Europa League full preview and statistics: Eintracht Frankfurt to fight Vitória SC at Commerzbank Arena

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Competition: Europe Europa League
Date: Thu 12.December
Match begins: 17:55 (UTC)
Venue: Commerzbank Arena (51500 seats)

It's time for cup football and it's the Europa League Group Stage between Eintracht Frankfurt and Vitória SC. Here's the biggest preview available before kick-off:

It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Primeira Liga.

Vitória SC have a very long trip to this away game, as there's more than 2100 kilometers in distance to cover. This could prove a challenge, at least for the supporters.

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Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats

Eintracht Frankfurt participated in Europa League the last season, where they reached the semi-finals and lost against Chelsea.

The story so far in the Bundesliga for Eintracht Frankfurt at their home stadium (Commerzbank Arena) is 4 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat.

The points were shared in Eintracht Frankfurt's previous game, also at home. Visiting Hertha BSC travelled back with a point after a 2-2 scoreline. A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Mainz 05.

There was plenty of action in the dying minutes of the game against Hertha BSC as S. Rode's goal in the 86th minute completed a cancellation of 0-2 and secured a point.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Eintracht Frankfurt as they are travelling to their away game against Schalke 04 in the Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.

Goals decide football matches and Eintracht Frankfurt are scoring many of them at home; 17 on target from 8 league matches. On the other hand, Eintracht Frankfurt have conceded 10 goals.

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Vitória SC form and stats

Vitória SC was sent out of Europa League in the group stage last season.

Vitória SC have only collected 6 points from their away games in the Primeira Liga, after 1-3-2 (6 played). Vitória SC has drawn their two previous away games.

Vitória SC won their last game, 2-0 versus Portimonense played at home. Prior to that result Vitória SC won their away game at Vitória FC in the League Cup. The scoreline was 2-0.

As mentioned above, the bookmakers do not believe the away team will get anything from this match. Checking Vitória SC's match history for similar games we find three matches. The home team won 2 of these as expected, 2 of them by at least two goals. Vitória SC managed 0 draws and 1 surprise win.

The schedule is very tough for Vitória SC now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Primeira Liga game at Gil Vicente is waiting in only three days.

Vitória SC find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 6 away fixtures in the league. Vitória SC have conceded 10 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Vitória SC - Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 was the story when these teams last met, earlier this season.

Top Goalscorers

Eintracht FrankfurtGonçalo Paciência
Gonçalo Paciência
6 goals
Eintracht FrankfurtM. Hinteregger
M. Hinteregger
5 goals
Vitória SCE. Tapsoba
E. Tapsoba
4 goals

Eintracht Frankfurt missing players

Vitória SC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Eintracht Frankfurt Vitória SC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
13 8   Won W   3 9
3 3   Drew D   6 10
9 2   Lost L   4 6
46 28   Scored S   15 39
35 15   Conceded C   16 24
100% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   85% 92%
80% 85%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   85% 80%
76% 77%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   38% 32%
28% 38%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   23% 24%
16% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   8% 16%
64% 54%   BTTS BTTS   54% 48%
20% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   31% 36%
16% 15%   Failed to Score F T   31% 24%
 
6.7 7.5   Corners For (avg) C F   5.9 7
3.5 2.5   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.8 4.6
2.1 2.1   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2 2
5 2   Red Cards R C   2 2
 
