Freiburg vs Celta Vigo Preview & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Europa League | Quarter-Final
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Freiburg have been focused on Europe for a while now as they now welcome an entertaining and impressive Celta Vigo side to the Europa-Park Stadion on Thursday.
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- This is the first UEFA competition match between Freiburg and Celta.
- Freiburg’s only previous UEFA encounters with a Spanish team were a pair of 2-0 defeats to Sevilla in the 2013/14 Europa League group stage.
- This is Freiburg’s first UEFA competition quarter‑final appearance. They are the 22nd different German club to reach the last eight of the UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League — more than any other country has produced.
- Freiburg have lost only two of their last ten UEFA matches (W6 D2).
- Freiburg have won their last nine UEFA home matches.
- Celta have lost their last three UEFA matches against German teams.
- Celta have contested two previous UEFA two‑legged ties against German opposition: a 2-1 aggregate victory over Stuttgart in the 2000/01 UEFA Cup fourth round, and a 3-0 aggregate defeat to Werder Bremen in the 2006/07 UEFA Cup round of 16.
- This is Celta’s fifth UEFA Cup/UEFA Europa League quarter‑final. They lost their first three, all in the UEFA Cup, but won their most recent tie in the 2016/17 Europa League, edging Genk 4-3 on aggregate — and this is their first European campaign since that run.
- Celta are unbeaten in their last six UEFA Europa League matches with four wins and two draws.
- Celta have lost only two of their last 11 UEFA away matches (W6 D3).
- Celta have scored in their last 13 UEFA matches.
- Celta have won five of their last six UEFA two-legged ties.
- Celta have opened the scoring in their last seven UEFA Europa League matches.
Freiburg vs Celta Vigo prediction
Freiburg, with Julian Schuster at the helm, come into this one on the back of a dramatic 3-2 loss at home to Bayern Munich the other day. Freiburg had been 2-0 up until deep into the game in that one, frustratingly denying them a spot in the top seven in the Bundesliga.
They now face a Celta side that, with Claudio Giraldez at the helm, produced a thrilling 3-2 win over Valencia to keep up the pressure on Real Betis in fifth after a difficult run of form before the international break, who may well be occupying the probable UEFA Champions League qualifying spots in La Liga.
Freiburg will have to take the imitative with their home advantage but they are facing a strong Celta side and so both teams scoring seems a good bet for this one in Germany.
Freiburg vs Celta Vigo tip: Both teams to score
