FRANKFURT AM MAIN. VfB Stuttgart bested Eintracht Frankfurt to win 2-1. D. Undav was the key for his team after scoring 2 goals. All goals were scored in the first half.​ It was VfB Stuttgart to strike first with an early goal of Deniz Undav at the 1′. Then it was an own goal in the 26′ minute to make things even for 1-1. Eventually, Deniz Undav gave the win to VfB Stuttgart in the 45′ minute with a goal scoring a double. Eintracht Frankfurt lost this match even if it was better in terms of ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Commerzbank-Arena stadium in Frankfurt am Main on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 58,000 spectators.​ The referee was Felix Brych with the collaboration of Mark Borsch and Stefan Lupp. The 4th official was Patrick Schwengers. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 5.19 degrees Celsius or 41.34 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 69%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Eintracht Frankfurt had a strong ball possession 56% while VfB Stuttgart was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Eintracht Frankfurt was putting more pressure with 50 dangerous attacks and 14 shots of which 1 were on target. Nevertheless, VfB Stuttgart was capable to find the solution to win this match.​

Eintracht Frankfurt shot 14 times, 1 on target, 6 off target. On the opposite side, VfB Stuttgart shot 11 times, 5 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Eintracht Frankfurt didn’t receive any yellow card. Regarding the opposition, VfB Stuttgart received 1 yellow card (Maximilian Mittelstädt).

Standings

After this encounter, Eintracht Frankfurt will stay with 18 points to hold in the 7th place. Regarding the opposition, VfB Stuttgart will have 27 points to remain in the 3rd 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 in favor of Borussia Mönchengladbach (9 draws).

VfB Stuttgart will host Borussia Mönchengladbach on the 18th of May with a 14-10 head to head statistic in favor of VfB Stuttgart (8 draws).

Eintracht Frankfurt – Formation

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

The manager Dino Toppmöller decided to play with the following team: Kevin Trapp (6.3), Aurélio Buta (7.5), Tuta (6.7), Willian Pacho (6.3), Philipp Max (7.0), Junior Dina Ebimbe (7.5), Ellyes Skhiri (7.5), Hugo Larsson (6.7), Ansgar Knauff  (6.4), Farès Chaïbi (7.0) and Omar Marmoush (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Hrvoje Smolcic, Kristijan Jakic, Jessic Ngankam (6.4), Makoto Hasebe, Timothy Chandler, Mario Götze (6.6), Niels Nkounkou (6.8), Paxten Aaronson (7.0) and Jens Grahl.

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

Substitutions

Eintracht Frankfurt made 4 changes: Philipp Max for Niels Nkounkou (55′), Ansgar Knauff  for Mario Götze (70′), Deniz Undav for Jessic Ngankam (80′) and Aurélio Buta for Paxten Aaronson (80′).

Player of the match: Ellyes Skhiri​

The player that probably impressed the most for Eintracht Frankfurt was Ellyes Skhiri.

His rating is (7.5) with 83 passes (87% accurate) and 2 key passes. He won 4 duels out of 6.

VfB Stuttgart – Formation

VfB Stuttgart started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).

Sebastian Hoeneß played with: Alexander Nübel (6.4), Waldemar Anton (7.3), Dan-Axel Zagadou (7.5), Hiroki Ito (7.3), Maximilian Mittelstädt (8.2), Jamie Leweling (7.0), Angelo Stiller (7.3), Atakan Karazor (7.3), Chris Führich (6.7), Enzo Millot (8.1) and Deniz Undav (8.9).

These were the players on the bench: Josha Vagnoman (6.8), Serhou Guirassy (6.4), Woo-yeong Jeong, Silas (6.3), Pascal Stenzel, Fabian Bredlow, Genki Haraguchi, Leonidas Stergiou and Anthony Rouault.

VfB Stuttgart could not rely on the presence of Silas (injured).

Substitutions

VfB Stuttgart made 4 changes: Chris Führich for Serhou Guirassy (59′), Jamie Leweling for Josha Vagnoman (60′), Enzo Millot for Woo-yeong Jeong (90′) and Omar Marmoush for Silas (80′).

Player of the match: Deniz Undav​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for VfB Stuttgart was Deniz Undav.

His rating is (8.9) with 2 goals, 25 passes (64% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 2 duels out of 4. He performed 1 cross.

Results of the day

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

• Werder Bremen – Bayer 04 Leverkusen – 0-3
• VfL Wolfsburg – RB Leipzig – 2-1
• Eintracht Frankfurt – VfB Stuttgart – 1-2
• SC Freiburg – Darmstadt 98 – 1-1
• FC Union Berlin – FC Augsburg – 1-1
• Borussia Dortmund – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 4-2