363 204   Total Shots T S   199 409
148 89   Shots on Target S O   66 129
31% 31%   Goal Efficiency G E   23% 30%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 5 3 1 1 12 5 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 7 10
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 5 3 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 -1 9
3 Standard Liege 5 2 1 2 6 8 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 -2 7
4 Vitória SC 5 0 2 3 4 8 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 5 -4 2
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Borussia M'gladbach 14 10 1 3 30 16 8 6 1 1 21 11 6 4 0 2 9 5 14 31
2 RB Leipzig 14 9 3 2 39 16 7 4 2 1 20 8 7 5 1 1 19 8 23 30
3 Borussia Dortmund 14 7 5 2 33 19 7 5 2 0 23 6 7 2 3 2 10 13 14 26
4 Schalke 04 14 7 4 3 25 18 7 3 3 1 11 9 7 4 1 2 14 9 7 25
5 Freiburg 14 7 4 3 24 17 7 4 2 1 11 6 7 3 2 2 13 11 7 25
6 Bayer Leverkusen 14 7 4 3 22 18 8 3 4 1 12 9 6 4 0 2 10 9 4 25
7 Bayern München 14 7 3 4 35 20 7 4 1 2 20 8 7 3 2 2 15 12 15 24
8 Hoffenheim 14 6 3 5 19 23 7 3 1 3 10 14 7 3 2 2 9 9 -4 21
9 Wolfsburg 14 5 5 4 15 14 7 2 3 2 7 8 7 3 2 2 8 6 1 20
10 Union Berlin 14 6 1 7 18 19 8 5 0 3 12 9 6 1 1 4 6 10 -1 19
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 14 5 3 6 24 22 8 4 3 1 17 10 6 1 0 5 7 12 2 18
12 Augsburg 14 4 5 5 20 26 7 3 2 2 13 11 7 1 3 3 7 15 -6 17
13 Mainz 05 14 5 0 9 20 34 6 3 0 3 10 10 8 2 0 6 10 24 -14 15
14 Werder Bremen 14 3 5 6 22 29 7 1 2 4 8 14 7 2 3 2 14 15 -7 14
15 Hertha BSC 14 3 3 8 20 29 6 2 0 4 10 14 8 1 3 4 10 15 -9 12
16 Fortuna Düsseldorf 14 3 3 8 16 29 6 2 1 3 6 10 8 1 2 5 10 19 -13 12
17 Paderborn 14 2 2 10 17 32 7 1 0 6 9 17 7 1 2 4 8 15 -15 8
18 Köln 14 2 2 10 12 30 6 1 1 4 6 11 8 1 1 6 6 19 -18 8
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Benfica 13 12 0 1 33 5 7 6 0 1 18 2 6 6 0 0 15 3 28 36
2 Porto 13 10 2 1 25 6 6 6 0 0 15 0 7 4 2 1 10 6 19 32
3 Famalicao 13 7 3 3 26 21 6 4 1 1 15 10 7 3 2 2 11 11 5 24
4 Sporting CP 13 7 2 4 20 15 6 4 0 2 11 7 7 3 2 2 9 8 5 23
5 Vitória SC 13 5 5 3 22 15 7 4 2 1 15 5 6 1 3 2 7 10 7 20
6 Boavista 13 4 6 3 12 12 7 2 3 2 7 8 6 2 3 1 5 4 0 18
7 Tondela 13 5 3 5 14 14 6 1 1 4 3 7 7 4 2 1 11 7 0 18
8 Sporting Braga 13 5 3 5 16 16 6 3 2 1 11 9 7 2 1 4 5 7 0 18
9 Gil Vicente 12 4 4 4 12 13 7 3 4 0 9 4 5 1 0 4 3 9 -1 16
10 Vitória FC 13 3 7 3 7 10 7 2 5 0 3 1 6 1 2 3 4 9 -3 16
11 Rio Ave 12 4 3 5 15 15 6 2 2 2 10 8 6 2 1 3 5 7 0 15
12 Belenenses 13 4 3 6 10 19 6 2 1 3 5 8 7 2 2 3 5 11 -9 15
13 Santa Clara 13 3 5 5 10 14 7 2 2 3 6 7 6 1 3 2 4 7 -4 14
14 Moreirense 13 3 5 5 16 18 6 3 2 1 10 6 7 0 3 4 6 12 -2 14
15 Maritimo 13 2 6 5 14 23 7 1 4 2 10 12 6 1 2 3 4 11 -9 12
16 Portimonense 13 2 5 6 10 19 6 1 2 3 6 9 7 1 3 3 4 10 -9 11
17 Pacos de Ferreira 13 2 2 9 9 22 7 2 1 4 6 8 6 0 1 5 3 14 -13 8
18 Desportivo Aves 13 2 0 11 15 29 6 2 0 4 7 8 7 0 0 7 8 21 -14 6

Eintracht Frankfurt:
Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Arsenal 5 3 1 1 12 5 3 2 0 1 8 4 2 1 1 0 4 1 7 10
2 Eintracht Frankfurt 5 3 0 2 6 7 2 1 0 1 2 4 3 2 0 1 4 3 -1 9
3 Standard Liege 5 2 1 2 6 8 2 2 0 0 4 1 3 0 1 2 2 7 -2 7
4 Vitória SC 5 0 2 3 4 8 3 0 2 1 2 3 2 0 0 2 2 5 -4 2

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