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KRC Genk v Sport-Club Freiburg : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Cristal Arena, Genk

Thursday night at the Cristal Arena, and it’s a Europa League clash between KRC Genk and Sport-Club Freiburg. Thorsten Fink and Julian Schuster will be doing all they can to guide their side to the win. You'll find statistics supporting our top of under 3.5 goals below, but don't forget to explore 16 other markets we're covering too. Each has been designed to give you as full a picture as possible, with Europa League performances and head to heads (H2Hs) included, so that you feel able to make a well-informed bet. Finally, be sure to get the best odds from leading bookmakers.

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KRC Genk's next match is v St Truiden at 12:30 on Sunday 15th March
Sport-Club Freiburg's next match is v Union Berlin at 16:30 on Sunday 15th March

The last European Europa League meeting between Genk and Freiburg was on Thursday 12th March 2026

European Europa League

March 12th 2026

Genk 1	0 Freiburg

Z. El Ouahdi 24'

	GNK SCF
Shots On	3 2
Shots Off	8 1
Corners	5 7
Possession	50% 50%
Fouls	16 9
Yellow/red cards	1/0 1/0

Genk	Freiburg

M. Smets J. Kayembe Ditu (Y. Medina Ortiz 77') B. Heynen K. Karetsas I. Bangoura T. Okiki Lawal J. Ndenge Kongolo (M. Sadick Aliu 77') Z. El Ouahdi D. Heymans A. Bibout (R. Mirisola 83') N. Adedeji-Sternberg (Y. Sor 77')	N. Atubolu P. Osterhage (L. Höler 71') Y. Suzuki (C. Irié 63') J. Beste M. Ginter P. Treu C. Günter B. Ogbus (D. Scherhant 63') V. Grifo J. Manzambi I. Matanovic

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Best Tip: Under 3.5 goals

It's our view that there's not a clear favourite to claim victory here, but does appear clear is that the odds are pointing towards it'll have 3 goals or less. Our statistical analysis is inline with them too. Genk and Freiburg have delivered a host of under 3.5 goal games recently, and key performance statistics point towards an extension of that record. We feel confident predicting under 3.5 goals on Thursday night, and the bookies have it priced at 1.25.

If you’re looking for a winner in this match, we think Genk are the most likely. Our predictive algorithm gives them a 37% chance of victory, and the bookies have them at a best price of 2.63.

Checkout the hundreds of tips picked but our top win/draw/win tipsters

Predictions	Bet365	Coral
Genk 35%	2/1 4%	1/50 4%
Draw 27%	11/5	18/1 3%
Freiburg 39%	7/5 3%	200/1 4%
Draw 1-1 13%	5/1	13/2
Freiburg 1-0 10%	7/1 5%	11/2
Genk 1-0 9%	8/1	1/5 5%
Freiburg 2-1 8%	17/2	50/1
Genk 2-1 8%	10/1	40/1 5%
Draw 0-0 8%	15/2 9%	11/2
Freiburg 2-0 7%	10/1	10/1
Genk 2-0 6%	14/1 13%	17/2 8%
Draw 2-2 5%	12/1	125/1
Freiburg 3-1 4%	20/1 11%	150/1
Genk 3-1 3%	25/1	150/1
Freiburg 3-0 3%	22/1	22/1
Genk 3-0 2%	33/1 10%	60/1 9%
Freiburg 3-2 2%	28/1	150/1 11%
Genk 3-2 2%	33/1 10%	200/1
Over 2.5 Goals 48%	11/10	70/1 3%
Under 2.5 Goals 52%	8/11	1/1000 3%
Home 1st Goal 47%	11/10 3%	23/20 3%
Away 1st Goal 48%	10/11 2%	21/20 3%
No 1st Goal 5%	15/2 9%	5/1
BTTS - Yes 52%	4/5 3%	14/1 2%
BTTS - No 48%	19/20 5%	1/100 2%
BTTS - Home Win 16%	11/2 5%	33/1 2%
BTTS - Draw 19%	10/3	13/2 5%
BTTS - Away Win 18%	4/1	40/1 4%
Home/draw 61%	8/15 4%	1/1000 1%
Away/draw 65%	4/11 4%	14/1 3%
Home/away 73%	4/11	1/150
Over 1.5 Goals 73%	1/3	10/1
Under 1.5 Goals 27%	12/5	1/33 1%
Over 3.5 Goals 26%	11/4 6%	80/1 1%
Under 3.5 Goals 74%	2/7 3%	1/300 3%
Over 4.5 Goals 12%	6/1	1/50
Under 4.5 Goals 88%	1/10	1/50
Over 5.5 Goals 5%	14/1	1/50 10%
Under 5.5 Goals 95%	1/33	1/50
Over 0.5 Goals 92%	1/14 1%	1/10
Under 0.5 Goals 8%	8/1 9%	5/1
Home DNB 53%	11/10 4%	1/300 3%
Away DNB 57%	4/6 2%	40/1 3%
Genk win to nil 19%	4/1	-
Freiburg win to nil 21%	3/1 11%	-
Genk / Genk 18%	15/4	4/7 3%
Genk / Freiburg 3%	25/1	13/2 11%
Genk / Draw 6%	14/1	16/5
Draw / Genk 13%	11/2	18/1 8%
Draw / Freiburg 13%	9/2 8%	16/1
Draw / Draw 17%	4/1	14/1 5%
Freiburg / Genk 3%	28/1	100/1
Freiburg / Freiburg 20%	3/1 8%	45/1
Freiburg / Draw 7%	12/1	90/1

