SC Freiburg vs Motherwell Prediction

SC Freiburg
4-1
Finished
HT 1-1
Motherwell
Europa-Park-Stadion, Freiburg im Breisgau·Andrea Colombo, Italy 27/08/2026

AI Best Pick

Statistical forecasts for entertainment purposes only - not betting or financial advice.

Data Quality
Complete
Match Importance
4.8 / 10
AI Best Pick
59%Trust
BTTS
Both Teams NOT to Score
1.70
SignalNEUTRALModel72%SurpriseHighGap+0.6%
Value Analysis
59%Trust
BTTS
Both Teams NOT to Score
1.70
SignalSOLIDModel63%SurpriseHighGap+5.4%
SC Freiburg Rest
4 days
Motherwell Rest
6 days

SC Freiburg vs Motherwell: result, form and history

SC Freiburg beat Motherwell 4-1 in the UEFA Europa Conference League on 27 Aug 2026. It was in line with recent form: SC Freiburg had won 5 of their previous five, compared with 1 for Motherwell.

Referee Andrea Colombo averages 5.02 cards a game, 0.50 more than other referees in the same competitions.

Match Forecasts

Match Result
1
78%1.18
X
10%7.00
2
12%12.17
Double Chance
1X
88%1.03
X2
22%4.50
Both Teams to Score
Yes
41%2.02
No
59%1.70
Goals
Projected Goals: 2.8 + 0.6 = 3.40
Over 1.5
90%1.10
Over 2.5
63%1.42
Over 3.5
40%2.09
Under 1.5
10%5.75
Under 2.5
37%2.69
Under 3.5
60%1.73
Corners
Projected Corners: 5.2 + 3.7 = 8.9
Over 8.5
61%1.62
Over 9.5
42%2.05
Over 10.5
33%2.63
Under 8.5
39%2.11
Under 9.5
58%1.68
Under 10.5
67%1.41
Cards
Projected Cards: 1.9 + 2.7 = 4.5
Over 3.5
60%1.75
Over 4.5
42%2.04
Under 3.5
40%1.98
Under 4.5
58%1.72

Match Events

6'D. ScherhantAssist: M. Eggestein
22'E. LongeloAssist: I. Said
46'T. Maswanhise INT. Sparrow out
55'J. Knight-LebelHolding
57'J. Girdwood-ReichHolding
60'I. MatanovicAssist: D. Scherhant
63'C. IrieAssist: D. Scherhant
64'M. Rosenfelder INP. Lienhart out
64'Y. Suzuki INL. Holer out
65'I. Said INW. Vogt out
65'J. Hodge INO. Whyte out
66'S. Palmer-Houlden INR. Charles-Cook out
69'I. Matanovic INK. Goto out
69'D. Scherhant INV. Grifo out
76'A. Lowry IND. Williams out
78'M. Ginter INB. Ogbus out
85'K. Goto

Lineups

SC Freiburg
4-2-3-1Coach: Julian Schuster
Motherwell
4-3-3Coach: Alfred Johansson
Avg rating7.06
Avg rating6.47
Mio Backhaus5.61M. Backhaus
Philipp Treu6.329P. Treu
Matthias Ginter6.928M. Ginter
Maximilian Rosenfelder7.037M. Rosenfelder
Christian GünterC6.930C. Günter
Maximilian Eggestein7.98M. Eggestein
Yannick Engelhardt7.216Y. Engelhardt
Cyriaque Irié7.922C. Irié
Yuito Suzuki6.914Y. Suzuki
Derry Scherhant9.27D. Scherhant
Igor Matanović8.531I. Matanović
Alex Paulsen6.91A. Paulsen
Jake Girdwood-Reich5.93J. Girdwood-Reich
Jamie Knight-Lebel6.74J. Knight-Lebel
Ewan Wilson6.223E. Wilson
Emmanuel Longelo6.945E. Longelo
Lukas FadingerC6.98L. Fadinger
Alex Lowry6.211A. Lowry
Joe Hodge6.571J. Hodge
Tawanda Maswanhise6.618T. Maswanhise
Sebastian Palmer-Houlden6.247S. Palmer-Houlden
Ibrahim Said6.519I. Said

