Bayer Leverkusen head to Germany’s financial capital on Saturday for a top-nine showdown with Eintracht Frankfurt. The Company XI are just two points off of Bayern Munich and will return to the top of the table for at least 24 hours with a win against the Eagles.
Eintracht Frankfurt are searching for consistency. The Eagles are ninth in the division on 17 points from 39 possible. Adi Hutter’s team are seven points off of the top four in the Bundesliga. If they can string some wins together, they can challenge for a Champions League place.
Bayer Leverkusen will aim to end a trend of the home team winning each of the last five matches between these clubs. Eintracht Frankfurt claimed a 3-0 win versus Bayer Leverkusen in 2019-20, scoring in both halves.
The Company XI returned the favour at the BayArena later in the campaign with a 4-0 victory, scoring in both halves. Bayer Leverkusen have the Bundesliga’s best away points total. They have taken 17 points from 21 available and each of their last five away matches finished in victories.
Just four times have Bayer Leverkusen allowed goals on their travels. Meanwhile, they have scored 15 times.
Eintracht Frankfurt are on a run of draws at the Commerzbank Arena. Although the club are unbeaten in six straight home fixtures, Eintracht Frankfurt have obtained just eight points from 18 possible. Eintracht Frankfurt only finished a nine-match winless run prior to Christmas with a 2-0 win versus Augsburg.
Hutter could play the attack trio of Daichi Kamada, Andre Silva, and Aymen Barkok together. Kamada has been Eintracht Frankfurt’s best creative player with two goals and five assists.
Centre-back David Abraham is expected to return to the starting XI after serving a suspension. Left sided player Jetro Willems is back in training following another long injury layoff. Eintracht Frankfurt are the Bundesliga’s draw specialists with a league leading eight stalemates.
Peter Bosz has personnel issues as Charles Aranguiz, Exequiel Palacios, Santiago Arias, Paulinho, and Wendell are all likely to miss the match due to either injury or illness. Meanwhile, Daley Sinkgraven has been ruled out of the match.
Can Bayer Leverkusen end the trend of home teams winning when these clubs meet in the league? Bayer Leverkusen have been flying high and should continue that form against an inconsistent Eintracht Frankfurt.
🎙 Adi Hütter's pre-match presser:“We obviously have positive memories of our last two home games against @bayer04_en. In general, that shows we can go shoulder to shoulder with Bayer, but we need an incredibly good performance to do so.”#SGEB04 #SGE pic.twitter.com/88Zgwdhy3e— Eintracht Frankfurt (@eintracht_eng) December 31, 2020
🎙 Adi Hütter's pre-match presser:“We obviously have positive memories of our last two home games against @bayer04_en. In general, that shows we can go shoulder to shoulder with Bayer, but we need an incredibly good performance to do so.”#SGEB04 #SGE pic.twitter.com/88Zgwdhy3e
The Company XI have won seven of their last 10 matches versus Eintracht Frankfurt. They should make it eight wins from 11 on Saturday.