Win / draw / win Europa League table

Genk have played 8 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

3 of those games have come against teams above them in the table. They have lost 1 game, drawn 1 and won 1. Genk have conceded 4 goals, scored 4, failed to score in 2 matches and kept 1 clean sheet.

Home league performance

Genk have played 6 games at home, winning 2, drawing 1 and losing 3 fixtures. They have scored 6 goals, conceded 8 goals, kept 1 clean sheet and failed to score 2 times in home league games.

Freiburg lay in 7th place on 17 points in the Europa League league table having played 8 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

They have played 8 games against teams below them in the table, winning 5, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored 10 goals and kept 4 clean sheets against lower placed opposition. Freiburg have conceded 4 goals and have failed to score in 2 matches.

Away league performance

Freiburg have played 4 away games, winning 1, drawing 2 and losing 1 game. They have scored an average of 1 goals per away game and conceded an average 0.8 goals per away game.

BTTS yes BTTS no BTTS yes BTTS no Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Won Draw Lost Over 0.5 Under 0.5 Over 1.5 Under 1.5 Over 2.5 Under 2.5 Over 3.5 Under 3.5 Over 4.5 Under 4.5 Over 5.5 Under 5.5 For 0-0 Against Won Draw Lost	Genk Freiburg
Results by League Table

	TEAM	PLD	W	D	L	GD	PTS	HOME	AWAY	HOME	AWAY
1	Lyon	8	7	0	1	13	21	-	-	-	-
2	A Villa	8	7	0	1	8	21	-	-	-	-
3	Midtjylland	8	6	1	1	10	19	-	l 1-0A	-	-
4	Real Betis	8	5	2	1	6	17	d 0-00-0	-	-	-
5	Porto	8	5	2	1	6	17	-	-	-	-
6	Braga	8	5	2	1	6	17	-	w 3-4A	-	-
7	Freiburg	8	5	2	1	6	17	w 1-0F	Mar 19	-	-
8	Roma	8	5	1	2	7	16	-	-	-	-
9	Genk	8	5	1	2	4	16	-	-	Mar 19	l 1-0A
10	Bologna	8	4	3	1	7	15	-	-	-	d 1-1A
11	Stuttgart	8	5	0	3	6	15	-	-	-	-
12	Ferencvaros	8	4	3	1	1	15	l 0-1A	-	-	-
13	Nottm Forest	8	4	2	2	8	14	-	-	-	-
14	Plzen	8	3	5	0	5	14	-	-	-	d 0-00-0
15	Red Star Bel.	8	4	2	2	1	14	-	-	-	-
16	Celta	8	4	1	3	4	13	-	-	-	-
17	PAOK	8	3	3	2	3	12	-	-	-	-
18	Lille	8	4	0	4	3	12	-	-	-	l 1-0A
19	Fenerbahce	8	3	3	2	3	12	-	-	-	-
20	Panathinaikos	8	3	3	2	2	12	-	-	-	-
21	Celtic	8	3	2	3	-2	11	-	-	-	-
22	Ludogorets	8	3	1	4	-3	10	-	-	-	-
23	D. Zagreb	8	3	1	4	-4	10	d 3-3A	w 1-3F	-	-
24	Brann	8	2	3	3	-2	9	-	-	-	-
25	Young Boys	8	3	0	5	-6	9	-	-	-	-
26	Sturm Graz	8	2	1	5	-6	7	-	-	-	-
27	FCSB	8	2	1	5	-7	7	-	-	-	-
28	GA Eagles	8	2	1	5	-8	7	-	-	-	-
29	Feyenoord	8	2	0	6	-4	6	-	-	-	-
30	Basel	8	2	0	6	-4	6	w 2-1F	-	w 2-1F	-
31	Salzburg	8	2	0	6	-5	6	-	-	w 1-0F	-
32	Rangers	8	1	1	6	-9	4	-	w 0-1F	-	-
33	Nice	8	1	0	7	-8	3	-	-	-	w 1-3A
34	Utrecht	8	0	1	7	-10	1	-	w 0-2F	w 2-0F	-
35	Malmö	8	0	1	7	-11	1	w 2-1A	-	-	-
36	M. Tel-Aviv	8	0	1	7	-20	1	-	-	w 1-0F	-
37	Lech Poznan							l 1-2F	w 1-5F	-	-

