Facts against Eintracht Frankturt: Kobel in the footsteps of Weidenfeller and de Beers
The state of affairs: After three away matches in the league (3-3, 2-0) and the cup (4-2 on penalties), and a spot of over 20 months, Borussia Dortmund welcome Eintracht Frankfurt again to SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. A win would safe the runner-up spot for Dortmund. Frankfurt presently sit in eighth place, one level behind seventh-placed Freiburgheading into the penultimate matchday of the season.
Home/away: The Black & Yellows are second on the dwelling desk with twelve wins, two attracts, and two losses. Eintracht Frankfurt have gained just one of their final ten away matches.
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Head-to-head: Borussia Dortmund have misplaced solely two of their final 18 Bundesliga matches against Eintracht Frankfurt. The Black & Yellows have celebrated 51 wins against the Hessian facet (greater than against some other membership) and have additionally scored the most targets (205). Dortmund have gained 13 of their final 14 dwelling video games. Since April 1991, Dortmund haven’t failed to attain at dwelling. They have managed eleven wins regardless of poor begins – against no different membership have they arrive again from a 1-0 deficit extra usually.
Statistics: Borussia Dortmund boast the finest protection in the Bundesliga: 32 targets conceded is three fewer than Bayern Munich. Eintracht Frankfurt’s 60 targets conceded is the third most. Gregor Kobel has saved a clear sheet in 14 of the 32 matches (league-leading) and may equal the membership report. In the 2011/12 season (Roman Weidenfeller made 32 appearances) and 2019/20 season (Roman Bürki performed 31 occasions), 15 clear sheets have been recorded every season. It would even be their tenth dwelling recreation with out conceding a objective. This would equal the membership’s dwelling report from 1989/90 with Teddy de Beer in objective and 2010/11 (Weidenfeller).
The opponent: Only Bayern Munich surpass Eintracht Frankfurt’s ending effectivity of +14. Frankfurt scored 16 occasions shortly after their opponent misplaced possession (twice as usually as Borussia Dortmund).
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Last season: At the begin of the 2024/25 season, 81,365 spectators in the sold-out SIGNAL IDUNA PARK noticed, after a troublesome first half, two excellent particular person performances from substitute Jamie Gittenswho scored the targets of the night (72 and 93) – and three quite fortunate factors against Eintracht, who had the higher general possibilities.
Reverse fixture: Borussia Dortmund drew 3-3 (1-1). Maxi Beer (10) and Felix Nmecha (68) put Dortmund forward twice in a fast-paced match, however Uzun (22, penalty) and Ebnoutalib (71) equalized twice. Both groups pushed for the win and scored in further time: first Mo Dahoud for Frankfurt (90+2), then Carney Chukwuemeka for Dortmund (90+6).
The greatest dwelling win: Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt twice with 6-0. On 26 November 1988, 22,507 followers celebrated Günter Breitzke’s hattrick. Michael Zorc, Norbert Dickel and Frank Pagelsdorf additionally discovered the web. Seven and a half years later, on March 23, 1996, Karl-Heinz Riedle scored twice in one other 6-0 win in entrance of a sold-out crowd of 42,400. Michael Zorc, Steffen Freund, Jörg Heinrich and Stéphane Chapuisat, additionally bought on the scoresheet earlier than the sixty fifth minute.
