Eintracht – Tottenham

The German club will be closer to victory in the return encounter

One of the key confrontations of the Europa League quarter-final stage started a week ago in London. Extremely motivated to win the tournament, the local club started that meeting with a conceded goal. Already in the sixth minute Ekitike found a corridor in the corner of Vicario's goal and coolly directed the ball from outside the box. Tottenham got back into the game midway through the first half and showed ambitions for a second goal with their level of play. However, Eintracht survived not only in the first half but also drew the whole game 1-1. Eintracht almost the whole match was focused on destroying the opponent's play, so they hit the opponent's goalposts only once, apart from Ekitike's goal. The second meeting of the teams will start with equal conditions, but already at a filled stadium of Eintracht, which gives the German team clear advantages. Bookmakers have not identified the favourites for the upcoming meeting, offering slightly lower odds in favour of the home team. Eintracht, unlike the upcoming opponent, held Sunday's championship match at home. If Tottenham travelled to Wolverhampton and from one away game must go to the next, the Frankfurt team after the match with Heidenheim continued their quiet preparation in comfortable conditions. Under any circumstances, Eintracht remained in the top 3 teams in the Bundesliga, which removes some of the responsibility for the result in the 1/4 finals of the Europa League. In the sense that the Frankfurt club can make it to the next Champions League draw both through the championship and by winning the continent's second most prestigious tournament. "Spurs" are deprived of such an opportunity due to extremely poor positions in the Premier League. By the way, Tottenham lost with a bang to Wolverhampton on Sunday, conceding four goals. Now the London club is in fifteenth place in the Premier League and has a high risk of "leaning" to the relegation zone. In 2022, Tottenham and Eintracht met in the Champions League. Then the meeting in Frankfurt ended in a draw - 0:0. Do not miss the fact that the German club won the Europa League in 2022, which means that both many players and the club's management have serious experience in solving problems in this tournament. The hosts will be closer to victory.