After returning to winning ways at Falkirk on Tuesday, Wednesday’s Football Bet of the Day sees me focus on the Europa League, and I’ve highlighted a goals-based selection in one of the fixtures.
⚽️ SC Freiburg vs FC Basel
🇪🇺 Europa League
⏰ Wednesday 24 September, 20:00
Freiburg welcome Swiss champions Basel to Europa-Park this evening in their Europa League opener in a fixture that appeals to me for goals.
Julian Schuster’s hosts made a really poor start to the campaign, as an opening day 1-3 loss at home to Augsburg was followed by a 4-1 thrashing away at newly-promoted Koln.
However, the Black Forest outfit have turned things around, scoring three late goals to defeat Stuttgart 3-1, before a convincing 0-3 victory over Werder Bremen on Saturday has propelled them up into seventh position in the Bundesliga table.
Basel ended their eight-year wait for a Swiss Super League title last season, as they finished 10 points clear of nearest challengers Servette.
After an opening day 2-1 loss at St. Gallen, new manager Ludovic Magnin has seen his side win four of their next five Super League fixtures to climb up to third position, three points behind leaders St. Gallen.
The RotBlau did enter the Champions League playoff round, but a 1-3 aggregate defeat to Danish giants FC Copenhagen meant they dropped down to the Europa League.
Bet of the Day
Freiburg’s opening four Bundesliga fixtures this season have averaged 4.00 goals per game, with Both Teams to Score banking in three (75%), whilst all four (100%) have seen a minimum of three goals (1-3, 1-4, 3-1 & 3-0).
What’s more, Freiburg’s 20 league and cup matches in front of their supporters since the beginning of last season have averaged an impressive 3.45 goals per game, with Both Teams to Score landing in 15 (75%) of them, whilst 17 (85%) have seen three or more goals.
Basel’s opening nine matches in all competitions this campaign have averaged 3.11 goals per game, with Over 2.5 Goals landing in six (67%) of them, whilst seven (78%) have seen goals at both ends.
Given that both clubs like to play attacking football and on the front foot, I’m expecting to see an open encounter in the Black Forest on Wednesday.
- Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals
- Pays 17/20 (William Hill)
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