Soccer betting preview: Borussia M'gladbach welcomes Eintracht Frankfurt in what could be a tight duel

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 17.April
Match begins: 13:30 (UTC)
Venue: Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK (54057 seats)

This could be an interesting match as Borussia M'gladbach have their presumed home advantage while Eintracht Frankfurt are ahead 13 points in the Bundesliga table.

Insights:
  • Borussia M'gladbach have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Bundesliga
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Borussia M'gladbach form and stats

The story so far in the Bundesliga for Borussia M'gladbach at their home stadium (Stadion im BORUSSIA-PARK) is 6 wins, 4 draws and 4 defeats.

M'gladbach manager M. Rose and his team return home after a 2-2 draw away versus Hertha BSC (placed 14th) in the Bundesliga. Before that, M'gladbach had a home game versus Freiburg which ended with a victory 2-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with M'gladbach perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Borussia M'gladbach as a small favourite), we find four games. Borussia M'gladbach has won one of these, drawn one and lost two.

There will be little rest for M'gladbach after this match as they are travelling to Hoffenheim for a Bundesliga game in only four days.

A decent goal production from Borussia M'gladbach in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 14 league matches. M'gladbach's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats

The visitors are W6-D5-L3 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt are travelling after their nice 4-3 home win in the Bundesliga against Wolfsburg (placed 3rd). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Borussia Dortmund at their stadium, the result 2-1.

As you can tell from the result, the match against Wolfsburg was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 7 goals, will the fun continue today? Eintracht goalie Kevin Trapp was high and low in the Wolfsburg game, contributing six saves towards the victory.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Eintracht playing away and similar expectations, we found five relevant matches. Results were two Eintracht Frankfurt wins, two draws and one defeat.

The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Augsburg in just three days.

Eintracht have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 28 goals from 14 away matches. Eintracht struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 22 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The last H2H meeting was Eintracht Frankfurt - M'gladbach 3-3, played this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): M'gladbach three wins, five draws and Eintracht Frankfurt two victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six games had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Eintracht FrankfurtA. Valente Silva
A. Valente Silva
23 goals
M'gladbachL. Stindl
L. Stindl
12 goals
Borussia M'gladbachM. Thuram
M. Thuram
6 goals

Borussia M'gladbach missing players

Eintracht Frankfurt missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Borussia M'gladbach Eintracht Frankfurt
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
28 14 5 Played P 5 14 28
10 6 3 Won W 2 6 14
10 4 1 Drew D 3 5 11
8 4 1 Lost L 0 3 3
48 22 9 Scored S 12 28 59
43 17 6 Conceded C 8 22 40
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
82% 79% 60% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 100% 100%
64% 50% 40% Over 2.5 O 2.5 80% 71% 64%
43% 21% 40% Over 3.5 O 3.5 80% 50% 43%
25% 21% 40% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 21% 21%
75% 79% 60% BTTS BTTS 80% 79% 86%
18% 14% 20% Clean Sheets C S 20% 14% 11%
11% 7% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 7% 4%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
1.9 1.6 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3.4 2.6 2.5
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
12.3 11.8 8.4 Shots (avg) S ( 14.2 12.1 12.4
4.8 4.5 4.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5.2 4.4 5
36% 35% 43% Goal Efficiency G E 46% 46% 42%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Eintracht Frankfurt's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Borussia M'gladbach have the most dropped points from leading position (23) in Bundesliga
  • Borussia M'gladbach haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Eintracht Frankfurt haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Bayern München 28 20 5 3 80 36 14 10 4 0 51 19 14 10 1 3 29 17 44 65
2 RB Leipzig 28 18 6 4 52 23 14 10 2 2 25 11 14 8 4 2 27 12 29 60
3 Wolfsburg 28 15 9 4 49 26 13 9 4 0 25 8 15 6 5 4 24 18 23 54
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 28 14 11 3 59 40 14 8 6 0 31 18 14 6 5 3 28 22 19 53
5 Borussia Dortmund 28 14 4 10 58 41 13 7 2 4 28 16 15 7 2 6 30 25 17 46
6 Bayer Leverkusen 27 12 7 8 45 32 14 6 4 4 27 20 13 6 3 4 18 12 13 43
7 Union Berlin 28 9 13 6 42 34 14 5 8 1 25 15 14 4 5 5 17 19 8 40
8 Borussia M'gladbach 28 10 10 8 48 43 14 6 4 4 22 17 14 4 6 4 26 26 5 40
9 Stuttgart 28 10 9 9 50 44 14 4 6 4 24 20 14 6 3 5 26 24 6 39
10 Freiburg 28 10 7 11 40 42 14 6 4 4 26 20 14 4 3 7 14 22 -2 37
11 Augsburg 27 9 5 13 29 41 14 5 3 6 17 22 13 4 2 7 12 19 -12 32
12 Hoffenheim 27 8 6 13 41 47 13 5 2 6 23 19 14 3 4 7 18 28 -6 30
13 Werder Bremen 28 7 9 12 32 43 14 3 4 7 14 23 14 4 5 5 18 20 -11 30
14 Hertha BSC 28 6 8 14 34 48 14 4 3 7 18 26 14 2 5 7 16 22 -14 26
15 Arminia Bielefeld 28 7 5 16 22 46 15 5 1 9 11 22 13 2 4 7 11 24 -24 26
16 Mainz 05 27 6 7 14 27 46 14 3 3 8 12 21 13 3 4 6 15 25 -19 25
17 Köln 27 5 8 14 25 47 13 1 5 7 14 23 14 4 3 7 11 24 -22 23
18 Schalke 04 27 1 7 19 17 71 14 1 3 10 8 29 13 0 4 9 9 42 -54 10

