Qarabag vs Eintracht Frankfurt Preview: Team News & Prediction | 2025-26 UEFA Champions League | League Phase
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Azeri champions Qarabag remain tucked inside the top 24 of the UEFA Champions League spots as they welcome an entertaining Eintracht Frankfurt to Baku.
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How to watch on TV: UK – TNT Sports / US – Not televised
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Qarabag preview: Surprise package
Qarabag begin the penultimate round of fixtures in the league phase of the 2025/26 UEFA Champions League campaign sitting tucked inside the top 24 and they have overperformed with a front foot and attacking style of football to achieve that.
The home team are blowing their chance, though, with one point collected from their last four matches in Europe. The Azeri champions most recently suffered a surprise 4-2 defeat to struggling Dutch giants Ajax in their most recent outing last month.
Eintracht Frankfurt preview: Entertaining Frankfurt
Coached by Dino Toppmoller, Eintracht Frankfurt have been thrilling to watch throughout this season with their six UEFA Champions League games having consisted of 24 goals and their 26 games across all competitions consisting of 108 goals.
The Germans come into this one way outside of the top 24, though, and needing a victory. Their most recent outing came in the Bundesliga at the weekend as they shared a thrilling 3-3 draw with Werder Bremen at the Weserstadion.
Qarabag team news: Nothing fresh
Qarabag have no fresh injury concerns to deal with for this one but they are expected to be without attacker Kady Borges, who is close to returning to full fitness.
Predicted XI (4-2-3-1): Kochalski; Silva, Mustafadze, Medina, Cafarguliyev; Bicalho, Jankovic; Andrade, Zoubir, Addai; Duran
Unavailable:
Questionable: Borges (Injured)
Eintracht Frankfurt team news: Loads of issues
Frankfurt have been very busy in the January transfer window but they are without all of those new signings, while the likes of Rasmus Nissen Kristensen and Jonathan Burkardt are confirmed injury absentees.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Santos; Collins, Koch, Theate; Knauff, Hojlund, Skhiri, Brown; Doan, Chaibi; Uzun
Unavailable: Kosugi (Ineligible), Arrhov (Ineligible), Baum (Injured), Kristensen (Injured), Chandler (Injured), Dahoud (Injured), Amaimouni-Echghouyab (Ineligible), Kalimuendo (Ineligible), Ebnoutalib (Ineligible), Burkardt (Injured), Batshuayi (Injured)
Questionable: Larsson (Illness), Gotze (Illness)
Qarabag vs Eintracht Frankfurt prediction
Qarabag have been very entertaining to watch themselves in the UEFA Champions League and, under the management of Gurban Gurbanov, the hosts have been thrilling to watch throughout the last couple of years in Europe. Frankfurt, on the other hand, take the crown as the best team to watch in Europe as a neutral and so a high-scoring encounter in eastern Europe is to be expected for this one.
Qarabag vs Eintracht Frankfurt Tip: Over 2.5 goals
