Eintracht Frankfurt – Bayern Munich : Preview & Prediction
The Bavarian club will be keen to start the new Bundesliga season with a win in Frankfurt, as they did last February (1-0). Bayern Munich, without Robert Lewandowski who has left for Barcelona, will be able to count on their new recruits, the recent African Golden Ball winner Sadio Mane, but also Matthijs de Ligt, Ryan Gravenberch and Noussair Mazraoui. Eintracht Frankfurt, meanwhile, are set for a wild season. Glasner’s side will open the new season against the defending champions, before facing Real Madrid in the European Supercup on Wednesday. Eintracht won the Europa League last year and have earned the right to play in the Champions League this year… This is good news for Randal Kolo-Muani, a recruit who is well known to fans of the French league. The club has also recruited players such as Mario Götze, who will be returning to the German league, Jérôme Junior Onguéné, a central defender from Salzburg, and strikers Jens Petter Hauge (from Milan) and Lucas Alario (from Leverkusen) to give itself the means to achieve its ambitions. Frankfurt has also kept its strong elements like Kevin Trapp, Filip Kostić or Rafael Borré! A great season awaits the teammates of the former PSG goalkeeper.
Analysis of the form
Bayern’s preparation was rather short with only two games (victory 2-6 against DC United and defeat 0-1 against Manchester City). The Bavarians reassured in their first official match, last Saturday in the German Supercup, by beating Leipzig 3-5. If the attack seems, as is often the case at Bayern, to be in great shape, the defensive balance is not yet totally perfect. Frankfurt, although it has not yet met any of the “big boys”, is also in good shape. They have won three of their four friendlies and just beat Magdeburg 0-4 in the first round of the German Cup. These are two teams on a positive dynamic that will face each other for this first day clash!
Squad analysis
Frankfurt’s Portuguese defender Buta is still injured, he didn’t play any preparation game and missed the first round of the German Cup. The new recruit Jerome Onguene, coming from Salzburg, will be uncertain. The central defender, who took part in the preparation, also missed the DFB Pokal match. Bayern’s Kingsley Coman has yet to serve a one-match suspension for his red card against Stuttgart last year. Leon Goretzka, who has a knee injury, did not take part in the preparation or the Super Cup and will be out for the start of the league again. Substitutes Bouna Sarr and E. M. Choupo Moting have also not played so far this season, and remain doubtful for the first Bundesliga match. As for the in-form players, Daichi Kamada scored twice in the match against Magdeburg, and Sadio Mané made a good impression in his first official match for Bavaria: a goal and a first trophy!
Key points of the Eintracht Frankfurt – Bayern Munich prediction
Bayern have just won the Super Cup against Leipzig (3-5).
The Munich club has won two of its last three games.
The Bavarians won 1-0 at the Deutsche Bank Park last season.
Eintracht Frankfurt have drawn three and lost one of their last four Bundesliga games.
Eintracht Frankfurt – Bayern Munich : Betting Tips
OVER 3.5 GOALS Odds: 2.25
