UEFA Europa League

SC Freiburg vs Nantes, 2022-23 UEFA Europa League, Group Stage

· UEFA Europa League
SC Freiburg
  • 48': Daniel-Kofi Kyereh
  • 72': Vincenzo Grifo
FT
2 - 0
Nantes

    About

    SC Freiburg are hosting Nantes at Europa-Park Stadion, Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the UEFA Europa League.

    Match Timeline

    • 0': Lineups are announced and players are warming up.
    • 0': First Half begins.
    • 3': Attempt saved. Michael Gregoritsch (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box is saved in the top left corner. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo.
    • 6': Foul by Pedro Chirivella (Nantes).
    • 6': Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 8': Attempt missed. Michael Gregoritsch (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from the left side of the box misses to the right. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo.
    • 11': Attempt missed. Dennis Appiah (Nantes) right footed shot from a difficult angle on the right is close, but misses the top right corner.
    • 13': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Philipp Lienhart.
    • 14': Attempt missed. Nicolas Pallois (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is too high. Assisted by Moses Simon with a cross following a corner.
    • 14': Corner, SC Freiburg. Conceded by Nicolas Pallois.
    • 15': Attempt missed. Nicolas Höfler (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box is close, but misses to the right. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo with a cross following a corner.
    • 18': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Matthias Ginter.
    • 18': Attempt blocked. Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ludovic Blas.
    • 20': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Nils Petersen replaces Michael Gregoritsch because of an injury.
    • 20': Attempt saved. Ludovic Blas (Nantes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Dennis Appiah.
    • 22': Corner, SC Freiburg. Conceded by Samuel Moutoussamy.
    • 22': Attempt missed. Philipp Lienhart (SC Freiburg) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Christian Günter with a cross following a corner.
    • 26': Attempt missed. Ritsu Doan (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left. Assisted by Kiliann Sildillia.
    • 32': Attempt saved. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is saved in the centre of the goal. Assisted by Kiliann Sildillia.
    • 32': Corner, SC Freiburg. Conceded by Alban Lafont.
    • 34': Foul by Maximilian Eggestein (SC Freiburg).
    • 34': Pedro Chirivella (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 39': Attempt missed. Ludovic Blas (Nantes) header from the centre of the box misses to the left. Assisted by Moses Simon with a cross.
    • 40': Attempt missed. Christian Günter (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from outside the box is just a bit too high.
    • 42': Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 42': Foul by Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes).
    • 45': Attempt missed. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is too high. Assisted by Ritsu Doan.
    • 45'+1': Attempt missed. Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) right footed shot from long range on the right is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Alban Lafont.
    • 45'+3': First Half ends, SC Freiburg 0, Nantes 0.
    • 45': Second Half begins SC Freiburg 0, Nantes 0.
    • 48': Goal! SC Freiburg 1, Nantes 0. Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom left corner. Assisted by Ritsu Doan.
    • 49': Attempt blocked. Ludovic Blas (Nantes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Dennis Appiah.
    • 52': Foul by Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes).
    • 52': Nicolas Höfler (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 52': Foul by Maximilian Eggestein (SC Freiburg).
    • 52': Pedro Chirivella (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 55': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Ritsu Doan.
    • 55': Attempt saved. Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes) header from the centre of the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Quentin Merlin with a cross.
    • 56': Attempt missed. Ludovic Blas (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the left. Assisted by Samuel Moutoussamy.
    • 59': Attempt blocked. Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Ritsu Doan.
    • 59': Foul by Maximilian Eggestein (SC Freiburg).
    • 59': Ludovic Blas (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 62': Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 62': Foul by Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes).
    • 62': Attempt missed. Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from outside the box is too high from a direct free kick.
    • 63': Attempt saved. Christian Günter (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from a difficult angle on the left is saved in the bottom left corner. Assisted by Vincenzo Grifo.
    • 64': Corner, SC Freiburg. Conceded by Alban Lafont.
    • 64': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Nicolas Höfler.
    • 65': Attempt missed. Christian Günter (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from outside the box misses to the left.
    • 66': Kiliann Sildillia (SC Freiburg) is shown the yellow card.
    • 66': Mostafa Mohamed (Nantes) is shown the yellow card.
    • 69': Substitution, Nantes. Moussa Sissoko replaces Pedro Chirivella.
    • 69': Substitution, Nantes. Ignatius Ganago replaces Moses Simon.
    • 71': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Yannik Keitel replaces Maximilian Eggestein.
    • 72': Goal! SC Freiburg 2, Nantes 0. Vincenzo Grifo (SC Freiburg) right footed shot from the centre of the box to the bottom right corner. Assisted by Christian Günter.
    • 74': Attempt blocked. Ludovic Blas (Nantes) left footed shot from the right side of the box is blocked. Assisted by Andrei Girotto.
    • 75': Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 75': Foul by Jean-Charles Castelletto (Nantes).
    • 76': Attempt missed. Philipp Lienhart (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from outside the box is close, but misses to the left. Assisted by Ritsu Doan.
    • 77': Foul by Christian Günter (SC Freiburg).
    • 77': Ludovic Blas (Nantes) wins a free kick on the right wing.
    • 78': Christian Günter (SC Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 78': Substitution, Nantes. Sébastien Corchia replaces Dennis Appiah.
    • 78': Substitution, Nantes. Evann Guessand replaces Andrei Girotto.
    • 78': Attempt missed. Quentin Merlin (Nantes) left footed shot from outside the box is too high following a set piece situation.
    • 79': Attempt saved. Nils Petersen (SC Freiburg) left footed shot from outside the box is saved in the bottom right corner. Assisted by Ritsu Doan.
    • 79': Corner, SC Freiburg. Conceded by Alban Lafont.
    • 80': Offside, SC Freiburg. Vincenzo Grifo tries a through ball, but Christian Günter is caught offside.
    • 82': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Noah Weißhaupt replaces Vincenzo Grifo.
    • 82': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Kevin Schade replaces Daniel-Kofi Kyereh.
    • 83': Substitution, SC Freiburg. Lukas Kübler replaces Ritsu Doan.
    • 84': Substitution, Nantes. Abdoul Kader Bamba replaces Mostafa Mohamed.
    • 84': Attempt missed. Evann Guessand (Nantes) right footed shot from the centre of the box is high and wide to the right. Assisted by Ludovic Blas.
    • 86': Foul by Nicolas Pallois (Nantes).
    • 86': Kevin Schade (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 87': Corner, Nantes. Conceded by Philipp Lienhart.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Ignatius Ganago (Nantes) header from the right side of the six yard box misses to the left. Assisted by Sébastien Corchia with a cross following a corner.
    • 88': Attempt missed. Samuel Moutoussamy (Nantes) header from very close range is too high. Assisted by Ignatius Ganago following a corner.
    • 89': Foul by Evann Guessand (Nantes).
    • 89': Noah Weißhaupt (SC Freiburg) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90': Foul by Yannik Keitel (SC Freiburg).
    • 90': Ludovic Blas (Nantes) wins a free kick in the attacking half.
    • 90': Yannik Keitel (SC Freiburg) is shown the yellow card for a bad foul.
    • 90'+1': Attempt missed. Ignatius Ganago (Nantes) right footed shot from outside the box is high and wide to the right.
    • 90'+2': Foul by Kiliann Sildillia (SC Freiburg).
    • 90'+2': Ignatius Ganago (Nantes) wins a free kick on the left wing.
    • 90'+4': Abdoul Kader Bamba (Nantes) wins a free kick in the defensive half.
    • 90'+4': Foul by Yannik Keitel (SC Freiburg).
    • 90'+5': Second Half ends, SC Freiburg 2, Nantes 0.
    • 0': Match ends, SC Freiburg 2, Nantes 0.