SC Freiburg Substitutes

3Philipp Lienhart64'for M. Rosenfelder6.6
9Lucas Höler64'for Y. Suzuki6.2
21Florian Müller
24Jannik Huth
5Anthony Jung
17Lukas Kübler
27Berkay Yılmaz
33Jordy Makengo
43Bruno Ogbus78'for M. Ginter
19Jan-Niklas Beste
32Vincenzo Grifo69'for D. Scherhant6.3
42Keisuke Goto69'for I. Matanovic85'6.5

Motherwell Substitutes

7Tom Sparrow46'for T. Maswanhise6.3
25Olly Whyte65'for J. Hodge6.7
17Regan Charles-Cook66'for S. Palmer-Houlden6.3
77Willy Vogt65'for I. Said6.3
21Matty Connelly
2Stephen O'Donnell
27Mikey Booth
29Zander McAllister
20Dylan Williams76'for A. Lowry
9Apostolos Stamatelopoulos
15Eythor Bjørgolfsson
24Luca Ross

Match Stats

SC FreiburgMotherwell
70%Ball Possession30%
7Corner Kicks1
0Yellow Cards1
0Red Cards1
29Total Shots2
11Shots on Goal1
13Shots off Goal1
20Shots Inside Box1
9Shots Outside Box1
5Blocked Shots0
6Fouls11
1Offsides2
1Goalkeeper Saves6
662Total Passes284
605Passes Accurate228
91%Pass Accuracy80%

Team Comparison

SC FreiburgSC Freiburg
MotherwellMotherwell
1845Elo Rating 1540
1.63Attack 1.07
0.58Defense 0.81
41%Hit Rate 0%
15.6Shots per Game 15.2
3.5Shots on Target 5.8
6.4Corners per Game 5.7
1.7Cards per Game 1.5

AI Insights

🏠Strong Home Advantage+305 Elo
⚽High Goal Expectancy3.4 goals
📊Home Overperforming
📉Away Underperforming
⚠️Home Rotation Risk70%
⚠️Away Rotation Risk70%

Game State Tendencies

SC FreiburgSC Freiburg
  • Tied at half-time in 40% of matches
  • Comeback tendency: recovers from HT deficit 33% of the time
  • Scores more in 2nd half (1.1 vs 0.6 in first half)
  • Concedes more in 1st half - tightens up after the break
MotherwellMotherwell
  • Tied at half-time in 40% of matches

Head to Head

1 previous meeting, all competitions

SC FreiburgSC Freiburg1Wins · 100%
Draws00%
MotherwellMotherwell0Wins · 0%
4.0Avg Goals
100%Both teams scored1 of 1
100%3+ goals1 of 1

Recent Form

SC FreiburgSC Freiburg
7W1D2L
23/08/2026
Fortuna DüsseldorfSC Freiburg
15
W
20/08/2026
MotherwellSC Freiburg
13
W
15/08/2026
SC FreiburgCrystal Palace
20
W
08/08/2026
SC FreiburgStrasbourg
20
W
24/07/2026
SC FreiburgDerby
31
W
20/05/2026
SC FreiburgAston Villa
03
L
16/05/2026
SC FreiburgRB Leipzig
41
W
10/05/2026
Hamburger SVSC Freiburg
32
L
07/05/2026
SC FreiburgSC Braga
31
W
03/05/2026
SC FreiburgVfL Wolfsburg
11
D
MotherwellMotherwell
4W2D4L

Referee Profile

Andrea Colombo140 matches

5.02Cards per match
4.75Yellow cards per match
0.26Red cards per match
27.1Fouls per match

Compared with other referees

Andrea Colombo5.02
Other referees4.52

5.02 cards a match, 0.50 more than other referees in the same competitions and seasons (4.52).

Cards come from 117 matches with official statistics.