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Win / draw / win form

Home

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

14 / 20

Conceded

16 / 20

Clean sheets

4 / 20

Failed to score

6 / 20

Draw

Lost

HOME FORM Win / Draw / Win
Genk	1 - 3	D. Zagreb
Genk	2 - 1	Malmö
Genk	2 - 1	Basel
Genk	0 - 0	Real Betis
Genk	0 - 1	Ferencvaros
Genk	1 - 2	Lech Poznan
Genk	2 - 0	Cukaricki
Genk	0 - 0	Ferencvaros
Genk	2 - 2	Fiorentina
Genk	2 - 1	Adana
Genk	1 - 1	Olympiakos
Genk	2 - 2	Servette
Genk	0 - 1	Rapid Wien
Genk	2 - 2	West Ham
Genk	0 - 3	D. Zagreb
Genk	1 - 2	Shakhtar
Genk	1 - 4	Salzburg
Genk	1 - 4	Liverpool
Genk	0 - 0	Napoli
Genk	1 - 4	Slavia

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

15 / 20

Conceded

14 / 20

Clean sheets

6 / 20

Failed to score

5 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
H	Genk	1 - 3	D. Zagreb
A	Genk	3 - 1	D. Zagreb
H	Genk	2 - 1	Malmö
A	Genk	2 - 0	Utrecht
A	Genk	0 - 1	Midtjylland
H	Genk	2 - 1	Basel
A	Genk	4 - 3	Braga
H	Genk	0 - 0	Real Betis
H	Genk	0 - 1	Ferencvaros
A	Genk	1 - 0	Rangers
H	Genk	1 - 2	Lech Poznan
A	Genk	5 - 1	Lech Poznan
H	Genk	2 - 0	Cukaricki
A	Genk	1 - 2	Fiorentina
A	Genk	1 - 1	Ferencvaros
H	Genk	0 - 0	Ferencvaros
A	Genk	2 - 0	Cukaricki
H	Genk	2 - 2	Fiorentina
A	Genk	0 - 1	Adana
H	Genk	2 - 1	Adana

Away

Overall

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

8 / 16

Conceded

11 / 16

Clean sheets

5 / 16

Failed to score

8 / 16

Won

Draw

Lost

AWAY FORM Win / Draw / Win
Lille	1 - 0	Freiburg
Plzen	0 - 0	Freiburg
Nice	1 - 3	Freiburg
Bologna	1 - 1	Freiburg
West Ham	5 - 0	Freiburg
Lens	0 - 0	Freiburg
West Ham	2 - 0	Freiburg
Backa Topola	1 - 3	Freiburg
Olympiakos	2 - 3	Freiburg
Juventus	1 - 0	Freiburg
Qarabag	1 - 1	Freiburg
Nantes	0 - 4	Freiburg
Olympiakos	0 - 3	Freiburg
Liberec	1 - 2	Freiburg
Estoril	0 - 0	Freiburg
Sevilla	2 - 0	Freiburg

