SC Freiburg vs 27.08.26 16:454 – 1Full TimeAgg: 7 – 2
Motherwell — UEFA Europa Conference League: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Freiburg overpower ten-man Motherwell 4-1 in Conference League playoff
SC Freiburg beat Motherwell 4-1 at the Europa-Park Stadion in a UEFA Europa Conference League playoff round tie that swung decisively after the hour mark. Derry Scherhant opened the scoring in the sixth minute, finishing an assist from Maximilian Eggestein, before Emmanuel Longelo Mbule levelled for Motherwell in the 22nd minute with Ibrahim Said supplying the pass, leaving the sides level at half-time.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
The contest turned on the 57th minute when Jake Girdwood-Reich was sent off for Motherwell, leaving Alfred Johansson's side to play the remainder with ten men. Freiburg capitalised swiftly: Igor Matanović restored the hosts' lead in the 60th minute, again from a Scherhant assist, and Cyriaque Kalou Irié added a third three minutes later, also teed up by Scherhant. Keisuke Goto completed the rout in the 85th minute to make it 4-1.
Freiburg dominated territory and chances throughout, finishing with 72 percent possession and 22 shots to Motherwell's two, nine of them on target. Julian Schuster's side pressed home their numerical and statistical advantage after the red card, while Motherwell, reduced to ten men for over half an hour, could not sustain any threat on the counter.
Scherhant scored once and set up two more goals, including the strikes that put Freiburg back in front and extended the lead after Motherwell's red card, finishing with a rating of 9.2.
Freiburg's 22 shots to Motherwell's two underlined the gulf in attacking output over the 90 minutes.
SC Freiburg beat Motherwell 4–1 (half-time 1–1).
SC Freiburg met Motherwell in the UEFA Europa Conference League (Playoff round). Kick-off was Thursday, 27 August 2026, 16:45 UTC at Europa-Park Stadion. Referee: Andrea Colombo.
Team pages: SC Freiburg · Motherwell · UEFA Europa Conference League
Key moments
- 6' Goal: Derry Scherhant (assist: Maximilian Eggestein) — 1–0 · Watch Derry Scherhant's goal video (6')
- 22' Goal: Emmanuel Longelo Mbule (assist: Ibrahim Said) — 1–1 · Watch Emmanuel Longelo Mbule's goal video (22')
- 57' Red card: Jake Girdwood-Reich
- 60' Goal: Igor Matanović (assist: Derry Scherhant) — 2–1 · Watch Igor Matanović's goal video (60')
- 63' Goal: Cyriaque Kalou Irié (assist: Derry Scherhant) — 3–1 · Watch Cyriaque Kalou Irié's goal video (63')
- 85' Goal: Keisuke Goto — 4–1 · Watch Keisuke Goto's goal video (85')
Starting line-ups
SC Freiburg (4-2-3-1)
Motherwell (4-3-3)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave SC Freiburg 89%, the draw 6%, Motherwell 5%. It finished SC Freiburg 4–1 Motherwell.
SC Freiburg's rating gap decides it — SC Freiburg are clearly the stronger side on our strength rating, and that is most of SC Freiburg's 89%. The draw at 6% is about what a gap this size usually leaves.
Why SC Freiburg at 89%?
SC Freiburg sit 492 points higher on our strength rating — 1893 to 1400. Sides with a more than 300-point rating edge at home won 79.7% of 5,090 such games. The 300 most similar past games finished 91–5–4.
Why not higher?
No scored evidence points the other way. 89% is what this rating gap has been worth in games like these; the rest is the draw at 6% and Motherwell at 5%.
Why is the draw only 6%?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 6.9%. These teams' recent games average 3.3 goals — a high-scoring environment. Games in that environment drew 22.8% of 17,007.
What did we measure but not count?
Motherwell have 14 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 SC Freiburg vs Motherwell 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 Derry Scherhant's goal against Motherwell (6').
- Watch Emmanuel Longelo Mbule's goal against SC Freiburg (22').
- Watch Igor Matanović's goal against Motherwell (60').
- Watch Cyriaque Kalou Irié's goal against Motherwell (63').
- Watch Keisuke Goto's goal against Motherwell (85').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from SC Freiburg 4–1 Motherwell. Explore more on the SC Freiburg and Motherwell team pages or the UEFA Europa Conference League page.