Commerzbank-Arena: Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia M'gladbach Bundesliga preview

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Competition: Sun 15.March
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: Commerzbank-Arena (51500 seats)

Eintracht Frankfurt will hope to utilise their home advantage to help bridge the gap to today’s opponents. The home side are currently 21 points behind Borussia M'gladbach.

It's no vacation for neither Eintracht Frankfurt nor Borussia M'gladbach 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

6-3-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Eintracht Frankfurt so far this season. With three straight defeats the pressure is piling up on Eintracht Frankfurt to get some points in this home game.

The Eintracht Frankfurt crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Basel here at Commerzbank-Arena in a Europa League match. A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-4 away at Bayer Leverkusen.

There will be little rest for Eintracht Frankfurt after this match as they are travelling to Basel for a Europa League game in only four days.

The Eintracht Frankfurt manager A. Hütter has got the team scoring with 27 from 12 home games in the league. 16 goals have been conceded.

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Borussia M'gladbach form and stats

Playing away, Borussia M'gladbach have won 6 games, drawn 2 and suffered 4 defeats in the Bundesliga this season. Borussia M'gladbach has recorded two wins in a row in their away matches and hold legitimate hopes of a third one.

Borussia M'gladbach had fun at their own home (Commerzbank-Arena) last time out, beating Köln 2-1. Breel Embolo scored. A loss against Borussia Dortmund was the result prior to that, in a home game.

The travelling fans enjoy Borussia M'gladbach's attacking play in away games, having scored 19 goals in 12 league matches away. Borussia M'gladbach have conceded 14 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Borussia M'gladbach - Eintracht Frankfurt 4-2 played earlier this season. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Eintracht Frankfurt victories, four draws and four Borussia M'gladbach wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Borussia M'gladbachA. Pléa
A. Pléa
8 goals
Eintracht FrankfurtG. Mendes Paciencia
G. Mendes Paciencia
7 goals
Borussia M'gladbachB. Embolo
B. Embolo
7 goals

Eintracht Frankfurt missing players

Borussia M'gladbach missing players

Eintracht Frankfurt Borussia M'gladbach
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
24 12 4 Played P 4 12 25
8 6 3 Won W 2 6 15
4 3 1 Drew D 0 2 4
12 3 0 Lost L 2 4 6
38 27 12 Scored S 5 19 49
41 16 3 Conceded C 4 14 30
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 92% 92%
88% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 75% 84%
75% 75% 75% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 58% 68%
38% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 40%
17% 25% 25% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 17% 20%
62% 58% 50% BTTS BTTS 25% 50% 68%
17% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 50% 25% 20%
21% 8% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 33% 20%
 
6.5 7.5 4 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.3
4.3 3.7 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 3.2 4.9 4.8
1.8 2 1.2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.3 2.5
3 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
351 195 47 Total Shots T S 47 152 350
128 84 24 Shots on Target S O 17 58 143
30% 32% 50% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 33% 34%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • Eintracht Frankfurt have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded at 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 25 17 4 4 73 26 13 9 2 2 38 11 12 8 2 2 35 15 47 55
2 Borussia Dortmund 25 15 6 4 68 33 12 9 3 0 41 10 13 6 3 4 27 23 35 51
3 RB Leipzig 25 14 8 3 62 26 12 7 4 1 32 13 13 7 4 2 30 13 36 50
4 Borussia M'gladbach 25 15 4 6 49 30 13 9 2 2 30 16 12 6 2 4 19 14 19 49
5 Bayer Leverkusen 25 14 5 6 45 30 13 7 4 2 25 13 12 7 1 4 20 17 15 47
6 Schalke 04 25 9 10 6 33 36 13 5 6 2 18 18 12 4 4 4 15 18 -3 37
7 Wolfsburg 25 9 9 7 34 30 13 4 6 3 16 13 12 5 3 4 18 17 4 36
8 Freiburg 25 10 6 9 34 35 12 6 2 4 16 14 13 4 4 5 18 21 -1 36
9 Hoffenheim 25 10 5 10 35 43 13 5 1 7 19 31 12 5 4 3 16 12 -8 35
10 Köln 25 10 2 13 39 45 12 6 1 5 20 16 13 4 1 8 19 29 -6 32
11 Union Berlin 25 9 3 13 32 41 12 6 1 5 18 16 13 3 2 8 14 25 -9 30
12 Eintracht Frankfurt 24 8 4 12 38 41 12 6 3 3 27 16 12 2 1 9 11 25 -3 28
13 Hertha BSC 25 7 7 11 32 48 13 3 3 7 14 28 12 4 4 4 18 20 -16 28
14 Augsburg 25 7 6 12 36 52 12 5 3 4 24 21 13 2 3 8 12 31 -16 27
15 Mainz 05 25 8 2 15 34 53 13 4 2 7 15 21 12 4 0 8 19 32 -19 26
16 Fortuna Dusseldorf 25 5 7 13 27 50 12 3 3 6 13 23 13 2 4 7 14 27 -23 22
17 Werder Bremen 24 4 6 14 27 55 11 1 2 8 8 26 13 3 4 6 19 29 -28 18
18 Paderborn 25 4 4 17 30 54 13 2 1 10 17 31 12 2 3 7 13 23 -24 16

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