Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Eintracht Frankfurt & RB Leipzig face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Eintracht Frankfurt nor RB Leipzig 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.
Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the DFB Pokal for Eintracht Frankfurt, as the manager A. Hütter led his troops to eliminate St. Pauli and Waldhof Mannheim, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.5 victories, 3 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what Eintracht Frankfurt have to build on here at Commerzbank-Arena in the Bundesliga.
Eintracht Frankfurt drew their last game, 1-1 away at Fortuna Düsseldorf. Previous to that game, a Bundesliga home match hosting RB Leipzig in a game that was won 2-0.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Eintracht Frankfurt as they have a new game in only three days, a Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Augsburg are visiting.
Eintracht Frankfurt can score goals in their home matches. After 10 league matches they have found the net 21 times. 14 goals have been conceded.
RB Leipzig form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Osnabruck and Wolfsburg in order to reach 3rd Round of DFB Pokal. RB Leipzig's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the final.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 6 wins, 2 draws and only 2 losses in the Bundesliga.
RB Leipzig delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Borussia M'gladbach in their previous match; a Bundesliga game. It was a Bundesliga defeat before that one as the away game against Eintracht Frankfurt wasn't a success with a 0-2 loss.
The match against Borussia M'gladbach looked like a defeat for RB Leipzig, but they did not accept the outcome and clawed their way back to 2-2. Christopher Nkunku equalized in the 89th minute.
RB Leipzig create on average more than 2,5 goals per away game (in the league) all by themselves, having scored 25 goals in 10 travels. RB Leipzig have conceded 13 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Eintracht Frankfurt-RB Leipzig H2H statistics last eight meetings regardless of arena: Eintracht Frankfurt two wins, RB Leipzig three wins, three draws. five of these eight matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  T. Werner 20 goals |   G. Mendes Paciencia 7 goals |  M. Sabitzer 7 goals |
Eintracht Frankfurt missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| Eintracht Frankfurt | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 23 | Scored | S | 33 | 63 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Conceded | C | 17 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 28% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 76% | ||
| 12% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 6.7 | 7.5 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 3.8 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 2.1 | 2 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.5 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 374 | 200 | Total Shots | T S | 210 | 437 | ||
| 130 | 76 | Shots on Target | S O | 82 | 174 | ||
| 30% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 20 | 13 | 3 | 4 | 58 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 14 | 35 | 42 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 20 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 53 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 41 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 56 | 28 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 36 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 28 | 39 |
| 4 | Borussia M'gladbach | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 38 | 23 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 39 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 20 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 31 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 20 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 31 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 22 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 0 | 33 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Augsburg | 20 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -6 | 26 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 20 | 7 | 4 | 9 | 32 | 31 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 25 |
| 11 | Wolfsburg | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 12 | Union Berlin | 20 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 32 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -9 | 23 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Köln | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -15 | 20 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 14 | 28 | 47 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -19 | 18 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 46 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 24 | -21 | 17 |
| 17 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 20 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 19 | 41 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -22 | 16 |
| 18 | Paderborn | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 15 |