In the early hours of Friday morning, the first leg of the Europa League top 16 competition began in an all-round way. Among them, the Bundesliga team Freiburg will face West Ham from the Premier League at home. The home team's recent form has been poor, and they have been unable to win within the statutory time limit for many consecutive two-front games. Their ability to win is really worrying. In this game, facing the Hammers, a bitter host, it is difficult not to look down on Freyburg's home defeat.

In the Bundesliga this past weekend, Freireborg faced the powerful Bayern and equalized the score before the end of the game, eventually recording a 2-2 draw. Although this result can still surprise Freireborg fans, you must know that the ball The team has not won in eight consecutive games in all competitions within the legal time limit, and its morale continues to be cold and difficult to warm up. In the two previous UEFA Europa League play-off games with French Ligue 1 team Lens, Freyborg first drew a goalless draw with the opponent as an away team. In the second leg, they returned to home and fell behind by 2 goals at halftime with Loulan Sharal scoring in the second half. After a second try to force a life-saving strike, striker Michael Kigoreshuch scored in overtime to help Freiburg survive the danger. Can he still have such good luck in this battle against a stronger opponent? It is unknown at the moment. Pay attention to the group stage, Freyborg's record of 4 wins and 2 losses is quite satisfactory, but it must be understood that these two games were lost to West Ham, which shows that the team's strength is significantly lower than this Premier League strength. In addition, Freiburg has been troubled by some injuries, and several players including defenders Janiv Schmitt and Philip Lienhut will be unable to play. What we have to worry about is that Freiburg failed to make it to the top 16 in the last Europa League. At that time, they lost both rounds against Serie A giants Juventus and did not score a goal. This reflects their shallow experience in European competitions.

West Ham were in poor form earlier, and after entering 2024, they suffered an eight-match winless battle in both the league and the FA Cup. With the recent return from injury of core midfielder Lucas Borgida , the league has won consecutive victories over Binford and Everton, which is considered to be back on track. It ranks seventh in the Premier League standings and sees hope of ranking among the top six. Mental outlook It can be described as positive. Looking back at the group stage, the Hammers, who are the representatives of the Premier League, lived up to expectations. Five wins in six games was simply a dimensionality reduction blow. In the two clashes with Freiburg, West Ham won 2-1 away and 2-0 at home; Lucas Borgida , Mohamed Gudus , Aitson Avalis and Naye Alfred Agut each contributed 1 goal against Freyborg. A total of 5 Hammers players have scored goals in the entire group stage. It is not difficult to see the team's more blossoming offensive characteristics. At the same time, the performance of conceding 4 goals in 6 games on the defensive end is also quite convincing. They allowed Freiborg, who scored 17 goals in 6 group games, to only score 1 goal on their own. The gap in strength between them is self-evident. The current situation, strength and psychology all have the upper hand, and West Ham is expected to win again against his defeated opponent in this trip. In terms of lineup, midfielder Maxwell Konite is absent due to injury.