SC Freiburg 5-1 Genk: result and report
Europa League · Thursday 19 March 2026
Result
SC Freiburg 5-1 Genk
Europa League · Thursday 19 March 2026, 17:45 UTC · half-time 2-1
SC Freiburg 5-1 Genk: match report
SC Freiburg defeated Genk 5-1 in the Europa League on Thursday 19 March 2026. It was 2-1 at half-time.
Matthias Ginter opened the scoring in the 19th minute. SC Freiburg's goals came from Matthias Ginter (19'), Igor Matanovic (25'), Vincenzo Grifo (53'), Yuito Suzuki (56') and Maximilian Eggestein (79'). Genk scored through Matte Smets (39').
Discipline: SC Freiburg received 5 yellow cards; Genk received 2 yellow cards.
Going into the game SC Freiburg were 17th on 17 points from 9 and Genk 3rd on 25 points from 13. This fixture belongs to an earlier Europa League season and is kept for reference.
SC Freiburg lined up in a 4-2-3-1 and Genk in a 4-2-3-1. The highest match rating in our data went to Yuito Suzuki of SC Freiburg (8.6), ahead of Matthias Ginter (8.2).
Before this game the head-to-head record in our data stood at 0 SC Freiburg wins, 0 draws and 1 for Genk.
Key events
- 19'Goal · Matthias Ginter
- 25'Goal · Igor Matanovic
- 30'Yellow card · Igor Matanovic
- 39'Goal · Matte Smets
- 44'Yellow card · Niklas Beste
- 53'Goal · Vincenzo Grifo
- 56'Goal · Yuito Suzuki
- 58'Yellow card · Vincenzo Grifo
- 58'Yellow card · Daan Heymans
- 58'Yellow card · Johan Manzambi
- 64'Yellow card · Ibrahima Bangoura
- 75'Yellow card · Lucas Höler
- 79'Goal · Maximilian Eggestein
Head-to-head
Team news
SC Freiburg line-up (4-2-3-1)
Noah Atubolu, Philipp Treu, Matthias Ginter, Bruno Ifechukwu Ogbus, Jordy Makengo, Maximilian Eggestein, Johan Manzambi, Niklas Beste, Yuito Suzuki, Vincenzo Grifo, Igor Matanovic
Genk line-up (4-2-3-1)
Tobias Lawal, Ken Nkuba, Josué Kongolo, Matte Smets, Joris Kayembe, Bryan Heynen, Ibrahima Bangoura, Konstantinos Karetsas, Daan Heymans, Noah Adedeji-Sternberg, Aaron Bibout