I feel that West Ham will also be successful in winning this match and of course they will clearly progress with ease without needing to compete again for safe position later if team from the UCL enters.
West Ham in the Premier League is not very good and the Europa League is their only chance to perform well.
And it is true that home advantage can really influence West Ham game to be able to beat Freiburg, but I would still say this is pretty fierce match.
I also think that the match between West Ham vs Freiburg will be quite fierce next week because it is not just about which team is the host. But it is also about which team will be the champion in group A because these two teams are certain to qualify for the next round so they will only try to become champions in that group. Moreover, currently the two teams also have the same number of points after the five matches they have played in the Europa League group.
Well, that what actually happened and they just wanted to get win with the aim of becoming group winners, so that in the future when the team from UCL enters they won't have any difficulties and can really focus on playing in the top 16.
Team in each group has determined their own path and they have proven that of the 4 teams in each group, only two are the strongest and have the right to compete in the actual competition.
West Ham and Freiburg were one of them, they managed to finish the group phase well and each only experienced 1 defeat, the last match could also be determinant that one of those who lost in the future will face pressure from the UCL team that was eliminated.
But it looks like West Ham are still favorites and have big chance of wins.
But when this group phase started there was one team that really looked really great, they even managed to win 5 matches and topped group H with 15 points, this team was Leverkusen.
They performed satisfactorily not only in Bundesliga but also in the Europa League competition, it is also possible that Leverkusen will be the favorite to win the Europa League title this season.
The team managed by Xabi Alonso is truly extraordinary and now this season Leverkusen looks like team that has bright future in winning the title.