POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
EINTRACHT: Nikolov – Jung, Franz, Russ, Tzavellas – Schwegler – Ochs, Caio, Meier, Köhler – Gekas.
FREIBURG: Baumann – Mujdza, Barth, Butscher, Bastians – Makiadi – Putsila, Flum, Rosenthal, Nicu – Cissé.
ATTENDANCE
Around 20,000 are expected on Sunday afternoon at the ‚Badenova-Stadion’. Around 1,500 travelling Eintracht fans will support the Eagles.
COLOURS
Eintracht wil play in white, SC Freiburg in red.
INTERNATIONAL TV
The fixture on Sunday will be internationally broadcasted (kick of 17.30h CET). To find out about Bundesliga TV channels outside Germany click HERE.
ENGLISH LIVE SERVICE
You will be able to follow all the action also via the English LIVE text commentary on www.eintracht.de. Goals, shots, fouls, corners, offsides, substitutions and so on will be available from kick off on HERE.
WEATHER
The forecast announced blue skies and highs around five degrees Celsius on Sunday.
RECENT MEETINGS
Freiburg managed a 1-0 win in Frankfurt in the first leg this season. During the last campaign Eintracht won the away game 2-0 (goals coming from Maik Franz and Alex Meier).
ALL TIME RECORD
After 17 Bundesliga meetings between the two clubs, Frankfurt’s record is marginally better at 9-8 wins. No Bundesliga game between these teams has ever ended in a draw. On the average, Frankfurt have won more points against Freiburg (1.59 per game) than against any other club.
FACTS & FIGURES
- Cisse has scored 15 of Freiburg’s 29 goals (52%) while Gekas has scored 14 of Frankfurt’s 24 goals (58%). No other players in the Bundesliga have been as important to their respective clubs than these two.
- Freiburg’s top scorer Cisse is leading the league’s goal tally charts with 15 goals (as Bayern's Gomez) and he scored his first-ever Bundesliga goal against Eintracht in the last season.
- Maik Franz has scored three goals in six Bundesliga matches against Freiburg, which is a personal record for him. He scored both his first Bundesliga goal ever and his first league goal for Frankfurt against Freiburg.