On Wed Oct 26th, in week 5, Olympique Marseille will travel to Frankfurt am Main to battle Eintracht Frankfurt in a Champions League match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 14 degrees, a perfect day for football. Eintracht Frankfurt is fresh off their 3-1 win against Borussia M’gladbach. Jesper Lindstrom scored the first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 6th minute, then Eric Junior Dina Ebimbe added another in the 29th minute on a feed from Christopher Lenz. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Eintracht Frankfurt should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Olympique Marseille recorded a 0-1 loss against Lens. David Pereira da Costa scored the first goal for Lens in the 78th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Olympique Marseille couldn’t muster any offence and Lens ran away with the shutout win. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Olympique Marseille should be reasonably happy with their performance.
Olympique Marseille and Eintracht Frankfurt last played eachother at the Orange Vélodrome on Sep 13th. Eintracht Frankfurt was victorious by a score of 1 to 0 in front of just over 62000 dissapointed spectators. Jesper Lindstrom scored the first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 43rd minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring At the end of 90 a dissapointed Olympique Marseille couldn’t manage to score, and Eintracht Frankfurt took the shutout win.
Olympique Marseille’s most prolific scorer has been Alexis Sánchez. The attacker has netted 2 goals over the last 5 matches. Both Daichi Kamada and Jesper Lindstrom have been the hottest scorers for Eintracht Frankfurt in the last five each having scored 3 goals each.