Deutsche Bank Park Champions League clash: Crowds ready for Eintracht Frankfurt - Olympique Marseille action

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Competition: Europe Champions League
Competition: Wed 26.October
Match begins: 19:00 (UTC)
Venue: Deutsche Bank Park

This promises to be an action-packed encounter for Eintracht Frankfurt at Deutsche Bank Park when the Champions League tournament arrives in town and Olympique Marseille with it. Read all about the Group Stage match here!

Olympique Marseille have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 1000 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

It's no vacation for neither Eintracht nor Olympique Marseille as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats

The total Bundesliga results at home this season for Eintracht Frankfurt are 3-1-2 (wins-draws-losses). This match is a Champions League match, and the hometeam has the total statistics 1 win, 1 draw and 2 losses in this competition.

Eintracht Frankfurt are returning here after visiting Borussia M'gladbach and winning with a 3-1 scoreline. Lindstrøm (2) and Ebimbe scored the goal(s). The attacker Lindstrøm was announced as "man of the match" for Eintracht Frankfurt with the rating of 8.13/10. Lindstrøm scored two goals and hit one key pass.

Before that, a strong away victory at Stuttgarter Kickers. A DFB Pokal game. This is expected to be a close game, with Eintracht Frankfurt perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Eintracht Frankfurt as a small favourite), we find 10 games. Eintracht has won 5 of these, drawn 4 and lost 1.

Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Borussia Dortmund are coming to town in three days.

Goals decide football matches and Eintracht Frankfurt are scoring many of them at home; 13 on target from 6 league matches. Eintracht Frankfurt have conceded 9 from these games.

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Olympique Marseille form and stats

Last season their Europa League adventure ended in the group stage.

3-1-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Olympique Marseille in their Ligue 1 matches away. Total Champions League statistics for Olympique Marseille: 2 wins, 0 draws and 2 losses.

Olympique Marseille are looking to quickly end their 255 minutes long goal drought in the Ligue 1.

The manager Tudor was unhappy after their last game, played at their home ground Orange Vélodrome. Olympique suffered a 0-1 loss to Lens. Attacker Harit got a player rating of 7.44 in the game. "Man of the match" Harit hit one key pass and had 33 successful passes (of 37 total).

It was a Ligue 1 defeat before that one as the away game against Paris Saint Germain wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Olympique Marseille in our archives, and the results are: 3 wins for Olympique Marseille, 2 draws and 0 defeats.

The schedule is very tough for Olympique now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Ligue 1 game at Strasbourg is waiting in only three days.

Olympique Marseille has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 9 goals from 5 games. Olympique Marseille's manager Tudor has created a great defensive setup working very nicely in away games with only {2 conceded goals}. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

The teams have faced each other previously this season, with the result Olympique Marseille - Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 entered in the official records. H2H stats regardless of arena (last three matches): Eintracht three wins, zero draws and Olympique Marseille zero victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Eintracht FrankfurtD. Kamada
D. Kamada
6 goals
Eintracht FrankfurtJ. Lindstrøm
J. Lindstrøm
5 goals
Olympique MarseilleA. Sánchez Sánchez
A. Sánchez Sánchez
4 goals

Eintracht Frankfurt missing players

Olympique Marseille missing players

Eintracht Frankfurt Olympique Marseille
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 11   Played P   11 25
12 4   Won W   5 12
7 4   Drew D   2 4
6 3   Lost L   4 9
46 18   Scored S   15 38
31 15   Conceded C   9 24
92% 91%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 96%
80% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 80%
52% 45%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   27% 44%
44% 36%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   0% 16%
20% 18%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   0% 12%
48% 55%   BTTS BTTS   18% 36%
36% 27%   Clean Sheets C S   45% 32%
24% 27%   Failed to Score F T   36% 36%
 
5 5.8   Corners for (avg) C F   4.3 5.4
3.8 3.6   Corners against (avg) C A   4.9 4
1 1   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.5 1.9
2 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
12.7 13.4   Shots (avg) S (   11.4 12.3
5.1 4.3   Shots on Target (avg) S O   4.2 4.6
36% 38%   Goal Efficiency G E   33% 33%
 
9.8 9.5   Shots against (avg) S A   12.3 10.6
3.9 3.7   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   3.5 3.6

