Eintracht Frankfurt – Barcelona : Preview & Prediction
Eintracht Frankfurt, struggling in the Bundesliga (9th), are shining on the European stage where they remain unbeaten, winning 4 and drawing 4 of their 8 C3 matches this season. Glasner’s side are on a run of three draws in a row and have not won a game since 13 March when they beat Bochum 2-1. Borré’s teammates (7 goals in the Bundesliga), who won 1-0 at Betis Sevilla, lost 0-1 on their home ground but qualified for the quarter-finals of C3 thanks to a Rodriguez csc at the end of extra time (120th+1). Frankfurt then drew three times in a row in Leipzig (0-0), against Nuremberg (1-1) in a friendly and against Greuther Furth (0-0) last weekend. Barcelona, on the other hand, are walking on water. The Catalan club has just won four of its last four matches, one in the Europa League at Galatasaray (2-1) and three in the league against Osasuna (4-0), at Real Madrid (4-0) and against Sevilla (1-0) on 3 April. Barca have won at Napoli (4-2) and Galatasaray (2-1) in their last two European trips, and could knock out Frankfurt at Deutsche Bank Park.
Frankfurt are on a run of 4 straight draws in their last 4 games.
Barcelona have won their last 4 matches in all competitions.
Barcelona are on a 2-game winning streak away from home in this season’s Champions League at Napoli and Galatasaray.
Eintracht Frankfurt have only won 1 of their last 4 games (3 draws) in the Europa League.
Eintracht Frankfurt are struggling in their league, only 9th in the Bundesliga.
Barcelona have just climbed to 2nd place in La Liga.
Barcelona are on fire and could record a 9th win in their last 10 games on German soil. The Blaugrana are favourites to win the first leg of the round of 16.
Eintracht Frankfurt – Barcelona : Betting Tips
OVER 2.5 GOALS Odds: 2.25
