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Freiburg vs Motherwell: match report

SC Freiburg hosted Motherwell at Europa-Park Stadion on Thursday 27 August 2026, in the UECL Qualifying. Freiburg are without 3 players (Patrick Osterhage, Rihito Yamamoto, Florent Muslija); Motherwell are missing 3 (Jordan McGhee, Callum Hendry, Paul McGinn). Andrea Colombo is the referee, averaging 4.4 yellow cards a game against a league average of 3.8.

Result and scorers

Freiburg 4-1 Motherwell. Goals: Derry Scherhant 5' for Freiburg; Emmanuel Longelo 22' for Motherwell; Igor Matanovic 60' for Freiburg; Cyriaque Irié 63' for Freiburg; Keisuke Goto 85' for Freiburg. Attendance: 30,841.

Key moments (contains the result)
  • 5' Goal: Derry Scherhant (Freiburg) 1-0
  • 22' Goal: Emmanuel Longelo (Motherwell) 1-1
  • 55' Yellow card: Jamie Knight-Lebel (Motherwell)
  • 57' Red card: Jake Girdwood-Reich (Motherwell)
  • 60' Goal: Igor Matanovic (Freiburg) 2-1
  • 63' Goal: Cyriaque Irié (Freiburg) 3-1
  • 85' Goal: Keisuke Goto (Freiburg) 4-1
Match stats (contains the result)
70.2%Possession29.8%
29Shots2
11Shots on target1
7Corners1
6Fouls11
1Offsides2
1Saves6
0Yellow cards1
0Red cards1

Line-ups

Freiburg 4-2-3-1

Coach: Julian Schuster

  1. 1 Mio Backhaus GK
  2. 29 Philipp Treu DEF
  3. 28 Matthias Ginter DEF
  4. 37 Max Rosenfelder DEF
  5. 30 Christian Günter DEF
  6. 8 Maximilian Eggestein MID
  7. 16 Yannik Engelhardt MID
  8. 22 Cyriaque Irié MID
  9. 14 Yuito Suzuki MID
  10. 7 Derry Scherhant FWD
  11. 31 Igor Matanovic FWD

Bench

  • 3 Philipp Lienhart DEF
  • 9 Lucas Höler FWD
  • 32 Vincenzo Grifo FWD
  • 42 Keisuke Goto FWD
  • 43 Bruno Ogbus DEF
  • 21 Florian Müller GK
  • 24 Jannik Huth GK
  • 5 Anthony Jung DEF
  • 27 Berkay Yilmaz DEF
  • 33 Jordy Makengo DEF
  • 17 Lukas Kübler DEF
  • 19 Jan-Niklas Beste FWD

Motherwell 4-3-3

Coach: Alfred Johansson

  1. 1 Alex Paulsen GK
  2. 3 Jake Girdwood-Reich DEF
  3. 4 Jamie Knight-Lebel DEF
  4. 23 Ewan Wilson DEF
  5. 45 Emmanuel Longelo DEF
  6. 8 Lukas Fadinger MID
  7. 11 Alex Lowry MID
  8. 71 Joe Hodge MID
  9. 18 Tawanda Maswanhise FWD
  10. 47 Seb Palmer Houlden FWD
  11. 19 Ibrahim Said FWD

Bench

  • 7 Tom Sparrow DEF
  • 17 Regan Charles-Cook FWD
  • 77 Willy Vogt FWD
  • 25 Olly Whyte MID
  • 20 Dylan Williams MID
  • 21 Matty Connelly GK
  • 2 Stephen O'Donnell DEF
  • 27 Mikey Booth MID
  • 29 Zander McAllister MID
  • 9 Apostolos Stamatelopoulos FWD
  • 15 Eythor Martin Bjørgolfsson FWD
  • 24 Luca Ross FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Freiburg

  • Patrick Osterhage injury, back About 1-2 weeks
  • Rihito Yamamoto injury, back A few weeks
  • Florent Muslija injury, back Late December 2026

Motherwell

  • Jordan McGhee injury, back Early September 2026
  • Callum Hendry injury, back Early September 2026
  • Paul McGinn injury, back Early September 2026
Previous meetings
  • Thursday 20 August 2026: Motherwell 1-3 SC Freiburg