FRANKFURT AM MAIN. Eintracht Frankfurt tops FSV Mainz 05 1-0 after M. Götze scored just 1 goal (72′). Eintracht Frankfurt took advantage of its better ball possession (56%).

The match was played at the Commerzbank-Arena stadium in Frankfurt am Main on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Felix Zwayer with the collaboration of Thomas Gorniak and Marcel Pelgrim. The 4th official was Tobias Reichel. The weather was broken clouds. The temperature was cold at 9.97 degrees Celsius or 49.95 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

Eintracht Frankfurt had a superior ball possession 56% while FSV Mainz 05 was struggling with a 44% ball possession.

Attitude and shots

Eintracht Frankfurt was more aggressive with 41 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 3 were on target. This is one of the reasons why Eintracht Frankfurt won the match​.

Eintracht Frankfurt shot 11 times, 3 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, FSV Mainz 05 shot 7 times, 0 on target, 3 off target.

Cards

Eintracht Frankfurt received 2 yellow cards (Niels Nkounkou and Willian Pacho). On the other side, FSV Mainz 05 received 1 yellow card (Silvan Widmer).

Standings

After this match, Eintracht Frankfurt has 31 points to sit in the 6th place. Regarding the opposition, FSV Mainz 05 will stays with 11 points like FC Köln and Darmstadt 98 to hold in the 16th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt will play away with FC Köln on the 3rd of February with a 9-7 head to head record in favor of FC Köln (10 draws).

FSV Mainz 05 will host Werder Bremen on the 3rd of February with a 15-10 head to head statistic in favor of Werder Bremen (6 draws).

Eintracht Frankfurt – Formation

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 (6.4), Tuta (8.1), Robin Koch (7.5), Willian Pacho (7.5), Junior Dina Ebimbe (6.6), Hugo Larsson (7.0), Mario Götze (7.8), Niels Nkounkou (7.5), Donny van de Beek (6.4), Ansgar Knauff  (7.5) and Sasa Kalajdzic (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Jessic Ngankam, Philipp Max, Hrvoje Smolcic, Farès Chaïbi (7.0), Ellyes Skhiri (6.8), Sebastian Rode (6.7), Makoto Hasebe, Aurélio Buta and Jens Grahl.

Substitutions

Eintracht Frankfurt made 5 changes: Donny van de Beek for Farès Chaïbi (46′), Junior Dina Ebimbe for Ellyes Skhiri (77′), Mario Götze for Sebastian Rode (81′), Ansgar Knauff  for Aurélio Buta (90′) and Niels Nkounkou for Philipp Max (90′).

Player of the match: Tuta​

The player that probably impressed the most for Eintracht Frankfurt was Tuta even if he didn’t score the decisive goal.

His rating is 8.1 with 76 passes (83% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 7 duels out of 10. He performed 3 crosses.

FSV Mainz 05 – Formation

FSV Mainz 05 started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).

Jan Siewert played with: Edimilson Fernandes, Brajan Gruda, Robin Zentner (7.0), Dominik Kohr (6.8), Sepp van den Berg (7.1), Anthony Caci (7.3), Silvan Widmer (6.4), Marco Richter (7.1), Tom Krauß (6.3), Leandro Barreiro (7.1) and Phillipp Mwene (7.0), Karim Onisiwo (6.6), Jonathan Burkardt (7.3).

These were the players on the bench: Matondo-Merveille Papela (6.8), Maxim Leitsch (6.8), Ludovic Ajorque (6.4), Danny da Costa (6.7), Josuha Guilavogui, Daniel Batz and David Mamutovic.

Substitutions

FSV Mainz 05 made 4 changes: Marco Richter for Ludovic Ajorque (76′), Silvan Widmer for Danny da Costa (87′), Anthony Caci for Maxim Leitsch (82′) and Dominik Kohr for Matondo-Merveille Papela (82′).

Player of the match: Jonathan Burkardt​

The player that probably impressed the most for FSV Mainz 05 was Jonathan Burkardt.

His rating is 7.3 with 26 passes (77% accurate) and 0 key passes. He won 9 duels out of 14. He performed 2 crosses.

Results of the day

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

• Eintracht Frankfurt – FSV Mainz 05 – 1-0