On Friday night, Eintracht Frankfurt host Arminia Bielefeld at the Deutsche Bank Park, in a game that could have big implications at both ends of the Bundesliga table.
After a slightly rocky start to the campaign, Oliver Glasner’s team are still in with a chance of making the Bundesliga Champions League spots this season.
However, their last two league results have been disappointing after a 3-2 home defeat by Dortmund followed by a 1-1 draw at struggling Augsburg last time out.
The two disappointing results mean that the Eagles are eighth-place in the table, but could move to within a point of fourth-placed Hoffenheim with a victory in this clash.
A victory would also move them into the Europa League spot, at least temporarily before the weekend games are played anyway.
Before the defeat by Dortmund, Eintracht had recorded three straight home victories in the Bundesliga.
They will be highly confident of getting back to winning ways against one of the league’s relegation-threatened outfits.
Arminia Bielefeld are once again in the relegation dogfight in the Bundesliga. The visitors currently sit in the relegation play-off spot but are only above 17th place Stuttgart courtesy of a superior goal difference. On the flip side though, the visitors are also just a point from safety.
Frank Kramer’s team are unbeaten in four games heading to the Deutsche Bank Park. A 2-2 home draw against rock bottom Greuther Furth last time out means that they have drawn back-to-back games in the German top-flight.
Japanese attacking midfielder Masaya Okugawa has played a key role in the visitors recent run, as the 25-year-old has scored in his last four league appearances for Bielefeld. He also has seven goals in 16 Bundesliga appearances this season.
Forebet predicts that Eintracht Frankfurt will record a victory in a high-scoring encounter to boost their top-four hopes this season.