Full referee stats

Bracket

Qualifying Round 1
Qualifying Round 2
Qualifying Round 3
Play-offs
Lincoln Red Imps FC
Seeded
Larne
Seeded
Brighton
Seeded
KI Klaksvik
Seeded
PAOK
Seeded
Vikingur Reykjavik
Seeded
Gornik Zabrze
Seeded
Monaco
Seeded
Hradec Králové
Seeded
SC Freiburg
Seeded
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Seeded
Atalanta
Seeded
Heart Of Midlothian
Seeded
Rangers
Seeded
Shamrock Rovers
Seeded
KuPS
Seeded
Pafos
Seeded
Getafe
Seeded
Tromso
Seeded
HNK Hajduk Split
Seeded
Sheriff Tiraspol
Seeded
FC ST. Gallen
Seeded
Dynamo Kyiv
Seeded
Qarabag
Seeded
Inter Club d'Escaldes
Seeded
Hammarby FF
Seeded
Twente
Seeded
FC Midtjylland
Seeded
Tre Fiori
Seeded
IFK Goteborg
Seeded
Floriana
Seeded
Drita
Seeded
Atert Bissen
Seeded
Gyori ETO FC
Seeded
Neftchi Baku
Seeded
Başakşehir
Seeded
Vardar Skopje
Seeded
Riga
Seeded
Spartak Trnava
Seeded
CSKA 1948
Seeded
Železničar Pančevo
Seeded
SC Braga
Seeded
Hibernian
Seeded
Austria Vienna
Seeded
CFR 1907 Cluj
Seeded
Panevėžys
Seeded
FK Tobol Kostanay
Seeded
HJK Helsinki
Seeded
Coleraine FC
Seeded
Flora Tallinn
Seeded
The New Saints
Seeded
Debreceni VSC
Seeded
Apollon Limassol
Seeded
AEK Larnaca
Seeded
Beitar Jerusalem
Seeded
Raków Częstochowa
Seeded
Valletta FC
Seeded
Dunajska Streda
Seeded
Vestri
Seeded
Gais
Seeded
FC Nordsjaelland
Seeded
FC Sion
Seeded
Rapid Vienna
Seeded
Zimbru
Seeded
FC Noah
Seeded
ML Vitebsk
Seeded
Sutjeska
Seeded
Universitatea Cluj
Seeded
Brann
Seeded
FC Vaduz
Seeded
FCSB
Seeded
Auda
Seeded
NK Varazdin
Seeded
FK Jablonec
Seeded
Aluminij
Seeded
Vojvodina
Seeded
Ajax
Seeded
Polessya
Seeded
FC Copenhagen
Seeded
Paks
Seeded
Panathinaikos
Seeded
Hapoel Tel Aviv
Seeded
Ludogorets
Seeded
Borac Banja Luka
Seeded
Petrocub
Seeded
LNZ Cherkasy
Seeded
Gent
Seeded
FC Lugano
Seeded
Dukagjini
Seeded
Žilina
Seeded
GKS Katowice
Seeded
Motherwell
Seeded
HB Torshavn
Seeded
Bravo
Seeded
Koper
Seeded
HNK Rijeka
Seeded
Derry City
Seeded
Shelbourne
Seeded
FK Partizan
Seeded
Valur Reykjavik
Seeded
Zrinjski
Seeded
Lincoln Red Imps FC
Seeded
Larne
Seeded
Brighton
Seeded
KI Klaksvik
Seeded
PAOK
Seeded
Vikingur Reykjavik
Seeded
Gornik Zabrze
Seeded
Monaco
Seeded
Hradec Králové
Seeded
SC Freiburg
Seeded
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Seeded
Atalanta
Seeded
Heart Of Midlothian
Seeded
Rangers
Seeded
Shamrock Rovers
Seeded
KuPS
Seeded
Pafos
Seeded
Getafe
Seeded
Tromso
Seeded
HNK Hajduk Split
Seeded
Sheriff Tiraspol
Seeded
FC ST. Gallen
Seeded
Dynamo Kyiv
Seeded
Qarabag
Seeded
Inter Club d'Escaldes
Seeded
Hammarby FF
Seeded
Twente
Seeded
FC Midtjylland
Seeded
Tre Fiori
Seeded
Lincoln Red Imps FC
Seeded
Larne
Seeded
Brighton
Seeded
KI Klaksvik
Seeded
PAOK
Seeded
Vikingur Reykjavik
Seeded
Gornik Zabrze
Seeded
Monaco
Seeded
Hradec Králové
Seeded
SC Freiburg
Seeded
Maccabi Tel Aviv
Seeded
Atalanta
Seeded
Heart Of Midlothian
Seeded
Rangers
Seeded
Shamrock Rovers
Seeded
KuPS
Seeded
Pafos
Seeded
Getafe
Seeded