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Tottenham Hotspur 4 2 1 1 5 4 2 2 0 0 5 2 2 0 1 1 0 2 1 7
2 Olympique Marseille 4 2 0 2 6 4 2 1 0 1 4 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 6
3 Sporting CP 4 2 0 2 6 6 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 0 1 4 4 0 6
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 4 1 1 2 3 6 2 0 1 1 0 3 2 1 0 1 3 3 -3 4
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Union Berlin 10 7 2 1 18 6 5 4 1 0 10 3 5 3 1 1 8 3 12 23
2 Bayern München 11 6 4 1 32 8 5 3 2 0 14 3 6 3 2 1 18 5 24 22
3 Freiburg 11 6 3 2 16 13 5 3 1 1 6 4 6 3 2 1 10 9 3 21
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 11 6 2 3 24 18 6 3 1 2 13 9 5 3 1 1 11 9 6 20
5 Borussia Dortmund 11 6 1 4 18 14 6 4 1 1 12 5 5 2 0 3 6 9 4 19
6 Mainz 05 11 5 3 3 16 13 5 1 3 1 7 5 6 4 0 2 9 8 3 18
7 Hoffenheim 11 5 2 4 17 12 6 3 1 2 9 7 5 2 1 2 8 5 5 17
8 RB Leipzig 11 4 4 3 20 18 5 4 1 0 14 4 6 0 3 3 6 14 2 16
9 Borussia M'gladbach 11 4 4 3 19 17 6 4 0 2 13 7 5 0 4 1 6 10 2 16
10 Köln 11 4 4 3 19 22 5 3 1 1 9 6 6 1 3 2 10 16 -3 16
11 Werder Bremen 11 4 3 4 20 18 5 1 1 3 10 10 6 3 2 1 10 8 2 15
12 Augsburg 11 4 2 5 14 19 6 1 2 3 6 12 5 3 0 2 8 7 -5 14
13 Wolfsburg 11 2 5 4 13 19 5 1 3 1 9 10 6 1 2 3 4 9 -6 11
14 Bayer Leverkusen 11 2 3 6 16 23 6 1 2 3 10 11 5 1 1 3 6 12 -7 9
15 Hertha BSC 10 1 5 4 12 15 5 0 4 1 6 7 5 1 1 3 6 8 -3 8
16 Stuttgart 11 1 5 5 13 20 6 1 2 3 7 8 5 0 3 2 6 12 -7 8
17 Schalke 04 10 1 3 6 10 24 5 1 1 3 8 15 5 0 2 3 2 9 -14 6
18 Bochum 10 1 1 8 9 27 5 1 1 3 5 12 5 0 0 5 4 15 -18 4
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Paris Saint Germain 12 10 2 0 32 5 5 4 1 0 10 4 7 6 1 0 22 1 27 32
2 Lens 12 8 3 1 19 8 6 6 0 0 13 5 6 2 3 1 6 3 11 27
3 Lorient 11 8 2 1 21 14 5 4 1 0 10 5 6 4 1 1 11 9 7 26
4 Olympique Marseille 12 7 2 3 20 9 7 4 1 2 11 7 5 3 1 1 9 2 11 23
5 Rennes 11 6 3 2 23 11 6 5 0 1 16 5 5 1 3 1 7 6 12 21
6 Monaco 11 6 3 2 20 14 6 2 2 2 11 12 5 4 1 0 9 2 6 21
7 Lille 11 6 1 4 21 18 5 3 0 2 9 11 6 3 1 2 12 7 3 19
8 Olympique Lyonnais 12 5 2 5 21 16 6 4 1 1 14 5 6 1 1 4 7 11 5 17
9 Clermont 11 5 2 4 15 16 5 3 0 2 6 9 6 2 2 2 9 7 -1 17
10 Toulouse 11 4 3 4 17 18 6 3 2 1 11 10 5 1 1 3 6 8 -1 15
11 Montpellier 12 4 0 8 22 24 7 3 0 4 10 12 5 1 0 4 12 12 -2 12
12 Troyes 11 3 3 5 19 22 5 1 3 1 7 8 6 2 0 4 12 14 -3 12
13 Nice 11 3 3 5 10 14 5 1 1 3 4 8 6 2 2 2 6 6 -4 12
14 Nantes 11 2 4 5 13 19 5 2 2 1 8 6 6 0 2 4 5 13 -6 10
15 Reims 11 1 6 4 12 19 5 0 3 2 4 9 6 1 3 2 8 10 -7 9
16 Auxerre 11 2 3 6 11 23 6 1 3 2 6 9 5 1 0 4 5 14 -12 9
17 Strasbourg 11 1 5 5 10 17 6 0 3 3 4 10 5 1 2 2 6 7 -7 8
18 Ajaccio 12 2 2 8 8 19 6 0 1 5 2 11 6 2 1 3 6 8 -11 8
19 Angers SCO 11 2 2 7 13 27 6 1 1 4 7 14 5 1 1 3 6 13 -14 8
20 Brest 11 1 3 7 11 25 5 0 2 3 3 12 6 1 1 4 8 13 -14 6

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The UEFA Champions League is the major international club football tournament in Europe. The competition begins already in late June and lasts for almost a year, ending with the final played in late May or early June. After several qualifying rounds the group stage is where the “true” Champions League begins for many viewers. Eight groups with four teams each battle through six rounds to qualify for the knock-out phase. Then a round of 16, quarterfinals and then semifinals needs to be won before a place in the final is secured.