Eintracht Frankfurt and Bielefeld, the teams with the strongest runs in the league, meet on Friday evening. For the Hessians, the first win in the second half of the season is to come.
Frankfurt am Main – In terms of football, nobody can promise a treat, but it will definitely be a duel of the kilometer eaters: Mit Eintracht Frankfurt and Arminia Bielefeld meet in the Friday game (8.30 p.m.) of 1. Bundesliga the two strongest running teams of the season so far.
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Bielefeld’s Fabian Klos (left) fighting for the ball with Frankfurt’s Martin Hinteregger: In the first leg in Bielefeld, the teams drew 1-1. © dpa/Friso Gentsch
The Eintracht team reeled off an average of 118.3 kilometers per game, Arminia even 119.3.
For Frankfurt, bottom of the table, it’s about landing the first win of the second half of the season at the third attempt and keeping up with the Europa League places.
Although Bielefeld comes as a relegation candidate on the relegation place, but is unbeaten in four games. “We’re in the middle of the race to stay in the class. We had to do something to get this position, we had to work for it,” said trainer Frank Kramer (48).
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His Frankfurt colleague Oliver Glasner (47) can probably rely on goalkeeper Kevin Trapp (31) and winger Filip Kostic (29), who recently had to pause due to a corona infection.
“We have a lot of respect for Bielefeld. Bielefeld is very strong and has robust offensive players, as well as speed in the half positions,” said the Austrian.
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After the suspension expired, Bielefeld can again plan with attacker Fabian Klos (34). In addition, midfielder Gonzalo Castro (34), who switched to Arminia during the winter break and scored the acclaimed 2-2 draw against SpVgg Greuther Fürth last matchday, is a candidate for the starting eleven after short appearances.
Eintracht lost 3-2 to Borussia Dortmund at the start of the year and then played 1-1 at FC Augsburg. However, Eintracht is unbeaten against Bielefeld in eight games (three wins and five draws).
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