The upcoming 13th round of the Bundesliga brings the duel between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Mönchengladbach this Saturday.
The previous season so far for Eintracht Frankfurt cherishes the hope that years of tight relegation-fights will find their end in this season. Unrest within the Hesse football club, amazingly were started by coach Michael Skibbe, as he criticized clubs policy openly. After the debacle in Leverkusen (0:4) Skibbe gave an inflammatory speech, feared for waning competiveness in the Bundesliga and called for new staff. At least for the position of goalkeeper is no need for action. Markus Pröll returned a few days ago - after recovering from shoulder surgery - to training, nevertheless Oka Nikolov will remain the undisputed number one until winter break.
The seriousness of the situation has been recognized early in Gladbach. After five defeats en suite, and flop in the DFB Cup at home against Duisburg (0:1), the "Fohlen" gained in the last three championship games respectable five points. Arguably the highlight was the surprising away win over the Hamburg SV, who focus on winning the title this season. Coach Michael Frontzeck, who took over from predecessor Hans Meyer a difficult inheritance, sitting through this small series of successes again firmer in the saddle. This Saturday the 45-years-old Ex-Bielefeld-coach has to replace number one striker Raúl Bobadilla. The Argentinian is still laboring under a torn muscle fibre in his thigh and could not train with the team during the week.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs. Borussia Mönchengladbach
Saturday, 21th of November 2009, 15:30 CET
Commerzbank-Arena, Frankfurt/Main
Injured:
Frankfurt: Patrick Ochs, Martin Fenin, Ioannis Amanatidis, Cenk Tosun, Marcos Alvarez
M'gladbach: Jan-Ingwer Callsen-Bracker, Gal Alberman, Raúl Bobadilla
Head-to-head:
18.04.09: Frankfurt - M‘gladbach 4:1
02.11.08: M'gladbach - Frankfurt 1:2
31.03.07: M'gladbach - Frankfurt 1:1
05.11.06: Frankfurt - M‘gladbach 1:0
13.05.06: Frankfurt - M‘gladbach 0:2
Tip: Win for Eintracht Frankfurt
The best odd for our tip 1 is 2,20 at sportingbet!
