Eintracht Frankfurt - FC Schalke 04

From hero to zero or from high flying into big trouble. This is simple the way from Eintracht Frankfurt at the moment. They had really two great seasons recently. First one was in 2.Bundesliga with promotion at the end and also last one with getting an international spot. This season it is much different to the other seasons. They are back to normal business with a lot of problems and maybe it is lack of experience to handle all the competitions well. In EL and Cup they did well and played much better as in Bundesliga, maybe they are much more motivated for these competitions and invest much more as in Bundesliga. Therefore all the power goes into Cup matches while in BL-matches they are very tired and have not the fitness. The BL-results showed this very well, to begin they were able to get at least Points on the road but in the past matches they were absolutely down. Overall they are winless at home after 12 Rounds what is incredible bad. The home performances were not always bad but they were not able to take advantage from their good play in the first 75 minutes. Normally this is almost a must for them if you take a look at the stats from the last 15 minutes of Frankfurt. They are the worst team in this period and they conceded a lot of late goals what costs them a lot of Points. This can be a key fact due to their tiredness from EL matches and also maybe a head problem from some players. Additional the many injuries they had are of course a problem too. They have not the squad from Bayern Munich to replace all well.

Always some trouble around Schalke and after the last matches it comes up more and more. Above all the team is not in good shape at the moment. Too many mistakes in recent matches allowed not a better outcome. Above all the defensive line stability is very shaky and allowed many easy goals. If Höwedes, Matip or Santana no one played well at central back, also keeper Hildebrand. But what should Coach Keller do, he has no other players and has to work with them and maybe solve the problems. Also a lot of injuries helped him not much in the past, in central midfield he misses Höger while Neustädter is not in his best shape. In offense not many alternatives left, wing Farfan was a big miss but recovered already from injury, and both strikers had a lot of problems. First choice striker Huntelaar still out longer, Szalai replaced him more or less, sometimes better, sometimes weaker but he had also a lot of problems with illness and so on. In last match Boateng gave the lone attacker and lead his time with two goals to the win over Bremen. But they had hard times and must come from behind again. Of course this speaks for the team spirit but it is not all well.

The national break let Frankfurt reload their batteries and they should be much fresher as in recent matches. This should help them to get a good opportunity to fight for the first home win. Of course Schalke on the other side did well on the road and they are playing for fourth place with some other teams. Therefore I expect an open match with big fight from both but I believe in Frankfurt here as they are closer to the win according to stats. Moreover we should take in mind that they played already both giants Bayern and Dortmund and this is an additional sign for their weak home stats.

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