goals scored in West Ham’s last two Premier League matches.
• Jarrod Bowen completed a hat-trick in a 4-2 win over Brentford two weeks ago.

UEFA Europa League R16 draw has put together Group A rivals as Freiburg and West Ham will battle it out for a place in the quarter-finals of the competition. The Hammers were more successful in the group stage, winning five of their six games, including both clashes against Freiburg. Can they see off the Germans once again? The first leg is scheduled for Thursday evening at Europa-Park Stadion.

Freiburg fell to ninth place in the Bundesliga table after a run of four losses and two draws in the last six league outings. Nevertheless, they have managed to boost the confidence by holding the reigning champions Bayern Munich to a 2-2 draw last Friday.

West Ham snapped their six-loss thread with back-to-back Premier League wins over Brentford and Everton. The Hammers have notched seven goals in the process. It is worth noting that they allowed as many as eleven shots on target in the weekend’s 3-1 win at Everton. Alphonse Areola even saved a penalty-kick on the occasion.

Recent Meetings

These two teams met each other twice in the group stage of the competition.

West Ham picked up two wins in these matches, including a 2-1 success in October last year on German soil.

Freiburg vs West Ham Prediction

Neither team have done well defensively since the turn of the year. They have both improved their attacking displays in the most recent matches, though. The Over 2.5 goals & Both Teams To Score pick thus landed in all but one of Freiburg’s last seven outings across competitions. The run includes successive home draws to Eintracht Frankfurt (3-3) and Bayern Munich (2-2). We’ve seen ten goals in total across West Ham’s last two Premier League outings. Both Teams To Score is the way to go at the 1.70 odds.

Jarrod Bowen produced one of the best performances of his career two weeks ago when he fired a hat-trick in a 4-2 home win over Brentford. His attacking threat has increased drastically since the return of Lucas Paqueta to the starting XI. The Brazilian midfielder seems fully recovered from his injury and we expect him to feature from the start on Thursday night. Knowing how poor Freiburg have been defensively of late, we have to try with Jarrod Bowen to score anytime at the sky-high 3.50 odds.

Steffen Schmidt- March 5, 2024

Freiburg vs West Ham Betting Tips

Both Teams to Score

OK

1.70 Odds

Jarrod Bowen to score anytime

OK

3.50 Odds

Correct Score: Draw 2-2

OK

12.00 Odds