Goals: Scored

Conceded

Games: Scored

13 / 20

Conceded

12 / 20

Clean sheets

8 / 20

Failed to score

7 / 20

Won

Lost

OVERALL FORM Win / Draw / Win
A	Freiburg	0 - 1	Lille
H	Freiburg	1 - 0	M. Tel-Aviv
H	Freiburg	1 - 0	Salzburg
A	Freiburg	0 - 0	Plzen
A	Freiburg	3 - 1	Nice
H	Freiburg	2 - 0	Utrecht
A	Freiburg	1 - 1	Bologna
H	Freiburg	2 - 1	Basel
A	Freiburg	0 - 5	West Ham
H	Freiburg	1 - 0	West Ham
H	Freiburg	2 - 2	Lens
A	Freiburg	0 - 0	Lens
A	Freiburg	0 - 2	West Ham
H	Freiburg	5 - 0	Olympiakos
H	Freiburg	5 - 0	Backa Topola
A	Freiburg	3 - 1	Backa Topola
H	Freiburg	1 - 2	West Ham
A	Freiburg	3 - 2	Olympiakos
H	Freiburg	0 - 2	Juventus
A	Freiburg	0 - 1	Juventus

Goal Statistics

Sport-Club Freiburg's defensive record is to be admired, J. Schuster's men having conceded 1 or less in 8 consecutive Europa League outings. An underwhelming PG rating of 1.2 for KRC Genk makes sense in this context.

	Genk 9th	Freiburg 7th
	Kickoff prediction
Kickoff prediction	1.2 goals	1.3 goals
	Scoring probability
Scoring probability	0 29% 1 36% 2 22% 3 9% 4+ There is a 65% probability that Genk will score no more than 1 goal	0 26% 1 35% 2 23% 3 10% 4+ There is a 61% probability that Freiburg will score no more than 1 goal

	20 home / away league games
20 home / away league games	-45 Genk have scored 45% fewer goals at home than predicted	+11 Freiburg have scored 11% more goals when away than predicted
	1.1 average goals scored	1.3 average goals scored
	1.7 conceded	1.1 conceded

Attack defence ratings
Europa League - 2025/2025 season

14%

better

GNK

SCF

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Games scored	16		13
Failed to score	4		7
Scored first	10		10
Goals scored	31		26
Avg. goals scored	1.6		1.3
Avg. shots per game	12		10
Avg. shots per goal	8		8
Conversion rate for	13		13
Avg. XG for	1.9		1.8
KickOff rating		+14%

GNK

SCF

24%

better

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Games conceded	17		13
Clean sheets	3		7
Conceded first	10		9
Goals conceded	31		23
Avg. goals conceded	1.6		1.2
Avg. shots/game conceded	10		10
Avg. shots/goal conceded	6		8
Conversion rate against	16%		12%
Avg. XG against	1.4		1.3
KickOff rating		+24%

The line-ups for the Europa League match between Genk v Freiburg will show here when available.

Genk Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
13	4	4	3
M Smets	Z Ouahdi	D Heymans	Z Ouahdi

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
T Lawal GLK	7			-
Z Ouahdi DEF	10	4	1	3 -
J. Ndenge Kongolo DEF	3			1 -
M Smets DEF	13		1	2 -
J Kayembe DEF	10			1 -
D Heymans MID	9	4	4	2 -
B Heynen MID	13	2	2	2 -
I. Bangoura MID	9			1 -
K. Karetsas MID	12	2	3	1 -
N. Adedeji-Sternberg FWD	8			1 -
A Bibout FWD	5			-
Subs
H Crombrugge GLK	6			-
M Sadick DEF	12			2 -
Y Medina DEF	11	1		2 -
K Nkuba DEF	5			-
N Sattlberger MID	8		2	-
J Steuckers FWD	10		4	1 -
J Ito FWD	7	1		1 -
Y Sor FWD	12	2	1	-
R. Mirisola FWD	7			-
J Erabi FWD	5			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
4	11	4	6
Z Ouahdi	D Heymans	D Heymans	J Steuckers