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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 Bayern München 28 20 5 3 80 36 14 10 4 0 51 19 14 10 1 3 29 17 44 65
2 RB Leipzig 28 18 6 4 52 23 14 10 2 2 25 11 14 8 4 2 27 12 29 60
3 Wolfsburg 28 15 9 4 49 26 13 9 4 0 25 8 15 6 5 4 24 18 23 54
4 Eintracht Frankfurt 28 14 11 3 59 40 14 8 6 0 31 18 14 6 5 3 28 22 19 53
5 Borussia Dortmund 28 14 4 10 58 41 13 7 2 4 28 16 15 7 2 6 30 25 17 46
6 Bayer Leverkusen 27 12 7 8 45 32 14 6 4 4 27 20 13 6 3 4 18 12 13 43
7 Union Berlin 28 9 13 6 42 34 14 5 8 1 25 15 14 4 5 5 17 19 8 40
8 Borussia M'gladbach 28 10 10 8 48 43 14 6 4 4 22 17 14 4 6 4 26 26 5 40
9 Stuttgart 28 10 9 9 50 44 14 4 6 4 24 20 14 6 3 5 26 24 6 39
10 Freiburg 28 10 7 11 40 42 14 6 4 4 26 20 14 4 3 7 14 22 -2 37
11 Augsburg 27 9 5 13 29 41 14 5 3 6 17 22 13 4 2 7 12 19 -12 32
12 Hoffenheim 27 8 6 13 41 47 13 5 2 6 23 19 14 3 4 7 18 28 -6 30
13 Werder Bremen 28 7 9 12 32 43 14 3 4 7 14 23 14 4 5 5 18 20 -11 30
14 Hertha BSC 28 6 8 14 34 48 14 4 3 7 18 26 14 2 5 7 16 22 -14 26
15 Arminia Bielefeld 28 7 5 16 22 46 15 5 1 9 11 22 13 2 4 7 11 24 -24 26
16 Mainz 05 27 6 7 14 27 46 14 3 3 8 12 21 13 3 4 6 15 25 -19 25
17 Köln 27 5 8 14 25 47 13 1 5 7 14 23 14 4 3 7 11 24 -22 23
18 Schalke 04 27 1 7 19 17 71 14 1 3 10 8 29 13 0 4 9 9 42 -54 10

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