August 25, 2024 at 0:30 AM.
Bundesliga
With another marquee game of the new season on the horizon, the
Borussia Dortmund (city in Germany)
will host the
Frankfurt (Germany)
.. The two teams had very different performances last season, as Dortmund managed to qualify for the Champions League proper after finishing fifth in the league with 63 points from 18 wins, nine draws and seven losses. Eintracht Frankfurt, on the other hand, finished in sixth place with 47 points from 11 wins, 14 draws and nine losses, qualifying for the Europa League proper.
Dortmund has an overwhelming advantage of 5 wins and 1 draw in the last six meetings with Eintracht Frankfurt, with all three wins at home, demonstrating their dominance over Eintracht Frankfurt. Last season, Dortmund outperformed Eintracht Frankfurt in both offense and defense, scoring 17 more goals and conceding 7 fewer, reflecting the team's clear advantage in strength. In the last German Cup match, Dortmund easily beat the low-level team Lübeck Phoenix with a score of 4-1, and many players scored their first goals of the season, which is a hot form. In the off-season, Dortmund brought in Stuttgart's Girasi and Hoffenheim's Bale, further improving the team's strength.
Frankfurt averaged 1.5 goals per game in last season's Bundesliga, the only team in the top seven to score less than 1.9 goals per game, reflecting the team's shortcomings at the attacking end. Seven of the nine matches in which Frankfurt conceded goals in the Bundesliga last season took place on the road, showing the team's lack of consistency on the road. However, in the last German Cup match, Frankfurt won 4-1 against Bundesliga 2 team Braunschweig on the road, and took three of the last four matches, so the form is warming up. In the offseason, Frankfurt brought in 13 players and promoted three second team players to the first team, increasing the thickness of the squad. Frankfurt's head coach Dino Topmöller has led the team to an average of 1.6 points since he took over in July last year, but the record against Dortmund is only 1 draw and 1 loss, which is not an advantage in terms of head-to-head record.
Dortmund has the advantage in terms of strength, history and recent form, while Eintracht Frankfurt has something to offer in terms of lineup thickness and form recovery. In this match, Dortmund, with the advantage of home field, will definitely go all out to get a good start in the new season of the Bundesliga, while Frankfurt will need to overcome the disadvantages of the away field and try to create a cold goal in Dortmund's home field.
