Motherwell vs 20.08.26 18:301 – 3Full Time
SC Freiburg — UEFA Europa Conference League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Ginter double sinks ten-man Motherwell as Freiburg fight back at Fir Park
SC Freiburg came from behind to beat Motherwell 3-1 in the Playoff round of the UEFA Europa Conference League at Fir Park, overturning an early deficit after Martin Moormann's dismissal turned the contest in the visitors' favour.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Motherwell made the perfect start when Regan Charles-Cook converted an Emmanuel Longelo Mbule assist inside two minutes, but Freiburg drew level through Matthias Ginter, set up by Derry Scherhant, in the 28th minute to send the sides in level at the break. The match swung decisively just after the hour when Moormann was sent off for the hosts, and Ginter immediately punished the numerical advantage by converting a penalty to make it 1-2.
Freiburg added further gloss deep into stoppage time as Keisuke Goto scored in the 90+6th minute, assisted by Vincenzo Grifo, to complete the scoring at 1-3. Julian Schuster's side dominated the closing stages against ten men, and the scoreline reflected a match that slipped away from Motherwell after their bright opening.
Matthias Ginter scored twice, including a penalty won after Motherwell's red card, to finish with a match-high rating of 8.2.
Freiburg's 20 shots to Motherwell's four underlined how thoroughly the visitors took control after going down to ten men.
SC Freiburg won 3–1 away against Motherwell (half-time 1–1).
Motherwell met SC Freiburg in the UEFA Europa Conference League (Playoff round). Kick-off was Thursday, 20 August 2026, 18:30 UTC at Fir Park. Referee: Radu Marian Petrescu.
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Key moments
- 2' Goal: Regan Charles-Cook (assist: Emmanuel Longelo Mbule) — 1–0 · Watch Regan Charles-Cook's goal video (2')
- 28' Goal: Matthias Ginter (assist: Igor Matanović) — 1–1 · Watch Matthias Ginter's goal video (28')
- 65' Red card: Martin Moormann
- 65' Goal (penalty): Matthias Ginter — 1–2 · Watch Matthias Ginter's goal video (65')
- 90' Goal: Keisuke Goto (assist: Vincenzo Grifo) — 1–3 · Watch Keisuke Goto's goal video (90')
Starting line-ups
Motherwell (4-3-3)
SC Freiburg (4-2-3-1)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave Motherwell 12%, the draw 18%, SC Freiburg 70%. It finished Motherwell 1–3 SC Freiburg.
SC Freiburg's rating gap outweighs Motherwell's home ground — SC Freiburg are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of SC Freiburg's 70%. The draw at 18% is held down by a high-scoring environment.
Why SC Freiburg at 70%?
SC Freiburg sit 449 points higher on our strength rating — 1403 to 1853. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge on the road won 65.8% of 5,181 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 10–19–71.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 70% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 18% and Motherwell at 12%.
Why is the draw only 18%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 19.3%. These teams' recent games average 3.2 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 16,946. The goals environment takes 1.7 points off the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
Motherwell's last five: W-W-D-W — clearly the hotter side on recent results. Between equals, recent form told us almost nothing: the home side won 44.8% of 2185 games when clearly hotter and 42.9% of 3995 when clearly colder. Motherwell have 13 fully-tracked matches with us — under our usual 25-game bar — but their strength rating is anchored to the long-run European club ratings list, which carries their wider competitive history into the number. Clubs from leagues we don't fully cover play too few tracked games for a record built from scratch, so their rating chain starts from published long-run club ratings instead of a blind first guess.
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About this match
On this page: the Motherwell vs SC Freiburg final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this UEFA Europa Conference League fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Regan Charles-Cook's goal against SC Freiburg (2').
- Watch Matthias Ginter's goal against Motherwell (28').
- Watch Matthias Ginter's goal against Motherwell (65').
- Watch Keisuke Goto's goal against Motherwell (90').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from Motherwell 1–3 SC Freiburg. Explore more on the Motherwell and SC Freiburg team pages or the UEFA Europa Conference League page.