The start into the season was more a disaster because they lost their opener against newcomer Hertha BSC Berlin 1-6, next one was a bit better but they lost vs Bayern Munich 0-1 at home. Therefore they had some doubt about the EL qualification matches against Qadag. Despite the long trip they had they made a good match there and got their self confidence back with a 2-0 win. Some days later they won very easy against harmless newcomer Braunschweig where Alex Meier was again one of the key players. Nevertheless they managed the qualification to EL although it was harder as expected but only the success counts here. With only two days rest they have the next big match ahead with facing Borussia Dortmund. Against first match, their defensive looks much better now and they play much more stable now. With Zambrano as head of the defensive but also Andersen returns after injury and gives the team much more as Russ did. Although important wing Jung is still injured it is no problem so far because with Schröck or Celozzi in the past, both did a great job. Overall the good defensive is the key for their success in the past matches but also the offensive worked well above all Alex Meier was in great shape, scoring for free at the moment. But the situation is getting worse for him now as he got injured on Thursday and is out for the match today. A big blow for Coach Veh, but he has to count on new signing Kadlec who gave his debut in Braunschweig already but he needs still time. Also Joselu or Rosenthal can be options to play from beginning on. After Aigner showed some uptrend in the past matches he can be an important man in Frankfurt's play today anyway. He was one of the best players for Frankfurt last season and it seems he is back on track now. The only problem can be that they do not know the handicap with two matches in 4 days.
Giant Dortmund started very well into the season and they walk on at the moment. They want to do better as last year as they had some problems to beginning and lost a lot of points there. This time they are more focused and they take it more serious. With Pisczek and Gündogan they have two starters unavailable but it is not such important because Coach Klopp got some alternatives before the season. Therefore he can choose from much more now and he has a lot of options to rotate a bit or give some players some rest. Goal position is clear with Weidenfeller, also defensive row with Großkreuz, Subotic, Hummels and Schmelzer. Maybe Sokratis plays instead of Subotic or Hummels, this can be the option for Klopp here. Midfield also some options but normal lineup can be Sahin, Bender or Kehl, Reus, Kuba or Aubameang and Micki. Striker Lewandowski. The battle for the places is huge as we have with Sokratis, Kehl, Hofmann, Aubameang a lot of players who are very close to starting lineup but maybe this is the key this season for Dortmund as they had not the deep squad last season to be competitive. A big plus for them maybe.
Some stats for this match as well:
- From the last 13 matches, Frankfurt won only 2 against Dortmund (2-6-5).
- At home, Frankfurt lost only 1 from the last 7 matches vs Dortmund (2-4-1).
- BvB won 37 from 80 BL matches against Eintracht, against none other club they have so much wins.
- Borussia Dortmund allowed only 8 shots on goal this season.
- Eintracht Frankfurt is the best team man vs man with 54% of their duels won.
- Dortmund scored three times in the last 15 minutes this season.
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