League Table

UEFA Europa Conference League 2026
#TeamMPWDLGGDPtsForm
1PanathinaikosPanathinaikos22007:2+56WW
2FC LuganoFC Lugano22008:4+46WW
3BrannBrann22006:2+46WW
4TrabzonsporTrabzonspor22006:2+46WW
5TwenteTwente22005:1+46WW
6MonacoMonaco22005:1+46WW
7St. TruidenSt. Truiden22003:0+36WW
8HNK Hajduk SplitHNK Hajduk Split22003:1+26WW
9BrightonBrighton21104:0+44DW
10FC CopenhagenFC Copenhagen21105:2+34DW
11Universitatea CraiovaUniversitatea Craiova21104:2+24WD
12Mjallby AIFMjallby AIF21103:1+24DW
13AjaxAjax21013:2+13WL
14Borac Banja LukaBorac Banja Luka21013:2+13WL
15AtalantaAtalanta21013:303LW
16SC BragaSC Braga21012:3-13WL
17GentGent21011:2-13LW
18SC FreiburgSC Freiburg21013:5-23LW
19FC NordsjaellandFC Nordsjaelland20203:302DD
20Egnatia RrogozhinëEgnatia Rrogozhinë20202:202DD
21RigaRiga20202:202DD
22FK Crvena ZvezdaFK Crvena Zvezda20114:5-11DL
23CSKA SofiaCSKA Sofia20113:4-11DL
24FK JablonecFK Jablonec20112:3-11DL
25FC MidtjyllandFC Midtjylland20111:2-11LD
26AarhusAarhus20111:2-11DL
27PafosPafos20112:4-21DL
28Heart Of MidlothianHeart Of Midlothian20111:3-21LD
29FC Iberia 1999FC Iberia 199920111:3-21DL
30GetafeGetafe20113:6-31LD
31Kairat AlmatyKairat Almaty20112:6-41LD
32FC ThunFC Thun20020:2-20LL
33Lincoln Red Imps FCLincoln Red Imps FC20022:6-40LL
34KuPSKuPS20022:6-40LL
35Inter Club d'EscaldesInter Club d'Escaldes20021:5-40LL
36Kauno ŽalgirisKauno Žalgiris20021:8-70LL
Conference League

About the SC Freiburg vs Motherwell forecast

As a knockout tie in the UEFA Europa Conference League, there is more at stake than league points; the forecasts weigh that alongside team ratings, recent form and the head-to-head record.

How to Read These Forecasts

Each percentage shows the model's calculated likelihood for that outcome. Above 65% indicates strong statistical confidence; 45-65% reflects a competitive, open match; below 45% suggests the outcome is statistically less likely. All figures are for informational and entertainment purposes only.

About UEFA Europa Conference League

More UEFA Europa Conference League fixtures and forecasts are on the UEFA Europa Conference League Predictions page.

Key Factors for This Match

SC Freiburg and Motherwell have met only 1 time recently, with 4.0 goals in that meeting. This forecast is based on a complete recent-form dataset for both teams.

All forecasts are generated by statistical and machine learning models for informational and entertainment purposes only. They are not guaranteed and do not constitute financial or betting advice.