“We’ve overcome this hurdle and want to do the same on Wednesday,” said Sebastian Rode after the Eagles had clinched their place in the next round of the UEFA Europa League last Friday. Eintracht and Bremen know each other well: Wednesday’s DFB Cup quarter-final is the 108th meeting between the two teams in all competitions – the most games SGE have played against a single opponent.
Eintracht’s only DFB Cup defeat to Bremen came in a semi-final replay in 1990/91. The teams drew the first game 2-2 at the Waldstadion, but because penalty shootouts were only introduced the following season they had to face each other again at the Weserstadion two weeks later. Bremen ended up winning 6-3 to book their place in the final.
The most recent DFB Cup meeting between the two sides came in the second round of the 1997/98 campaign, when Eintracht gained revenge for their semi-final heartache six years earlier with a comfortable 3-0 home win.
Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt.
Giant-killers versus giant-killers
Both teams produced an upset in the last round of the competition, with Bremen overcoming Borussia Dortmund 3-2 and an impressive Eagles side deservedly beating Leipzig 3-1. Adi Hütter’s team have also knocked out SV Waldhof Mannheim and FC St. Pauli on their way to the last eight, while Werder eliminated Atlas Delmenhorst and 1. FC Heidenheim in the earlier rounds.Eintracht boast strong quarter-final record
You have to go back over six years for the Eagles’ last home defeat in the DFB Cup. In 2013/14, Dortmund won 1-0 at the Commerzbank-Arena to knock Eintracht out of the competition at the quarter-final stage, but SGE have won 11 of their 15 last-eight ties overall. Indeed, they have only lost once in the competition since their defeat to BVB in the 2017 final – against Ulm in the 2018/19 first round.Eintracht’s only DFB Cup defeat to Bremen came in a semi-final replay in 1990/91. The teams drew the first game 2-2 at the Waldstadion, but because penalty shootouts were only introduced the following season they had to face each other again at the Weserstadion two weeks later. Bremen ended up winning 6-3 to book their place in the final.
The most recent DFB Cup meeting between the two sides came in the second round of the 1997/98 campaign, when Eintracht gained revenge for their semi-final heartache six years earlier with a comfortable 3-0 home win.
Match info
Kick-off: Wednesday 4 March, 20:45 CET, DFB Cup quarter-final.Stadium: Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt.
