Trailing by a goal from last week’s first leg,aim to overturn their deficit and reach the Europa League quarter-finals on Thursday, when they host fallen giants Juventus.

Juve are more accustomed to life among Europe’s elite, but having established a lead to take to Germany, they will now try to finish the job in their last-16 tie.

Players to watch: After his winner against Hoffenheim, Freiburg’s Ritsu Doan has now won all five of his goalscoring appearances for the club, while Juventus’ Adrien Rabiot, whose double helped them beat Sampdoria, has won his last 11 club goalscoring appearances.

Hot stat: There’s been on average one goal per game after the 80th minute across Freiburg’s last four UEL fixtures (W1, D2, L1).

Freiburg Europa League form:

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Freiburg form (all competitions):

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Juventus Europa League form:

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Freiburg possible starting lineup:

Flekken; Kubler, Gulde, Ginter, Gunter; Eggestein, Hofler; Doan, Gregoritsch, Grifo; Holer

Juventus possible starting lineup:

Szczesny; Danilo, Bremer, Sandro; Cuadrado, Fagioli, Locatelli, Rabiot, Kostic; Di Maria; Vlahovic

Freiburg 1-1 Juventus (Juventus win 2-1 on aggregate)

In search of redemption for recent off-field misdeeds – and also a first European trophy since 1996 – Juventus are sure to take their task very seriously.

As Freiburg have been short of top form for a while, the Bianconeri’s greater individual quality and experience at this level – both evident in the first leg – should see them through to the quarter-finals.