Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt

Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt are set to trade tackles at Signal Iduna Park in a mouth-watering Bundesliga fixture.

Title-bidding Borussia Dortmund wasted a golden opportunity to return to the Bundesliga summit last weekend as relegation-fighting Stuttgart fought back twice to hold them to a goal-glutted 3-3 draw, maintaining Dortmund’s form wobble (W1, D1, L2). But the home side’s hopes of ending Bayern Munich’s decade-long reign of the Bundesliga are still alive and kicking, with only two points separating the sides coming into this round. Despite blowing hot and cold of late, Edin Terzic’s men must be confident about posting a much-needed win here after beating Frankfurt in ten of their last 11 top-flight H2Hs on home turf (L1). On top of that, ‘Die Borussen’ are on an impressive eight-match winning league streak at home, bookended by a 2-1 triumph over Union Berlin last time out.

On the other hand, visiting Eintracht Frankfurt could only manage a 1-1 home draw against Borussia Monchengladbach last weekend, extending their disappointing winless league run to seven matches (D4, L3). Considering no side has picked up fewer points during that stretch than Oliver Glasner’s side (4), the visitors should consider themselves lucky for starting this round only two points adrift of European placings. But to prevent a further downfall, ‘Die Adler’ must arrest their worst winless run in away Bundesliga matches since 2017, having gone their last eight Bundesliga travels without winning (D4, L4). Frankfurt’s growing defensive woes have seen them concede 2+ goals in all five away league outings since the beginning of February.