Week 17 brings us a match on Jan 20th, where Freiburg will host Eintracht Frankfurt in a clash of these two evenly matched Bundesliga teams. In their last match, 9th placed Freiburg, recorded a 1-2 loss against Bayern München. Robert Lewandowski struck first for Bayern München in the 7th minute, then Nils Petersen tied it up for Freiburg in the 62nd minute. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Freiburg should be reasonably happy with their performance, while eintracht Frankfurt is fresh off their 3-1 win against Schalke 04. André Silva struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 28th minute on a feed from Erik Durm, then Hoppe tied it up for Schalke 04 in the 29th minute. Eintracht Frankfurt is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Last season Freiburg won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Eintracht Frankfurt’s most prolific scorer has been André Silva. He has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches. For Freiburg, their top scorers are Vincenzo Grifo and Ermedin Demirović, each having 2 goals in their last 5 matches
Christian Streich’s squad will be without Jonathan Schmid, Lucas Höler, Lukas Kübler, Janik Haberer, Chang-Hoon Kwon and Mark Flekken, while Ragnar Ache and Marijan Cavar are unavailable to play for Eintracht Frankfurt.