UEFA Europa League Matchday 7 Thu, Jan 22 · 17:45 Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg im Breisgau
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Our take

SC Freiburg were clear favourites.

SC Freiburg were the stronger side on L90 Strength (60 vs 18). SC Freiburg had 4.1 days of rest, Maccabi Tel Aviv 42 and had to travel.

Rest days4.1 · 42Matches / 14d3 · 0
SC Freiburg73%
Draw17%
Maccabi Tel Aviv10%
Expected goals 2.39 – 0.76
SC Freiburg72%
Draw18%
Maccabi Tel Aviv10%
Expected goals 2.34 – 0.76
SC Freiburg73%
Draw17%
Maccabi Tel Aviv10%
Expected goals 2.36 – 0.75
SC Freiburg66%
Draw20%
Maccabi Tel Aviv13%
Expected goals 2.14 – 0.85
SC Freiburg73%
Draw17%
Maccabi Tel Aviv10%
Expected goals 2.37 – 0.77
Over 2.5 61% Both score 49% Likeliest score 2–0
Rebuilt after the match from pre-match Elo. Real context is the full LOAD90 forecast; Strength only is Elo and home edge alone. How it works.
Weather (Freiburg im Breisgau)

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Referee · SwedenMohammed Al-Hakim
  • Cards per match 3.5
  • Penalties per match 0.17
  • Matches 23

Team strength

SC FreiburgMaccabi Tel Aviv
60 L90 StrengthIn forecast 18
64 Current StrengthIn forecast 19
63 AttackIn forecast 19
73 DefenceIn forecast 20
— Form indexContext —
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

SC Freiburg

Attack—
Defense risk—

Maccabi Tel Aviv

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

SC FreiburgMaccabi Tel Aviv
1.50 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.33
0.50 Goals concededVia Att/Def 3.00
1.59 xGVia Att/Def 0.96
0.97 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.04
-0.09 Goals minus xGContext -0.63
83% Scored inContext 33%
50% Clean sheetsContext 17%
15.83 ShotsContext 8.33
6.00 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 3.00
38% On target shareContext 30%
10.33 Shots in the boxContext 5.33
67% Box shareContext 67%
10% ConversionContext 4%
1.75 OffsidesContext 1.60
12.33 Shots allowedContext 13.33
3.83 On target allowedVia Att/Def 6.00
4.60 BlocksContext 3.40
3.33 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.33
87% Save rateContext 56%
49% PossessionIn forecast 40%
401 PassesContext 345
323 Accurate passesContext 286
81% Pass accuracyContext 83%
7.02 Team ratingContext 6.52
12.17 FoulsContext 12.83
12.83 Fouls sufferedContext 13.50
1.67 Yellow cardsContext 2.00
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 6 and 6 games
1.70 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.00
1.70 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.20
1.68 xGVia Att/Def 0.96
1.23 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.04
+0.02 Goals minus xGContext +0.04
80% Scored inContext 50%
30% Clean sheetsContext 10%
15.50 ShotsContext 9.38
5.20 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 4.00
34% On target shareContext 37%
10.78 Shots in the boxContext 5.33
63% Box shareContext 67%
11% ConversionContext 7%
2.67 OffsidesContext 1.71
12.80 Shots allowedContext 12.13
4.90 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.13
5.33 BlocksContext 3.50
3.40 Goalkeeper savesContext 2.88
69% Save rateContext 56%
53% PossessionIn forecast 44%
439 PassesContext 345
362 Accurate passesContext 286
82% Pass accuracyContext 83%
6.86 Team ratingContext 6.52
10.70 FoulsContext 12.88
11.60 Fouls sufferedContext 13.25
1.70 Yellow cardsContext 1.90
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

SC Freiburg
Rest4.1 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel0 km1,447 km in 14d
Schedule load15%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Rest42 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d0all competitions
Travel—0 km in 14d
Schedule load0%Low
No finished matches with a forecast yet.

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
SC Freiburg Maccabi Tel Aviv
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 15Low · 0
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match4.1Bundesliga 2025-2026, 18 Jan42UEFA Europa League 2025-2026 - League phase, 11 Dec
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km—
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways1,447 km0 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 3 / 30 / 0 / 0
Next matchdays after this one2.97.1

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context. Some venues have no coordinates yet.

Squad & lineups

SC Freiburg Confirmed XI
4-2-3-1
1N. Atubolu(G)
30C. Günter 37M. Rosenfelder 28M. Ginter 29P. Treu
6P. Osterhage 8M. Eggestein
7D. Scherhant 14Y. Suzuki 19J. Beste
31I. Matanović
+2 more reported missing outside this XI
Maccabi Tel Aviv Confirmed XI
3-4-2-1
90R. Mishpati(G)
4Heitor 13R. Shlomo 41I. Ben Hamo
3R. Revivo 23B. Lederman 30I. Noy 21N. Ben Harush
11S. Jehezkel 34S. Abu Farkhi
42D. Peretz
+5 more reported missing outside this XI

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
SC Freiburg Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.01 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Maccabi Tel Aviv Scores 0.00 · concedes +0.04 goals Absences are shown before kick-off
Total impact vs full squads
  • SC Freiburg+0.5 pp
  • Draw-0.3 pp
  • Maccabi Tel Aviv-0.2 pp

Home / Away this season

SC Freiburg · Home 3.00points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
3-0-0
Scored
1.67
Conceded
0.33
Maccabi Tel Aviv · Away 0.33points per game · 3 away games
W-D-L
0-1-2
Scored
0.33
Conceded
2.00

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head

No earlier meetings in our data.

Referee · Mohammed Al-Hakim Sweden · 23 matches before this one

Per match, all competitions

Yellow cards3.35league 4.09
Red cards0.13league 0.20
Cards 5+26%league 42%
Fouls22.8league 24.4
Penalties0.17league 0.35
Home wins52%league 50%
SC Freiburg1 with this referee
Record0-0-1 Cards · opp.1.0 · 1.0 Pens for · against0 · 0
  • L5 Oct 23H · West Ham1–21
Maccabi Tel Aviv

No previous matches with this referee.

From eScored match records before this kick-off. "league" is this league season's average; red is notably above it, green below. Cards · opp. is cards shown to the club and to its opponents per match with this referee. Context only: referees are not part of the forecast.

Goal timing

SC Freiburg6 games · scored 9 · conceded 3
0-15
2 2 16-30
4 31-45
3 46-60
61-75
1 76-90
Maccabi Tel Aviv6 games · scored 2 · conceded 18
1 1 0-15
4 16-30
4 31-45
1 4 46-60
3 61-75
2 76-90
SC Freiburg10 games · scored 17 · conceded 17
3 1 0-15
2 1 16-30
1 2 31-45
5 9 46-60
3 1 61-75
3 3 76-90
Maccabi Tel Aviv10 games · scored 10 · conceded 22
2 2 0-15
4 16-30
2 6 31-45
2 4 46-60
2 4 61-75
2 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

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