1. FC Kaiserslautern struggled so far in the running Bundesliga campaign (5 defeats, 2 draws, 3 wins) but won their last two matches against Freiburg and Schalke. They are currently ranked 14th in the topflight.
POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
EINTRACHT: Nikolov – Jung, Anderson, Schildenfeld, Djakpa – Lehmann – Rode, Köhler – Meier – Hoffer, Idrissou
Missing: Kittel (injury), Gekas (injury), Schwegler (match ban)
KAISERSLAUTERN: Trapp – Dick, Amedick, Abel, Bugera – Sahan, De Wit, Kirch, Tiffert – Shechter, Kouemaha
Missing: -
ATTENDANCE
Around 44,000 tickets have been sold already, there will be tickets left available on the matchday at the ground.
LIVE MATCH INFO
The live text commentary on eintracht.de is only available during 2. Bundesliga matches. Line-ups, goal updates and stats of the cup match against Kaiserslautern will be posted in English on Twitter (HERE) and Facebook (HERE).
COLOURS
The Eagles will play in red and black jerseys and black shorts, the "Red Devils" of Kaiserslautern in white.
LAST MEETINGS
Last season's meeting in Frankfurt between the two ended in a goalless draw back in March. Eintracht won the first leg away to Kaiserslautern 3-0.
ALL TIME RECORD
In Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 Eintracht played against Kaiserslautern 80 times with both teams winning 26 each (28 draws). Two of the three meetings in the German cup were won by FCK but the most important one by Eintracht - the cup final in 1981 (read the full story HERE).
