Eintracht Frankfurt awaits the Bundesliga team they have defeated most often in the top game against Werder Bremen on Saturday evening. The Frankfurt team shouldn't see this as a free pass, Werder comes with a strong away record.
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The complete press conference before the game against Bremen
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Dino Toppmöller before the game against Bremen.
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Third-placed Eintracht will certainly go into the top Bundesliga game on Saturday evening (6:30 p.m.) in Frankfurt's Waldstadion as favorites. The footballers from Hesse should be warned about their opponents from Bremen. SV Werder arrives with a lot of confidence away from home.
Eintracht is third in the table, only one point behind the second team from Leipzig and has a comparatively feasible remaining program in front of them until Christmas. In addition: 20 points after ten Bundesliga match days are not only an expression of Frankfurt's qualities, but also Eintracht's best record in twelve years. So what could go wrong against SV Werder?
If the Hessians actually went into the game with this attitude, there would be a lot. Bremen are also satisfied with their season so far, they are eighth. SV Werder has caused quite a stir away from home, celebrating three of its four wins this season away from home. Bremen's strength: They act unpleasantly for their opponents, tough but not unfair. A grown-up team is approaching Eintracht. A lot will depend on Frankfurt to bring the “sharpness” often cited by coach Dino Toppmöller onto the pitch.
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While some, the non-national players, were able to recover a little, there was also some bad news from the others, the Frankfurt internationals. Arthur Theate, Hugo Ekitiké and Aurèle Amenda traveled back to Hesse from their team earlier, the latter will certainly be missing against Bremen (and in the next few weeks). The rest reported fit, but one or two will probably sit on the bench initially. Rasmus Kristensen is also missing completely (advanced training) and will not be part of the squad again until next week in the Europa League.
This is how Eintracht could play:
The possible Eintracht line-up in the home game against Bremen.
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SV Werder has to do without two players: Jens Stage is out due to neck problems and Felix Agu is also out due to knee problems.
This is how Bremen could play
Zetterer – Veljković, Friedl, Jung – Weiser, Lynen, Köhn – Bittencourt, Schmid – Topp, Ducksch
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Dino Topmöller: “Bremen is a team that wants to play football. It will be an exciting challenge for us. I expect Werder to press hard. We have to find solutions. Everyone is up for the game.”
Ole Werner: “We still have issues such as building up the game under pressure, where we have to become more clear and make fewer mistakes. It's a big task, but we're looking forward to it. We've already shown that we're good for surprises.”
There are some Frankfurt footballers in top form, obvious ones like Omar Marmoush, Hugo Ekitiké, Nathaniel Brown and Nnamdi Collins, and more hidden ones like Ansgar Knauff. Mario Götze, on the other hand, hasn't been able to make the big mark this season, but the experienced 32-year-old provides important support to the many young people in the team. Against Bremen he faces his 100th competitive game for the Hessians and will also face something like his favorite opponent: Götze scored more Bundesliga goals against no other club than against Bremen (seven).
The guests live less from individual splendor and more from a homogeneous unity. Sometimes player A makes the difference, then again player B. In goal, Michael Zetterer has parried his way into the orbit of the national team, but hasn't had a chance so far. On the right side of defense, Mitchell Weiser is moving back and forth as ever. And Marvin Ducksch is always good for a goal up front.
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The Frankfurters are always happy about duels against Bremen, in any case they have not celebrated more victories against any other team in the history of the Bundesliga. There are 38 of them, only against Borussia Mönchengladbach were the Hessians as successful. And the record in the top Bundesliga games, i.e. on Saturday evening, also favors Frankfurt: Einracht have met the Hanseatic League three times so far, with two wins and one draw.
You can follow how Eintracht performs against SV Werder live in the audio stream at sportschau.de, where there is also a live ticker with a table and statistics. The game can be seen on the pay channel Sky.
