Eintracht Frankfurt vs Hull City - prediction, team news, lineups

Hull City's latest pre-season affable volition spot them question to instrumentality connected Bundesliga opponents Eintracht Frankfurt astatine Maxworx Sportpark connected Saturday.

The Eagles endured a turbulent 2025-26, finishing eighth successful the league, whereas Hull earned promotion to the Premier League aft winning the Championship's playoff last successful May.

Match preview

Eintracht Frankfurt's astir caller affable effect was a 1-0 occurrence over Mannheim connected August 1, and that was their 4th pre-season triumph successful 5 games, and it extended their unbeaten streak to 5 matches this summer.

The Eagles netted 21 goals successful those 5 fixtures portion keeping 3 cleanable sheets, though they ended the 2025-26 Bundesliga play with the 3rd worst antiaircraft grounds of immoderate squad having conceded 65 goals.

Frankfurt's victories volition travel arsenic invited alleviation to fans, who witnessed the nine decorativeness eighth with 44 points, their 2nd lowest tally successful 9 campaigns.

The club's existent boss Adolf Hutter is yet to instrumentality complaint of a competitory contention having been appointed connected May 31, with the caput manager replacing Albert Riera, who was himself appointed arsenic the replacement for Dino Toppmoller successful February.

Maxworx Sportpark belongs to Frankfurt's U21s side, though it remains to beryllium seen if the Eagles acquisition immoderate payment from playing astatine the ground.

Hull's promotion to the apical formation was unexpected fixed they lone avoided relegation to League One successful 2024-25 owed to extremity difference.

Boss Sergej Jakirovic deserves immense recognition for his team's performances past term, with the manager having guided the nine backmost to the Premier League for the archetypal clip successful 10 seasons.

Some Tigers fans are fearful up of their instrumentality to the apical formation considering the squad were the associated 4th worst antiaircraft squad successful the Championship, conceding 66 goals successful 46 fixtures.

Hull person have won 2 and settled for a stalemate successful 1 of their 3 affable clashes this summertime truthful far, with their latest effect a 1-1 gully with Kasimpasa connected August 1.

The Tigers person recovered the backmost of the nett six times successful pre-season, conceding conscionable 2 goals, and they person present kept 4 cleanable sheets successful their past six games successful each competitions.

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Team News

Eintracht Frankfurt striker Jonathan Burkardt endured a mixed play past term, starting conscionable 15 times successful the Bundesliga contempt scoring 13 goals, but helium is acceptable to pb the enactment this weekend.

Defensive midfielder Raphael Onyedika was signed from Club Brugge astatine the extremity of July, and helium whitethorn beryllium afforded his archetypal start.

Hugo Larsson could implicit the Eagles' treble pivot, portion Robin Koch and Collin Owusu Etse whitethorn diagnostic successful the bosom of defence.

Hull signed goalkeeper Konstantinos Tzolakis earlier this period from Olympiacos for a interest successful the portion of £20m, and helium is successful enactment to marque an quality up of Jack Butland.

New signing Oscar Zambrano is apt to beryllium fixed minutes successful midfield, and helium could beryllium stationed adjacent to chap signing Hidemasa Morita.

Matt Targett joined Hull arsenic a escaped cause aft leaving Newcastle United this summer, and helium whitethorn beryllium positioned connected the near broadside of a backmost four.

Eintracht Frankfurt imaginable starting lineup:

Kaua; Baum, Koch, Etse, Kosugi; Larsson, Onyedika; Hojlund, Uzun, Knauff; Burkardt

Hull City imaginable starting lineup:

Tzolakis; Drameh, Ajayi, Egan, Targett; Zambrano, Morita; Belloumi, Omur, Millar; McBurnie

We say: Eintracht Frankfurt 3-1 Hull City

Frankfurt person often recovered the backmost of the nett successful pre-season, and they could instrumentality vantage of Hull's susceptible defence.

However, the Eagles person besides struggled defensively for immoderate time, and it would not beryllium astonishing if the Tigers occasionally threatened successful the last third.

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