Freiburg vs West Ham Prediction & Betting Tips (7 March)

Friborg achieved a small feat during the previous round. After being hung up on Bollaert, this team was led by 2 goals at the break on the return leg by RC Lens before coming back to the score in added time then seeking qualification in extra time 3-2 to rejoin, for the 2nd times in a row, these 1/8th finals in the Europa League. Earlier in the competition, Christian Streich's players had taken 2nd place in the ranking behind... West Ham precisely but ahead of Olympiakos and Backa Topola. It's more difficult in the Bundesliga for players from the Black Forest who are slightly behind in the race for Europe.

Currently 9th in the Bundesliga, the Brazilians from Brigsau were notably defeated by Augsburg 2-1 before obtaining a draw against Bayern Munich in the midst of a crisis 2-2 last weekend. West Ham, for its part, was able to avoid the play-offs thanks to its 1st place won during the group stage ahead of this team from Fribourg, Olympiakos and Backa Topola. Seriously, the English were able to win 5 of their 6 matches played in the competition. Rather well launched in the Premier League where they were in the fight to secure a European place, the Hammers experienced a real setback with 3 defeats in a row against Manchester United 3-0, Arsenal 0-6 and Nottingham Forest 2 -0. The Londoners were subsequently able to recover by dominating Watford 4-2 then Everton 1-3 last weekend. Thanks to these two successes, the Londoners moved up to 7th position in the ranking, just 2 lengths from 6th place Manchester United.

The Friborg players are still deprived of some vital strength to tackle this double confrontation. Indeed, the full-back Kubler, the long-term absentees Kyereh and Rosenfelder, the replacement Schmidt and the Austrian international Lienhart will not be restored and must still give up participating in this match. Good news, however, with the recent return of the long-term injured Ginter. This Friborg team is not the most offensive in Germany but a few men are worth watching, like the center forward Höler (7 goals) who equalized at the end of the game against Bayern last Friday, the Italian Grifo (7 goals, 7 assists in the league, 4 goals in C3) and the Austrian international Gregoritsch (4 goals) who scored the qualifying goal against Lens, his 4th in the competition. Among the English, if the Putting aside the recent injury to former Lyonnais Cornet, everyone should be on deck this week.

Playing master Paqueta (2 goals and 5 assists in PL, 3 goals in C3), who had missed several weeks of competition, is fit again. Coach David Moyes should renew his confidence in the essential Bowen (14 goals in the PL) who is in great form but who has still not scored in this competition. Ghanaian international Kudus (6 goals and 2 assists in the PL) will also be present, he who has already scored 3 times during the group stage.