Barcelona – Eintracht Frankfurt : Preview & Prediction
Barcelona have not won a trophy on the European stage for six years…You have to go back to 2015 to see the Catalan club win the Champions League and the UEFA Super Cup in the 2015-2016 season. The Spanish team, favourites for the Europa League, have the opportunity to win the Europa League for the first time in their history. Xavi’s side must win the quarter-final second leg at the Camp Nou against Eintracht Frankfurt after a 1-1 draw in Germany to advance to the last four of the competition. Unbeaten in their last 15 games, Barça have won five of their last six matches against Osasuna (4-0), Galatasaray (2-1) in C3, Real Madrid (4-0), Sevilla (1-0) and Levante (3-2) at the weekend. The current runners-up to Real can thank De Jong for the winning goal in stoppage time (90th+2). Barça have now gone four games without conceding a goal since their 1-1 draw with Napoli on 17 February. Eintracht Frankfurt, who are ninth in the Bundesliga, fell at home to Freiburg (1-2) on 10 April and did not prepare for the trip to Catalonia in the best possible way. The German team has not won since 13 March and has only drawn 0-0 at Leipzig in their last away match. Glasner’s side have recorded four draws and one win in their last five Europa League games, but most notably shared the points at Fenerbahce (1-1) before winning in Spain against Betis Sevilla (2-1) on 9 March. Barcelona have been warned and were able to analyse the German performance in Andalusia last month.
Barcelona will need to win to qualify after a 1-1 draw in Germany.
Barcelona are unbeaten since 20 January.
The Catalan club is on a current run of 15 matches without defeat (11 wins and four draws) in all competitions.
Eintracht Frankfurt have not won in six games, a month ago.
Barça have not lost at home in four European games, including the Champions League and Europa League.
Barcelona, unbeaten for almost three months, will be able to count on their talented attacking trio (Torres-Aubameyang-Dembele) to get the win and therefore the qualification for the last four of this Europa League.
Barcelona – Eintracht Frankfurt : Betting Tips
Barcelona – Win & Over 2.5 Goals Odds: 2.25
