Augsburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt - prediction, team news, lineups

The conflict for European places continues this Saturday day arsenic Augsburg invited Eintracht Frankfurt to the WWK Arena for a tasty Bundesliga encounter.

Die Fuggerstadter gave their continental ambitions a large boost past weekend, portion Die Adler are hopeless to find immoderate consistency, having failed to triumph back-to-back games since November.

Match preview

There remains uncertainty astir however galore teams volition really suffice for Europe this season, putting further accent connected finishing arsenic precocious arsenic possible.

Currently placed ninth successful the standings, Augsburg could beryllium 1 of the clubs to narrowly miss retired connected continental football, though everything depends connected the result of the DFB Pokal and ongoing European competitions.

Die Fuggerstadter find themselves 7 points adrift of seventh-placed Freiburg, but with 4 matches of the play remaining, determination is inactive clip for things to change.

Manuel Baum’s men gave their European hopes a large boost by ending their five-match winless tally with a 2-1 triumph implicit Bayer Leverkusen.

Fabian Rieder sealed the 3 points by converting a 97th infinitesimal punishment - a extremity which could yet marque each the quality successful Augsburg’s pursuit of continental participation.

Baum’s men volition present beryllium eyeing up back-to-back Bundesliga wins for the archetypal clip since February, and they volition beryllium buoyed by their awesome location record.

It has been a rollercoaster play for Eintracht Frankfurt, who seemingly struggled to equilibrium home duties with their Champions League travel this season.

The accumulation of fixtures this play proved excessively overmuch for the Eagles, who picked up 4 measly points successful Europe earlier bowing retired successful the league phase.

Things person not gone overmuch amended successful the Bundesliga, with Frankfurt presently occupying eighth spot successful the standings - sitting a monolithic 10 points down the apical six.

One of the biggest problems for Albert Riera and his men has been uncovering consistency - thing the Spanish caput manager has yet to find since taking implicit successful February.

The Eagles past won successive matches backmost successful November, and their effort astatine ending that drought proved futile past play arsenic Frankfurt were beaten 3-1 astatine location to RB Leipzig.

Frankfurt are backmost connected the roadworthy this Saturday, but that whitethorn not beryllium a bully happening considering the squad person managed 1 distant triumph from their past 11 attempts.

Augsburg Bundesliga form:

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Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga form:

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Team News

Augsburg brag Baum volition person a afloat acceptable squad astatine his disposal for Saturday’s large game.

French defender Chrislain Matsima could instrumentality to the substitute seat aft overcoming a musculus wounded which kept him retired of enactment since December.

Yannik Keitel could articulation him successful the squad arsenic helium continues to physique his lucifer fittingness pursuing a agelong conflict with a genu problem.

Eintracht Frankfurt bash not person the aforesaid luxury, with the Eagles missing a fig of players owed to injuries.

Nnamdi Collins, for instance, has missed his past 3 games owed to an ankle issue, and helium is expected to enactment connected the sidelines.

Rasmus Kristensen is besides struggling with his ankle, and the 28-year-old is acceptable to miss his ninth successive match.

Young midfielder Jean-Matteo Bahoya is different sanction apt to miss the play done a thigh injury. 

There is further chaos successful the goalkeeping department, with Kaua Santos and Jens Grahl some retired of action, paving the mode for Michael Zetterer to proceed successful goal.

Augsburg imaginable starting lineup:

Dahmen; Chaves, Gouweleeuw, Zesiger; Fellhauer, Rieder, Massengo, Giannoulis; Kade, Claude-Maurice; Ribeiro

Eintracht Frankfurt imaginable starting lineup:

Zetterer; Amenda, Koch, Theate, Brown; Larsson, Hojlund; Amaimouni-Echghouyab, Chaibi, Kalimuendo; Burkardt

We say: Augsburg 1-1 Eintracht Frankfurt

What a pugnacious crippled to call! Augsburg returned to winning ways past weekend, but they needed a last-gasp extremity to get the occupation done.

Eintracht Frankfurt, connected the different hand, person been similar a Kinder Surprise successful caller months, turning up 1 week but not the next. With each that successful mind, we are sticking with the 1-1 draw.

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