Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund are going to take on on Saturday the 8th of January at 6:30 pm in the 18th week of the Bundesliga. The match is going to take place in Frankfurt am Main at the Deutsche Bank Park (Frankfurt am Main).
Eintracht Frankfurt occupies the 6th place in the table with 27 points. It comes from a 1-0 win against FSV Mainz 05 in its last match in the Bundesliga. As of now, it has won 7 times, draw 6 times, and lost 4 times.
Eintracht Frankfurt won the last 3 consecutive matches. The last time it lost was on the 4th of December against TSG Hoffenheim and the score was 3-2.
Borussia Dortmund occupies the 2nd place in the league with 34 points. It comes from a 3-2 loss against Hertha BSC in its last match in the Bundesliga. Thus far, it has won 11 times, drawn once, and lost 5 times.
Line-ups predictions
These are the projected line-ups according to our predictions.
Eintracht Frankfurt
Eintracht Frankfurt has mostly adopted the 3-4-2-1 line-up most used during the season (9 times or 52.94%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 3-4-2-1 (9 times), 4-2-3-1 (5 times), 3-4-3 (2 times) and 3-4-1-2 (once).
Oliver Glasner is expected to play against Borussia Dortmund with the following players: K. Trapp, M. Hinteregger, O. N’Dicka, A. Touré, F. Kostić, S. Rode, D. Sow, T. Chandler, D. Kamada, R. Borré Amaury and G. Mendes Paciencia.
Suppose that the line up is confirmed, the resulting average age of Eintracht Frankfurt would be 28.27.
Oliver Glasner will probably not be able to employ K. Jakić because of injury.
D. Vieira da Costa, C. Lenz, A. Barkok, J. Hauge and J. Lindstrøm will definitely miss the match.
Borussia Dortmund
Borussia Dortmund has mostly adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up most used during the season (7 times or 41.18%).
Overall, it adopted the following line-ups: 4-2-3-1 (7 times), 3-4-2-1 (3 times), 4-3-3 (2 times), 4-3-1-2 (2 times), 4-1-3-2 (once), 3-5-2 (once) and 4-3-2-1 (once).
Marco Rose is expected to play against Eintracht Frankfurt with the following players: R. Guerreiro, M. Pongracic, T. Meunier, J. Bellingham, M. Dahoud, T. Hazard, M. Reus, J. Brandt and E. Håland.
In case that this will be the line-up, the estimate average age of Borussia Dortmund would be 26.67.
There are doubts about the presence of G. Kobel and M. Hummels.
Marco Rose will probably not be able to employ R. Bürki and G. Reyna because of injury.
M. Akanji, M. Morey Bauzà, M. Schmelzer, D. Zagadou and M. Wolf will definitely miss the match.