In this 18th week match, on Sat Jan 8th, Borussia Dortmund will travel to Frankfurt am Main to battle Eintracht Frankfurt in a clash of these two closely matched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 3 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, Eintracht Frankfurt recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Mainz 05. Jesper Lindstrom struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 35th minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Mainz 05 was frustrated by Eintracht Frankfurt’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Eintracht Frankfurt ended the match with the shutout victory. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Eintracht Frankfurt should be reasonably happy with their performance, while in their last match, Borussia Dortmund recorded a 2-3 loss against Hertha BSC. Julian Brandt struck first for Borussia Dortmund in the 31st minute, then Ishak Belfodil got the equalizer for Hertha BSC in the 51st minute on a feed from Vladimír Darida Finally they completed the comback in the 57th minute on a goal by Marco Richter to cap off a wild match. Borussia Dortmund should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Aug 14th, Borussia Dortmund hosted Eintracht Frankfurt in their last match together. Borussia Dortmund was victorious by a score of 5 to 2 in front of almost 25000 jubilant spectators. Marco Reus scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund in the 23rd minute, but Felix Passlack got the equalizer for Eintracht Frankfurt on an own goal in the 27th minute , but fortunately for Borussia Dortmund it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win.
Borussia Dortmund is fortunate enough to have Erling Braut Håland in top form. In the last five matches the attacker has scored five goals. Eintracht Frankfurt’s top weapon lately has been Jesper Lindstrom, who has 3 goals in the last five matches.