FRANKFURT AM MAIN. Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund played a scintillating incredible match before drawing 3-3. Borussia Dortmund was not able to win even if it was superior in terms of ball possession (60%)

The match was played at the Commerzbank-Arena stadium in Frankfurt am Main on Sunday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. In front of 56,500 spectators.​ The referee was Robert Schröder with the collaboration of Norbert Grudzinski and Jan Clemens Neitzel. The 4th official was Tobias Reichel. The weather was moderate rain. The temperature was cold at 13.08 degrees Celsius or 55.54 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 87%.​

Match Statistics​

Eintracht Frankfurt

3 - 3

Borussia Dortmund

  • 40 Ball Possession 60
Shots
  • 12 Total 14
  • 7 On Target 4
  • 4 Off Target 8
  • 1 Shots blocked 2
  • 79 Attack 136
  • 41 Dangerous attack 57
  • 86 Ball safe 88
  • 1 Penalties 0
  • 0 Corners 4
  • 4 Off Sides 4
Fouls
  • 9 Total 8
  • 3 Yellow Cards 2
  • 0 Double Yellow 0
  • 0 Red Card 0
Other
  • 4 Substitutions 5

Ball possession

Borussia Dortmund was in firm control of the ball 60% while Eintracht Frankfurt was struggling with a 40% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Borussia Dortmund had a more offensive attitude with 57 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 4 were on target. Notwithstanding, that was not enough Borussia Dortmund to win the encounter​.

Eintracht Frankfurt shot 12 times, 7 on target, 4 off target. On the other side, Borussia Dortmund shot 14 times, 4 on target, 8 off target.

Cards

Eintracht Frankfurt received 3 yellow cards (Willian Pacho, Aurélio Buta and Omar Marmoush). Talking about the opposition, Borussia Dortmund received 3 yellow cards (Karim Adeyemi, Salih Özcan and Edin Terzic).

Match Timeline

Omar Marmoush(penalty)
8'
Ansgar Knauff(VAR)
38'
11'
Salih Özcan- Yellow
Omar Marmoush(goal)
24'
26'
Alexander Meyer- sub ->Gregor Kobel
Omar Marmoush(VAR)
6'
Omar Marmoush- Yellow
42'
45'
Marcel Sabitzer (goal)Niclas Füllkrug
Aurélio Buta- Yellow
45'
46'
Karim Adeyemi- sub ->Giovanni Reyna
46'
Youssoufa Moukoko- sub ->Donyell Malen
Willian Pacho- Yellow
52'
54'
Youssoufa Moukoko(goal)
Junior Dina Ebimbe- sub ->Aurélio Buta
61'
65'
Julian Brandt- sub ->Marco Reus
Farès Chaïbi(goal)Ellyes Skhiri
68'
70'
Niklas Süle- sub ->Mats Hummels
Mario Götze- sub ->Ansgar Knauff
73'
76'
Karim Adeyemi- Yellow
82'
Julian Brandt(goal)Karim Adeyemi
86'
Niels Nkounkou- sub ->Philipp Max
86'

Standings

Standings
Team
Pts
Pl
Last 5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen
87
33
FC Bayern München
72
33
VfB Stuttgart
70
33
RB Leipzig
64
33
Borussia Dortmund
60
33
Eintracht Frankfurt
46
33
TSG Hoffenheim
43
33
SC Freiburg
42
33
Heidenheim
39
33
FC Augsburg
39
33
Werder Bremen
39
33
VfL Wolfsburg
37
33
Borussia Mönchengladbach
34
33
VfL Bochum 1848
33
33
FSV Mainz 05
32
33
FC Union Berlin
30
33
FC Köln
27
33
Darmstadt 98
17
33

After playing this match, Eintracht Frankfurt will have 14 points to hold in the 7th place. Talking about the opposition, Borussia Dortmund will have 21 points like VfB Stuttgart to hold in the 4th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt will play away with Borussia Mönchengladbach on the 11th of May with a 15-10 head to head stats in favor of Borussia Mönchengladbach (9 draws).

Borussia Dortmund will host Darmstadt 98 on the 18th of May with a 2-1 head to head stats in favor of Borussia Dortmund (1 draw).

