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 · Genk · Europa League predictions

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.

Data as of 4 Nov 2026.

Key events

  • 19'Goal · Matthias GinterSC Freiburg · 1-0
  • 25'Goal · Igor MatanovicSC Freiburg · 2-0
  • 30'Yellow card · Igor MatanovicSC Freiburg
  • 39'Goal · Matte SmetsGenk · 2-1
  • 44'Yellow card · Niklas BesteSC Freiburg
  • 53'Goal · Vincenzo GrifoSC Freiburg · 3-1
  • 56'Goal · Yuito SuzukiSC Freiburg · 4-1
  • 58'Yellow card · Vincenzo GrifoSC Freiburg
  • 58'Yellow card · Daan HeymansGenk
  • 58'Yellow card · Johan ManzambiSC Freiburg
  • 64'Yellow card · Ibrahima BangouraGenk
  • 75'Yellow card · Lucas HölerSC Freiburg
  • 79'Goal · Maximilian EggesteinSC Freiburg · 5-1

Head-to-head

1 meetings: SC Freiburg 0, draws 0, Genk 1.

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