Eintracht Frankfurt vs Union Berlin prediction, preview, team news and more | Bundesliga 2020-21
Eintracht Frankfurt host Union Berlin as they look to keep their place in the Bundesliga top four.
Frankfurt have experienced a slight dip in form recently. That has allowed Borussia Dortmund to close the gap to two points in the race for next season's Champions League spots.
Since beating Bayern Munich 2-1 a few weeks ago, Frankfurt have not won any of their Bundesliga games. They lost to Werder Bremen before managing 1-1 draws against Stuttgart and RB Leipzig.
Emil Forsberg gave Leipzig the lead against Frankfurt last week, but Daichi Kamada scored 15 minutes after that to give Adi Hutter's side a share of the spoils.
Union have a chance to move to within three points of Frankfurt if they win this game. They are currently in seventh place, knocking on the door for European qualification for next season.
Last weekend, Union beat Koln 2-1 at home. They went behind just before half-time thanks to an Ondrej Duda penalty. However, Max Kruse and Christopher Trimmel scored in the second half to give them the three points.
Union are currently seventh in the Bundesliga, with 38 points from 25 games.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Union Berlin Head-to-Head
Eintracht have won five of their last 10 games against Union, losing only once in that period.
The reverse fixture ended in a thrilling 3-3 draw. Union raced into a two-goal lead early in the game, but Frankfurt turned it around to lead 3-2. However, they were pegged back late in the game, as both teams shared a point each.
Eintracht Frankfurt form guide: D-D-L-W-W
Union Berlin form guide: W-D-D-W-D
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Union Berlin Team News
Eintracht Frankfurt
Frankfurt will miss Amin Younes and Tuta, who are both suspended for an accumulation of yellow cards.
Eric Durm, Martin Hinteregger and Almamy Toure have all been ruled out with injuries.
Injured: Eric Durm, Martin Hinteregger, Almamy Toure.
Suspended: Amin Younes, Tuta
Union Berlin
Julian Ryerson, Niko Giesselmann, Sheraldo Becker and Anthony Ujah are all out due to injury problems. Christopher Lenz and Taiwo Awoniyi have both missed action in the last few weeks and look set to remain on the sidelines.
Injured: Julian Ryerson, Niko Giesselmann, Sheraldo Becker and Anthony Ujah, Christopher Lenz, Taiwo Awoniyi
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Union Berlin Predicted XIs
Eintracht Frankfurt Predicted XI (3-4-1-2): Kevin Trapp, Stefan Ilsanker, Ragnar Ache, Evan N'Dicka; Aymen Barkok, Makoto Hasebe, Djibril Sow, Filip Kostic; Sebastian Rode; Luka Jovic, Andre Silva
Union Berlin Predicted XI (3-5-2): Loris Karius; Marvin Friedrich, Robin Knoche, Niko Schlotterbeck; Christopher Trimmel, Christian Gentner, Robert Andrich, Marius Bulter, Marcus Ingvartsen; Max Kruse, Joel Pohjanpalo
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Union Berlin Prediction
With injuries and suspensions ruling out certain key players for Frankfurt, this will not be an easy outing for them.
We are predicting yet another draw for Hutter's men.
Prediction: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Union Berlin