Eintracht Frankfurt – Formation

Eintracht Frankfurt
G
Kevin Trapp 1.Germany
6.1
D
Willian Pacho 3.Ecuador
6.3
52'
D
Robin Koch 4.Germany
6.7
D
Tuta 35.Brazil
6.3
M
Farès Chaïbi 8.Algeria
7.3
86' 68'
M
Ellyes Skhiri 15.Tunisia
7.3
M
Hugo Larsson 16.Sweden
7.0
M
Aurélio Buta 24.Portugal
7.0
61' 45'
M
Ansgar Knauff 36.Germany
7.0
73'
M
Philipp Max 31.Germany
6.3
86'
F
Omar Marmoush 7.Egypt
7.8
42' 8', 24'
Substitutes
G
Jens Grahl 33.Germany
D
Hrvoje Smolcic 5.Croatia
D
Makoto Hasebe 20.Japan
D
Niels Nkounkou 29.France
6.4
86'
M
Mario Götze 27.Germany
6.8
73'
M
Kristijan Jakic 6.Croatia
M
Timothy Chandler 22.United States
M
Junior Dina Ebimbe 26.France
6.4
61'
F
Jens Petter Hauge 23.Norway
6.7
86'

Eintracht Frankfurt started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

The manager Dino Toppmöller decided to play with the following team: Kevin Trapp (6.1), Tuta (6.3), Robin Koch (6.7), Willian Pacho (6.3), Aurélio Buta (7.0), Ellyes Skhiri (7.3), Hugo Larsson (7.0), Philipp Max (6.3), Farès Chaïbi (7.3), Ansgar Knauff  (7.0) and Omar Marmoush (7.8).

The home team had on the bench: Mario Götze (6.8), Hrvoje Smolcic, Kristijan Jakic, Makoto Hasebe, Timothy Chandler, Jens Petter Hauge (6.7), Junior Dina Ebimbe (6.4), Niels Nkounkou (6.4) and Jens Grahl.

Eintracht Frankfurt could not rely on the presence of Niels Nkounkou (injured).

Substitutions

Eintracht Frankfurt made 4 changes: Ansgar Knauff  for Mario Götze (73′), Farès Chaïbi for Jens Petter Hauge (86′), Aurélio Buta for Junior Dina Ebimbe (61′) and Philipp Max for Niels Nkounkou (86′).

Best player: Omar Marmoush​

The most impressive player for Eintracht Frankfurt was Omar Marmoush.

His rating is (7.8) with 2 goals, 19 passes (63% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses. He hit the woodwork once times.

Borussia Dortmund – Formation

Borussia Dortmund
G
Gregor Kobel 1.Switzerland
7.0
26'
D
Nico Schlotterbeck 4.Germany
7.0
D
Ramy Bensebaini 5.Algeria
7.5
D
Mats Hummels 15.Germany
6.8
70'
D
Marius Wolf 17.Germany
6.8
M
Salih Özcan 6.Turkey
7.0
11'
M
Giovanni Reyna 7.United States
7.0
46'
M
Marco Reus 11.Germany
7.3
65'
M
Marcel Sabitzer 20.Austria
7.0
45'
M
Donyell Malen 21.Netherlands
6.7
46'
F
Niclas Füllkrug 14.Germany
7.0
Substitutes
G
Alexander Meyer 33.Germany
7.5
26'
D
Thomas Meunier 24.Belgium
D
Niklas Süle 25.Germany
7.0
70'
D
Julian Ryerson 26.Norway
M
Julian Brandt 19.Germany
7.7
65' 82'
F
Sébastien Haller 9.Ivory Coast
F
Youssoufa Moukoko 18.Germany
7.1
46' 54'
F
Karim Adeyemi 27.Germany
6.4
46' 76'
F
Jamie Bynoe-Gittens 43.England

Borussia Dortmund started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Edin Terzic played with: Gregor Kobel (7.0), Marius Wolf (6.8), Mats Hummels (6.8), Nico Schlotterbeck (7.0), Ramy Bensebaini (7.5), Salih Özcan (7.0), Marcel Sabitzer (7.0), Donyell Malen (6.7), Marco Reus (7.3), Giovanni Reyna (7.0) and Niclas Füllkrug (7.0).

These were the players on the bench: Sébastien Haller, Youssoufa Moukoko (7.1), Julian Brandt (7.7), Thomas Meunier, Niklas Süle (7.0), Julian Ryerson, Karim Adeyemi (6.4), Alexander Meyer (7.5) and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens.

Borussia Dortmund could not rely on the presence of Alexander Meyer (injured), Niklas Süle (injured) and Julian Brandt (injured).

Substitutions

Borussia Dortmund made 5 changes: Gregor Kobel for Alexander Meyer (26′), Giovanni Reyna for Karim Adeyemi (46′), Donyell Malen for Youssoufa Moukoko (46′), Mats Hummels for Niklas Süle (70′) and Marco Reus for Julian Brandt (65′).

Best player: Julian Brandt​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Julian Brandt.

His rating is (7.7) with 1 goal, 14 passes (86% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 1 duel out of 1. He performed 5 crosses.

His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 65′.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​