Mid-table rivals Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Monchengladbach will square off at Deutsche Bank Park this Sunday in the penultimate round of Bundesliga. Kickoffs at 16:30 EAT.
Lifting the trophy later this month remains Frankfurt’s only hope of competing in continental football again next season, with a poor finish to their Bundesliga campaign leaving Oliver Glasner’s side down in 11th place ahead of match day 33. Sunday’s hosts are winless in their last six league outings, in a complete contrast to their impressive displays in Europe, with a two-legged triumph over Barcelona also preceding the victory over West Ham.
Eintracht Frankfurt prepare for this fixture hoping for another win following 1-0 Europa League victory to beat West Ham United. In that game, Eintracht Frankfurt had 63% possession, 13 shots with four of them on target and a goal scored by Rafael Borré (26′). West Ham United got 13 shots with six of them on target.
A hugely disappointing campaign has improved dramatically in recent weeks; with the victory over Die Roten Bullen at Borussia-Park being Gladbach’s fourth in their last seven outings, and of which just one has ended in defeat. Should Sunday’s visitors manage to win once more on the penultimate weekend, as well as against Hoffenheim on the final day, they could yet climb as high as eighth in the table.
Gladbach gets into this match confident after 3-1 Bundesliga 1 success over RB Leipzig in their previous match.In that game, Borussia Mönchengladbach managed 50% possession, nine shots with six of them on target and goals scored by Breel Embolo (17′) and Jonas Hofmann (45′, 77′). RB Leipzig got 12 shots with seven of them on target and a goal by Christopher Nkunku (36′).
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Monchengladbach head to head
These two teams have had 44 head to head encounters since 1992. Monchengladbach holds slight upper hand winning 21 times while Frankfurt claims 14 wins and nine matches ended in draws.
- M´gladbach 2-3 Frankfurt 15/12/21
- M´gladbach 4-0 Frankfurt 17/04/21
- Frankfurt 3-3 M´gladbach 15/12/20
- Frankfurt 1-3 M´gladbach 16/05/20
- M´gladbach 4-2 Frankfurt 27/10/19
Home
- Frankfurt 1-0 West Ham
- Leverkusen 2-0 Frankfurt
- West Ham 1-2 Frankfurt
- Frankfurt 2-2 Hoffenheim
- Union Berlin 2-0 Frankfurt
Away
- M´gladbach 3-1 Leipzig
- Freiburg 3-3 M´gladbach
- M´gladbach 1-3 FC Koln
- Greuther Furth 0-2 M´gladbach
- M´gladbach 1-1 Mainz
Eintracht Frankfurt team news
Christopher Lenz, Jesper Lindstrøm, Diant Ramaj and Sebastian Rode are expected to miss the game with injuries.
Borussia Monchengladbach team news
Marcus Thuram won’t be in action for Gladbach boss Adi Hütter while Manu Koné and Nico Elvedi are out due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
The Eagles has managed to play four undefeated games in the previous five home games, winning the last one while Monchengladbach will also be confident over the recent three unbeaten away outings, winning two of them. We are backing a draw here.
- Draw
- Both teams to score
- Double Chance 1 or 2
