In this week 17 match, on Wed Jan 25th, Eintracht Frankfurt will travel to Freiburg to battle Freiburg in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. 4th placed Freiburg is fresh off their 0-6 blowout loss against Wolfsburg. Patrick Wimmer scored the first goal for Wolfsburg in the 1st minute, then Jonas Older Wind added another in the 28th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Freiburg couldn’t manage to score, and Wolfsburg took the shutout win. Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 17 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Eintracht Frankfurt recorded a 3-0 shutout win against Schalke 04. Jesper Lindstrom scored the first goal for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 22nd minute, then Rafael Santos Borré added another in the 84th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Schalke 04 couldn’t manage to score, and Eintracht Frankfurt took the shutout win. Eintracht Frankfurt is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s most prolific scorer has been Lucas Alario. He has netted 2 goals over the last five matches. Freiburg is fortunate enough to have Vincenzo Grifo in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored four goals
Christian Streich’s squad will be without Jonathan Schmid, Manuel Gulde and Merlin Röhl, while Oliver Glasner’s squad will be without Buta, Lucas Melo, Luca Pellegrini and Makoto Hasebe.