    Statistics

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    7 Fouls 7
    1 Yellow Cards 3
    0 Red Cards 0
    0 Offsides 1
    5 Corner Kicks 5
    4 Saves 2
    40.4 Possession 59.6
    15 SHOTS 16
    2 ON GOAL 6
    0.1 On Target % 0.4
    0 Penalty Goals 0
    0 Penalty Kicks Taken 0
    288 Accurate Passes 453
    370 Passes 553
    0.8 Pass Completion % 0.8
    5 Accurate Crosses 3
    14 Crosses 14
    0.4 Cross % 0.2
    64 Long Balls 63
    33 Accurate Long Balls 35
    0.5 Long Balls % 0.6
    3 Blocked Shots 1
    11 Effective Tackles 14
    21 Tackles 20
    0.5 Tackle % 0.7
    14 Interceptions 8
    21 Effective Clearances 7
    21 Clearances 7

    Game Information

    Competition: UEFA Europa League

    Venue: Europa-Park Stadion
    Location: Freiburg im Breisgau, Germany
    Attendance: 33,200

    Line-Ups

    SCF SC Freiburg (4-4-2)

    No. Name
    26 Mark Flekken (GK)
    3 Philipp Lienhart
    28 Matthias Ginter
    30 Christian Günter
    25 Kiliann Sildillia Yellow Card
    27 Nicolas Höfler
    8 Maximilian Eggestein
    32 Vincenzo Grifo
    42 Ritsu Doan
    11 Daniel-Kofi Kyereh
    38 Michael Gregoritsch
    SC Freiburg Substitutes:
    Yannik Keitel, Lucas Höler, Lukas Kübler, Kevin Schade, Jonathan Schmid, Noah Weißhaupt, Noah Atubolu, Benjamin Uphoff, Jeong Woo-Yeong, Nils Petersen, Keven Schlotterbeck, Robert Wagner.

    NAN Nantes (3-5-2)

    No. Name
    1 Alban Lafont (GK)
    3 Andrei Girotto
    4 Nicolas Pallois
    21 Jean-Charles Castelletto
    5 Pedro Chirivella
    10 Ludovic Blas
    8 Samuel Moutoussamy
    29 Quentin Merlin
    12 Dennis Appiah
    27 Moses Simon
    31 Mostafa Mohamed Yellow Card
    Nantes Substitutes:
    Marcus Coco, Sébastien Corchia, Rémy Descamps, Lohann Doucet, Evann Guessand, Denis Petric, Kader Bamba, Moussa Sissoko, Ignatius Ganago.

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