Although it’s still early in the season, a clash between the Bundesliga’s two highest-flying teams in Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich makes for a mouthwatering encounter since they start the weekend in second and first place respectively. Frankfurt have flawlessly recovered from an opening day defeat against Borussia Dortmund to win their subsequent four league games, and hence trail Bayern by just a point after their 100% start to the campaign was foiled by a 1-1 draw with defending champions Bayer Leverkusen.
Although it’s still early in the season, a clash between the Bundesliga’s two highest-flying teams in Eintracht Frankfurt and Bayern Munich makes for a mouthwatering encounter since they start the weekend in second and first place respectively. Frankfurt have flawlessly recovered from an opening day defeat against Borussia Dortmund to win their subsequent four league games, and hence trail Bayern by just a point after their 100% start to the campaign was foiled by a 1-1 draw with defending champions Bayer Leverkusen. Deutsche Bank Park will be in full voice with the stakes so high, as a win for their Eagles would see them soar to the top of the Bundesliga standings for the first time since matchday two of the 1999/2000 season! Dino Toppmöller’s men will be confident this is their time to shine after a fearless midweek European performance that saw them beat Beşiktaş 3-1, not that they needed more reason to feel good after they dismantled their upcoming visitors 5-1 the last time they hosted them. That was Bayern’s 24th loss away to Frankfurt in their history, the joint-most defeats they’ve suffered away to any team in their professional history. A performance on the road such as the one produced in their midweek European tie would surely leave them vulnerable to a record breaking 25th loss, after they sank to a 1-0 defeat against Aston Villa. Regardless of that result, the Bavarians tend to lift their game following a UEFA Champions League fixture, having won ten of their last 13 league games immediately following European duty (L3). Manager Vincent Kompany will therefore be telling his team they have nothing to fear, especially when considering their league form on their travels this season, where the Rekordmeister have been deadly with three wins and a mammoth 14 goals scored. Players to watch: Frankfurt’s Junior Dina Ebimbe scored his only Bundesliga brace to date in that 5-1 thumping of Bayern last season - seven of his last nine goals came at Deutsche Bank Park. Harry Kane returned the favour with a double of his own in the reverse fixture, the second of which kicked off a run of eight of his last 13 club goals being scored from the penalty spot. Hot stat: Only four of the last 35 H2Hs have been drawn. Written by 90 Live
