Werder Bremen vs Eintracht Frankfurt Preview: Team News & Prediction
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Werder Bremen are in woeful form at the moment as they return to home with the visit of a thrilling and entertaining Eintracht Frankfurt side to Weserstadion on Friday night.
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Werder Bremen preview: Woeful Werder
Werder Bremen come into this one on the back of a 3-0 hammering at the hands of a strong Borussia Dortmund side at the Westfalenstadion in midweek, due to goals from Nico Schlotterbeck, Marcel Sabitzer and Serhou Guirassy.
The home team, under the management of Horst Steffen, are slipping down the table towards the bottom three and the danger zone with their loss to Dortmund extending their winless run of form to six matches in the Bundesliga.
Eintracht Frankfurt preview: Entertaining Frankfurt
Coached by Dino Toppmoller, Eintracht Frankfurt have been one of the best and most entertaining teams to watch in European football this season with the visitors’ 17 Bundesliga matches having consisted of 71 goals.
After a thrilling 3-3 draw at home to the aforementioned Dortmund upon the return from the mid-season winter break last week, Frankfurt most recently suffered a similarly entertaining 3-2 loss to Stuttgart in midweek.
Werder Bremen team news: Nothing fresh
There are no fresh injury concerns or suspension issues for the hosts to deal with this weekend with Max Wober remaining sidelined alongside striker Victor Boniface.
Predicted XI (3-3-2-2): Nagata; Pieper, Friedl, Coulibaly; Sugawara, Lynen, Schmidt; Stage, Grull; Njinmah, Schmid
Unavailable: Wober (Injured), Weiser (Injured), Agu (Injured), Boniface (Injured)
Questionable:
Eintracht Frankfurt team news: Chaibi should return
Fares Chaibi hadn’t returned from the CAF Africa Cup of Nations in time for the other day but should be fine this weekend, with the rapid rise of Younes Ebnoutalib set to be slightly halted by an injury issue.
Predicted XI (3-4-2-1): Santos; Kristensen, Koch, Amenda; Doan, Hojlund, Skhiri, Theate; Kalimuendo, Knauff; Amaimouni-Ecghouyabe
Unavailable: Baum (Injured), Uzun (Injured), Burkardt (Injured), Batshuayi (Injured)
Questionable: Chaibi (International duty), Brown (Illness), Larsson (Illness), Ebnoutalib (Injured)
Werder Bremen vs Eintracht Frankfurt prediction
Werder Bremen are in a bit of a mess at the moment. Their performances have perhaps been better than results have suggested but they remain in a fairly difficult spot. Frankfurt’s 71 goals in 17 Bundesliga matches is a level of scoring matches by their record in Europe, too, with 24 goals in six UEFA Champions League matches, as well as seven goals in their two DFB-Pokal matches this season. That is 102 goals in 25 games at an average of 4.08, and it is no fluke because it is simply the way they play so backing a high-scoring game is always worthwhile when Frankfurt are involved.
Werder Bremen vs Eintracht Frankfurt tip: Over 2.5 goals
