FRANKFURT AM MAIN. Eintracht Frankfurt beats FC Union Berlin with a 2-0 win with a goal from M. Gotze (12′) and a goal from J. Lindstrom (42′).
Eintracht Frankfurt remained in players after R. Kolo Muani received a double yellow card in the 69′. Anyhow, Eintracht Frankfurt still was capable to win this match competing only with 10 players.
The match was played at the Commerzbank-Arena stadium in Frankfurt am Main on Saturday and it started at 3:30 pm local time. The referee was Sascha Stegemann who had the assistance of Christof Günsch and Frederick Assmuth. The 4th official was Aarne Aarnink. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was pleasant at 16 degrees Celsius or 60.75 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 76%.
Match Statistics
- 47 Ball Possession 53
Shots
- 13 Total 16
- 4 On Target 4
- 9 Off Target 12
- 3 Shots blocked 5
- 97 Attack 112
- 30 Dangerous attack 75
- 100 Ball safe 97
- 0 Penalties 0
- 4 Corners 7
Fouls
- 4 Total 11
- 3 Yellow Cards 4
- 1 Double Yellow 0
- 1 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
No teams had a vastly superior advantage in terms of ball possession. Eintracht Frankfurt was in possession of the ball for 47% of the time vs. FC Union Berlin that controlled the ball for 53% of the time.
Attitude and shots
FC Union Berlin was putting more pressure with 75 dangerous attacks and 16 shots of which 4 were on target. Anyway, Eintracht Frankfurt was capable to find the solution to win this encounter.
Eintracht Frankfurt shot 13 times, 4 on target, 9 off target. On the opposite side, FC Union Berlin shot 16 times, 4 on target, 12 off target.
Cards
Eintracht Frankfurt received 2 yellow cards (R. Kolo Muani and S. Rode). Regarding the opposition, FC Union Berlin received 4 yellow cards (S. Becker, R. Khedira, S. Michel and N. Giesselmann).
R. Kolo Muani (Eintracht Frankfurt) was sent off after receiving a second yellow card (69′).
Match Timeline
Standings
After this encounter, Eintracht Frankfurt will have 14 points to go up in the 6th place. Talking about the opposition, FC Union Berlin will stay with 17 points like SC Freiburg to hold in the 1st place.
Next matches
In the next match in the Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt will play away with FSV Mainz 05 on the 13th of November with a 9-9 head to head.
FC Union Berlin will host TSG Hoffenheim on the 21st of January with a 2-2 head to head record.
Eintracht Frankfurt – Formation
Eintracht Frankfurt
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Eintracht Frankfurt started with a 3-4-2-1 line-up (3-4-2-1).
The manager Oliver Glasner decided to play with the following team: Kevin Trapp , Tuta , Makoto Hasebe , Evan Ndicka , Ansgar Knauff , Sebastian Rode , Daichi Kamada , Luca Pellegrini , Jesper Lindstrøm , Mario Götze and Randal Kolo Muani .
The home team had on the bench: Djibril Sow , Timothy Chandler, Lucas Alario, Faride Alidou, Junior Dina Ebimbe , Christopher Lenz , Diant Ramaj, Hrvoje Smolčić and Rafael Santos Borré.
Substitutions
Eintracht Frankfurt made 4 changes: M. Gotze for D. Sow (66′), L. Pellegrini for C. Lenz (71′), S. Rode for J. Dina Ebimbe (71′) and J. Lindstrom for R. Borre (86′).
Best player: Jesper Lindstrøm
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Eintracht Frankfurt was Jesper Lindstrøm.
His rating is with 1 goal, 17 passes (70% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 19. He performed 1 cross.
FC Union Berlin – Formation
FC Union Berlin
FC Union Berlin started with a 3-5-2 line-up (3-5-2).
Urs Fischer played with: Frederik Rønnow , Paul Jaeckel , Timo Baumgartl , Diogo Leite , Christopher Trimmel , Morten Thorsby , Rani Khedira , Janik Haberer , Niko Giesselmann , Sheraldo Becker and Jordan Siebatcheu .
These were the players on the bench: Kevin Behrens , Lennart Grill, Sven Michel , Robin Knoche, Genki Haraguchi, Tymoteusz Puchacz, András Schäfer , Paul Seguin and Tim Skarke .
Substitutions
FC Union Berlin made 5 changes: M. Thorsby for A. Schafer (57′), S. Becker for S. Michel (66′), J. Haberer for P. Seguin (66′), R. Khedira for K. Behrens (74′) and T. Baumgartl for T. Skarke (74′).
Best player: Tim Skarke
The player that probably impressed the most for FC Union Berlin was Tim Skarke.
His rating is with 4 passes (100% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 1 duel out of 2. He performed 4 crosses.
His performance was remarkable also because he started the match from the bench before entering the filed in the 74′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- Werder Bremen – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 5-1
- Eintracht Frankfurt – FC Union Berlin – 2-0
- SC Freiburg – FSV Mainz 05 – 2-1
- VfL Wolfsburg – VfB Stuttgart – 3-2
- FC Köln – Borussia Dortmund – 3-2
- RB Leipzig – VfL Bochum 1848 – 4-0
