The story
Freiburg beat Genk 5-1 at Europa-Park Stadion in the UEFA Europa League, matchday 1.
Freiburg's goals came from Matthias Ginter (19'), Igor Matanovic (25'), Vincenzo Grifo (53'), Yuito Suzuki (56') and Maximilian Eggestein (79'); Matte Smets (39') replied for Genk.
It was 2-1 at half-time.
Genk had 54% of the ball and 13 shots to Freiburg's 14.
Match stats
Genk
Key moments
- 19' Matthias Ginter Goal · Freiburg 1-0 Assist: Vincenzo Grifo
- 25' Igor Matanovic Goal · Freiburg 2-0 Assist: Matthias Ginter
- 39' Matte Smets Goal · Genk 2-1 Assist: Konstantinos Karetsas
- 53' Vincenzo Grifo Goal · Freiburg 3-1
- 56' Yuito Suzuki Goal · Freiburg 4-1 Assist: Johan Manzambi
- 79' Maximilian Eggestein Goal · Freiburg 5-1 Assist: Yuito Suzuki
Line-ups
Freiburg
- Noah AtuboluGoalkeeper
- Niklas Besteoff 71'Defender
- Matthias GinterDefender
- Jordy MakengoDefender
- Philipp Treuoff 83'Defender
- Bruno OgbusDefender
- Johan Manzambioff 81'Midfielder
- Maximilian EggesteinMidfielder
- Yuito SuzukiMidfielder
- Igor Matanovicoff 72'Forward
- Vincenzo Grifooff 72'Forward
Genk
- Tobias LawalGoalkeeper
- Joris Kayembeoff 69'Defender
- Josue KongoloDefender
- Konstantinos KaretsasMidfielder
- Daan Heymansoff 83'Midfielder
- Bryan HeynenMidfielder
- Matte SmetsMidfielder
- Ibrahima Sory Bangouraoff 69'Midfielder
- Aaron Biboutoff 69'Forward
- Ken NkubaForward
- Noah Adedeji-Sternbergoff 46'Forward
Full timeline
Every goal and card (13)
- 19' ⚽ Matthias Ginterassist Vincenzo Grifo
- 25' ⚽ Igor Matanovicassist Matthias Ginter
- 30' 🟨 Igor Matanovic
- 39' ⚽ Matte Smetsassist Konstantinos Karetsas
- 44' 🟨 Niklas Beste
- 53' ⚽ Vincenzo Grifo
- 56' ⚽ Yuito Suzukiassist Johan Manzambi
- 58' 🟨 Vincenzo Grifo
- 58' 🟨 Johan Manzambi
- 58' 🟨 Daan Heymans
- 64' 🟨 Ibrahima Sory Bangoura
- 75' 🟨 Lucas Höler
- 79' ⚽ Maximilian Eggesteinassist Yuito Suzuki
Head to head
0Freiburg wins0Draws1Genk wins