Overview
- Kick-off is Thursday at 8pm BST at Europa-Park Stadion in Freiburg, with live coverage on TNT Sports 3 in the UK.
- Braga lead 2-1 from the first leg after Mario Dorgeles scored in stoppage time following Noah Atubolu’s earlier penalty save, which came after Vincenzo Grifo had canceled out an early opener.
- Freiburg are without Yuito Suzuki after a fractured collarbone in Sunday’s league draw, while Braga miss captain Ricardo Horta and have doubts over Victor Gomez alongside several longer-term injuries.
- Julian Schuster’s side have won all their Europa League home games this season and bookmakers make them slight favourites to win on the night, though they still must overturn the aggregate deficit.
- The winner advances to the Europa League final in Istanbul on May 20 to face the victor of Aston Villa vs Nottingham Forest.