Stuttgarter Kickers vs Eintracht Frankfurt Match Analysis and Prediction

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Stuttgarter Kickers will be looking to cause a major upset when they face last season’s Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt in the second round of the DFB-Pokal on Tuesday.

Mustafa Unal’s side have reached one DFB-Pokal final themselves, when they lost 3-1 to Hamburger SV in the 1986-87 final, before losing 2-1 after extra-time to Werder Bremen in the semi-final of the 1999-2000 campaign.

Stuttgarter were briefly a Bundesliga outfit between those two seasons, but they were instantly relegated back to the second tier on both occasions in 1989 and 1992. They have since generally flickered between the second and third tiers of German football, although they now find themselves in the fifth tier after relegation in 2018.

However, Die Kickers stunned Greuther Furth, who were relegated from the Bundesliga last season, 2-0 in the first round of the DFB-Pokal to set up a tie with Frankfurt on Tuesday.

Eintracht Frankfurt, who are representing Germany in the Champions League for the first time after their European exploits last season, head to Stuttgart fresh off a 5-1 victory over Bayer Leverkusen at the weekend.

Daichi Kamada broke the deadlock from the penalty spot in the fifth minute of fisrt half injury-time, with the Japan international adding a second from the spot after the break alongside goals from Randal Kolo, Jesper Lindstrom and Lucas Alario during the rout.

The victory moved Frankfurt up to fifth place in the Bundesliga table, although they are lagging bottom in Group D of the Champions League and are facing an early exit from Europe as a result.

Meanwhile, Oliver Glasner will be keen to add a second major trophy to the cabinet in just his second season in charge at the club, with Frankfurt looking to join Bremen on six all-time DFB-Pokal wins behind Bayern Munich.

Stuttgarter Kickers vs Eintracht Frankfurt head to head

These two teams have previously met on eight occasions across two competitions, where Stuttgarter have claimed two victories while Frankfurt have won five, and they have drawn once. Frankfurt have scored 14 goals and conceded six. In their last five meetings, Stuttgarter have won one, Frankfurt three with one draw.

Stuttgarter Kickers 0-2 Eintracht Frankfurt 07/03/92

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Stuttgarter Kickers 22/09/96

Stuttgarter Kickers 0-0 Eintracht Frankfurt 05/04/97

Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Stuttgarter Kickers 10/08/97

Stuttgarter Kickers 2-3 Eintracht Frankfurt 28/02/98

Stuttgarter Kickers latest home form

Stuttgarter Kickers have recently been on a good run of form at home, having won each of their five most recent matches. They managed to defeat Rielasingen-Arlen 1-0 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 19 goals and just conceded three.

Stuttgarter Kickers 6-1 Oberachem 03/09/22

Stuttgarter Kickers 4-1 Metzingen 07/09/22

Stuttgarter Kickers 3-0 Mutschelbach 14/09/22

Stuttgarter Kickers 5-1 Neckarsulmer SU 24/09/22

Stuttgarter Kickers 1-0 Reilasingen-Arlen 08/10/22

Stuttgarter Kickers latest away form

Stuttgarter Kickers have recently been on a good run of form on the road, having won each of their three most recent matches. They defeated Goppinger SV 1-0 in their last away game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored 17 goals and conceded just three.

CfR Pforzheim 0-5 Stuttgarter Kickers 27/08/22

Ravensburg 2-0 Stuttgarter Kickers 11/09/22

Hollenbach 1-5 Stuttgarter Kickers 17/09/22

Offenburger FV 0-6 Stuttgarter Kickers 01/10/22

Goppinger SV 0-1 Stuttgarter Kickers 14/10/22

Eintracht Frankfurt latest home form

Eintracht Frankfurt have recently been on a relatively good run of form at home, having been unbeaten in their three most recent matches. They managed to defeat Bayer Leverkusen 5-1 in their last home game in the league. In their last five matches, they have scored seven goals and conceded five.

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-3 Sporting Lisbon 07/09/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Wolfsburg 10/09/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 Union Berlin 01/10/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 0-0 Tottenham Hotspur 04/10/22

Eintracht Frankfurt 5-1 Beyer Leverkusen 15/10/22

Eintracht Frankfurt latest away form

Eintracht Frankfurt have recently been on a downturn in form on the road, having lost each of their two most recent matches. They were beaten 3-2 by Tottenham Hotspur in their last away game in the Champions League. In their last five matches, they have scored 10 goals and also conceded 10.

Werder Bremen 3-4 Eintracht Frankfurt 28/08/22

Marseille 0-1 Eintracht Frankfurt 13/09/22

Stuttgart 1-3 Eintracht Frankfurt 17/09/22

Bochum 3-0 Eintracht Frankfurt 08/10/22

Tottenham Hotspur 3-2 Eintracht Frankfurt 12/10/22

Stuttgarter Kickers news

Stuttgarter Kickers will take to the pitch without midfielder Nico Blank due to a calf injury, while forward David Braig is struggling with illness.

Captain Kevin Dickhuber will lead the team out at Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, which should see a capacity crowd for the visit of Frankfurt on Tuesday.

Eintracht Frankfurt news

Eintracht Frankfurt will make the trip to Stuttgart without the likes of Makoto Hasebe, Jerome Onguene, Luca Pellegrini, Almamy Toure, Ansgar Knauff and Aurelio Buta due to injury.

As such, Glasner is short of defensive numbers, but may decide to rotate in midfield and attack given his side’s heavy workload this season.

Prediction and Odds

Should Glasner decide to heavily rotate his side as expected, Stuttgarter Kickers may keep things tighter than expected given that these sides are four divisions apart.

However, with him able to call upon strikers with the quality of Rafael Borre and Alario in reserve, it surely will be an away win.

Odds: 1 3.01 X 2.05 2 2.23