Freiburg v West Ham

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Thursday evening brings us Matchday 2 in this season's Europa League and features this top-of-the-table clash in Group A between German hosts, Freiburg, and their Premier League visitors, West Ham, when the two teams lock horns at the Europa-Park Stadion with a valuable three points at stake for both clubs.

Freiburg sit joint-top of Group A with their upcoming opponents having opened their account in the group stage of the Europa League with a 3-2 win away from home at Greek side, Olympiakos, and the hosts have also picked up a further four points from their subsequent two league matches in the domestic German top flight as well.

A 0-0 draw away at Eintracht Frankfurt was followed up with a 2-0 home win against Augsburg which will give Christian Streich's side plenty of confidence for this upcoming Europa League tie at home on Thursday night.

However, Freiburg have managed to register just one win from their last five attempts overall in this competition which also includes draws with Olympiakos and Qarabag along with home and away defeats to Juventus as well.

West Ham made it two wins on the trot on the weekend when they recorded a 2-0 home win against Sheffield United in the Premier League which followed a 1-0 win away from home at Lincoln City in the League Cup.

West Ham enter this season's Europa League at the group stage having been victorious in last season's final of the Europa Conference League and they too started this season's group campaign with all three points after seeing off Serbian club Backa Topola at home on Matchday 1.

The Hammers will make their way over to Germany for this upcoming European tie at the Europa-Park Stadion in pretty confident mood having won six of their last eight matches overall in all competitions, while goals could also feature on Thursday night as six of West Ham's last eight matches have also seen both teams hit the back of the net as well.

It is worth mentioning though, that West Ham have managed to win just five out of their last 12 away ties in the Europa League so the straight win markets may be best avoided where Freiburg and West Ham are concerned.

Freiburg v West Ham Verdict

Both Freiburg and West Ham have produced some pretty encouraging results in recent times in all competitions but neither side have particularly set the world on fire in European ties especially in the Europa League, but the prospect of goals do look promising here as Freiburg and West Ham are more than capable of finding their way to goal.

Both teams to score and perhaps a score-draw may be on the cards in this fixture.

Therefore, our main bet will be Both Teams To Score Yes @ 1.53 Other side bets worth considering:

Draw @ 3.50

Correct score: 1-1 @ 7.00