Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Dortmund Preview 29/10/2022

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Borussia Dortmund – 29/10/2022

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Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Dortmund are separated by a solitary level within the Bundesliga desk as they put together to do battle on the Deutsche Financial institution Park on Saturday.

As we head into Matchday 12, fourth-place Frankfurt lead fifth-place Dortmund – with first-place Union Berlin simply three factors away from Frankfurt.

With solely seven factors between the highest ten sides, Saturday’s conflict is an efficient alternative for each Frankfurt and Dortmund to shut the hole on the frontrunners.

When Frankfurt didn’t win any of their first three Bundesliga video games, issues seemed fairly bleak for Oliver Glasner’s males. However they managed to show issues round.

Since then, Eintracht have gained six of their earlier eight league outings – seeing off Werder Bremen, RB Leipzig, Stuttgart, Union Berlin, Bayer Leverkusen and Borussia Monchengladbach.

Along with scoring over 2.5 objectives in 5 of their six wins this season, they’ve scored over 3.5 objectives on three events. Consequently, they’re the league’s second-highest scorers.

Frankfurt head into Saturday’s conflict on the again of a 2-1 victory over Marseille within the Europa League. Consequently, they continue to be in competition for the knockout section.

As for Dortmund, they’ve struggled for consistency within the Bundesliga – registering six wins, one draw and 4 defeats this season.

After successful 5 of their opening seven clashes, BVB endured a three-game winless run earlier than returning to successful methods with a 5-0 thrashing of Stuttgart final weekend.

It’s price noting that Dortmund have the second-worst defensive file within the prime seven, having conceding 14 objectives in 11 video games.

Though they managed to carry Manchester Metropolis to a goalless draw within the Champions League in midweek, they might wrestle to take care of Frankfurt’s attacking firepower.

Head-to-head: Frankfurt have solely managed to win one in every of their final 11 Bundesliga conferences with Dortmund.

On condition that ten of the earlier 12 league conferences between Frankfurt and Dortmund have produced over 2.5 objectives, we’re set for a high-scoring encounter on Saturday.

Crew information: Frankfurt’s damage listing comprises Ansgar Knauff (hamstring), Makoto Hasebe (medial collateral ligament) and Aurelio Buta (knee).

On the flip facet, Dortmund can be with out as many as seven first-team gamers this weekend – together with Sebastien Haller, Marco Reus and Thomas Meunier.

Though Dortmund have loved going through Frankfurt in recent times, it’s tough to disregard the truth that Frankfurt have gained six of their previous eight Bundesliga video games.

For that purpose, Forebet predicts that Frankfurt will choose up their third consecutive league victory on Saturday – scoring over 2.5 objectives within the course of.