The Bundesliga 1 clash at Deutsche Bank Park on Saturday sees home side Eintracht Frankfurt go into battle with Union Berlin.
Our Eintracht Frankfurt v Union Berlin predictions, statistics and match poll can be seen below - as well as the best betting odds.
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Form Guide
Eintracht Frankfurt
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Eintracht Frankfurt will be looking for an improved result here after the 3-1 Bundesliga 1 losing effort in their last game against Borussia Dortmund.
In that match, Eintracht Frankfurt had 34% possession and 9 shots at goal with 6 on target. The only player to score for Eintracht Frankfurt was Mario Götze (13'). At the other end, Borussia Dortmund got 16 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. Karim Adeyemi (33'), Mats Hummels (81') and Emre Can (93') scored for Borussia Dortmund.
It’s been a rare occasion in recent times that Eintracht Frankfurt haven’t conceded. The reality is that Eintracht Frankfurt have been scored against in 6 of their previous 6 games, leaking 12 goals on the way.
Heading into this fixture, Eintracht Frankfurt have not been beaten in their last 6 home league matches.
Union Berlin
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Union Berlin will come into the game after a 2-1 Bundesliga 1 win to beat Werder Bremen in their previous outing.
In that game, Union Berlin had 49% possession and 11 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. For Union Berlin, goals were scored by Yorbe Vertessen (50') and Brenden Aaronson (52'). At the other end, Werder Bremen got 11 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. Mitchell Weiser (63') scored for Werder Bremen.
During their six most recent matches, Nenad Bjelica's Union Berlin have turned their attacks into goals a total of 6 times thus yielding them a goals scored per game average of 1.
Going into this one, Union Berlin have not emerged victorious against Eintracht Frankfurt when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.
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Head to head
Inspecting their most recent head to head clashes going back to 28/11/2021 tells us that Eintracht Frankfurt have won 4 of these and Union Berlin 2, with the tally of draws being 0.
A sum of 14 goals were produced between them in these games, with 9 from Eintracht and 5 belonging to Union. This gives an average number of goals per game equal to 2.33.
The previous league fixture between the two was Bundesliga 1 match day 10 on 04/11/2023 when the final score was Union Berlin 0-3 Eintracht Frankfurt.
In that match, Union Berlin had 50% possession and 11 attempts on goal with 3 on target.
For their opponents, Eintracht Frankfurt had 4 attempts at goal with 3 on target. Omar Marmoush (2', 14') and Nacho Ferri (82') scored.
The referee was Sven Jablonski.
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Team News: Eintracht Frankfurt
It’s our opinion that Eintracht could go for a 3-4-2-1 formation in the match featuring Kevin Trapp, Tuta, Robin Koch, Willian Pacho, Eric Ebimbe, Niels Nkounkou, Hugo Larsson, Ellyes Skhiri, Ansgar Knauff, Mario Goetze and Omar Marmoush.
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Team News: Union Berlin
Owing to an otherwise healthy squad, there is just the one fitness problem for the Union Berlin boss Nenad Bjelica to be concerned with. Benedict Hollerbach (Ankle injury) misses out for this game. András Schäfer is ineligible for this match because of suspension.
We believe Union seem likely to play in a 3-5-2 system, settling for Frederik Roennow, Danilho Doekhi, Kevin Vogt, Diogo Leite, Christopher Trimmel, Lucas Tousart, Brenden Aaronson, Rani Khedira, Robin Gosens, Kevin Volland and Yorbe Vertessen.
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Prediction
Our assessment is that Union Berlin should have enough to score against this Eintracht Frankfurt lineup, however that probably won’t be as many as they’ll concede.
We think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 2-1 win for Eintracht Frankfurt at the end of the match.
Our expert partners are tipping over 1.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.
Renata Leite,
14:13 29/03/2024
🏟️ Team Focus:
Eintracht Frankfurt
Formed: 1899
Stadium: Deutsche Bank Park (58,000)
Captain: Sebastian Rode
Chairman: Peter Fischer
Manager: Dino Toppmöller
Competitions: Bundesliga 1 position 6, Conference League Qualifiers (Play Off Round)
⭐ Star Player: Omar Marmoush
Mostly played in the Left Wing position, Omar Marmoush was born in Egypt. Having made a first senior appearance for VfL Wolfsburg in the 2019 - 2020 season, the talented Forward has netted 10 league goals in this Bundesliga 2023 - 2024 campaign so far in 21 appearances.