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
Z Ouahdi DEF	4	8	1	5
D Heymans MID	4	11	4	2
B Heynen MID	2	2	2	3
K. Karetsas MID	2	11	3	4
Subs
Y Sor FWD	2	4	1	4
Y Medina DEF	1	5		1
J Ito FWD	1	5		4
M Smets DEF		1	1	1
J Kayembe DEF				1
N. Adedeji-Sternberg FWD		1
A Bibout FWD		2
Subs
K Nkuba DEF		1
N Sattlberger MID			2	1
J Steuckers FWD		1	4	6
R. Mirisola FWD		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
870	25	73
M Smets	B Heynen	B Heynen

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M Smets DEF	870	17	39
B Heynen MID	675	25	73
Subs
M Sadick DEF	532	20	36
J Kayembe DEF	441	15	29
Z Ouahdi DEF	355	24	57
D Heymans MID	317	19	57
Subs
Y Medina DEF	299	10	31
K. Karetsas MID	294	10	42
T Lawal GLK	231		2
I. Bangoura MID	221	16	27
Subs
H Crombrugge GLK	211	1	4
J Steuckers FWD	205	3	8
J Ito FWD	187	14	21
Y Sor FWD	164	4	15
N. Adedeji-Sternberg FWD	127	12	30
Subs
N Sattlberger MID	127	7	14
J. Ndenge Kongolo DEF	116	3	6
Subs
K Nkuba DEF	106	10	18
A Bibout FWD	68	5	15
Subs
R. Mirisola FWD	31	1	12
J Erabi FWD	12		3

Freiburg Europa League squad statistics 2025

Overall

Attack

Defence

Most starts	Most goals	Most assists	Most cards
9	2	2	2
N Atubolu	V Grifo	C Günter	P Lienhart

Line-up	Appserances	goals	Assists	cards
N Atubolu GLK	9			-
P Treu DEF	8			1 -
M Ginter DEF	9		1	-
B. Ogbus DEF	2			1 -
C Günter DEF	8		2	1 -
P Osterhage MID	7	1		-
J. Manzambi MID	9	1		-
J Beste MID	9			-
Y Suzuki MID	7	1	1	1 -
V Grifo MID	9	2	1	1 -
I Matanovic FWD	9	1		-
Subs
F Müller GLK				-
J Huth GLK				-
J Makengo DEF	3			1 -
P Lienhart DEF	5	1		2 -
A Jung DEF	3			-
N Höfler MID	3			1 -
D Scherhant FWD	8	1		-
L Höler FWD	5			-
C. Irié FWD	3			-

Most goals	Most shots on target	Most assists	Most big chances
2	8	2	3
V Grifo	D Scherhant	C Günter	V Grifo

Line-up	goals	shots on	Assists	big chances
V Grifo MID	2	4	1	3
P Osterhage MID	1	1
J. Manzambi MID	1	7		2
Y Suzuki MID	1	4	1	2
I Matanovic FWD	1	5
Subs
P Lienhart DEF	1	1
D Scherhant FWD	1	8
P Treu DEF				1
M Ginter DEF		2	1
C Günter DEF		2	2	2
J Beste MID		2
Subs
N Höfler MID		1

Most passes	Most tackles	Most duels won
464	18	59
M Ginter	J. Manzambi	J. Manzambi

Line-up	passes	tackles	duels won
M Ginter DEF	464	11	38
N Atubolu GLK	401		3
Subs
P Lienhart DEF	296	8	22
J. Manzambi MID	233	18	59
C Günter DEF	227	9	14
V Grifo MID	213	4	15
P Treu DEF	194	15	35
P Osterhage MID	177	9	27
Y Suzuki MID	161	9	29
J Beste MID	151	16	42
B. Ogbus DEF	102	6	12
I Matanovic FWD	76	14	40
Subs
D Scherhant FWD	66	3	23
A Jung DEF	62	1	5
J Makengo DEF	60	2	6
L Höler FWD	27	3	8
N Höfler MID	19	5	6
C. Irié FWD	19	1	5

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KRC Genk v Sport-Club Freiburg : Europa League match betting preview, prediction and odds

Genk have played 8 matches so far this season and are in 9th position in the league.

Performance against teams above them in the league

Home league performance

Freiburg lay in 7th place on 17 points in the Europa League league table having played 8 matches.

Performance against teams below them in the league

Away league performance

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