Eintracht – Stuttgart

Eintracht will not be able to beat a roughly equal opponent at their home arena

Eintracht for quite a long time this season was located in the third place of the Bundesliga standings. The Frankfurt club reminded its upcoming opponent of last season. Then Stuttgart only at the very "ribbon" of the championship overtook Bayern, upset by the failed plans to defend the title. Now Eintracht, unlike Saturday's opponent, continue to fight in the Europa League, where in the 1/8 finals easily dealt with Ajax beating them in both games. Stuttgart has been focused on national competitions for the last couple of months. The team failed to qualify for the play-offs from the overall Champions League stage, losing in the final round to PSG. At the same time, the opportunity to quietly prepare for Bundesliga matches has not helped the Swabians much so far. Bookmakers have identified the hosts as the favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering odds of 2.44 on their victory. Almost the whole season Eintracht were in the top-3 of the Bundesliga. Good results in the overall stage of the Europa League allowed the team to miss the knockout rounds. Another thing is that the opportunity to prepare for Bundesliga matches did not help Eintracht. In the past four rounds, he defeated Bayern and Bayer, lost at home to Union Berlin and only last round broke the losing streak with a win over Bochum. The current form of Eintracht can be considered the worst for the whole current season, it has already led the team to a formal loss of the third position, on which at the expense of additional indicators got out Mainz. Stuttgart is clearly not enough for the whole current season. In its first half, the Swabians somehow managed to cope with the bar set in the last championship, but by the end of January, frankly floated. As a result, in the last ten official meetings, Stuttgart won one match each in the German Cup and Bundesliga, losing points in the other games. Now the winless streak of the Swabians is five rounds of the Bundesliga, in two of which they faced opponents from the second half of the standings. However, given the fight Stuttgart gave Bayer in the last round, it is worth believing in their ability to win at least one point in Frankfurt am Main.