Facts and stats ahead of #SGEBMG

Everything you need to know ahead of the Foals’ Tuesday evening clash against Eintracht Frankfurt at the Deutsche Bank Park (18:30 CET).

Fans

• As part of the current pandemic measures introduced by the federal and state governments, professional sporting events must take place without spectators. For this reason, game against Eintracht Frankfurt will have to be played behind closed doors.

Head-to-head record between Frankfurt and Borussia

• Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia will meet for the 93rd time in the Bundesliga. The record slightly favours the side from Hesse, with the Eagles having won 34 games to the Foals 32 and the points being shared on 26 occasions.
• Borussia are unbeaten against Frankfurt in their last four games with three wins and a draw.
• The Foals won both games last season. The previous meeting between the sides following the two-month coronavirus break saw ten substitutions made in a Bundesliga match for the first time ever and ended in a 3-1 win for VfL in Frankfurt.
• Borussia have lost only one of the last six Bundesliga games in Frankfurt with two wins and three draws.

Statistics - in partnership with UNIBET:

• The Foals are currently unbeaten in four Bundesliga matches with one win and three draws.
• VfL have only lost twice this season, away to Dortmund (3-0) and to Leverkusen (4-3).
• Borussia have already drawn five of eleven games so far this season, as many as in the whole of last season.
• Breel Embolo wore the captain’s armband for the first time in his career against Hertha and marked it with a strong performance. The Swiss attacker won 29 duels, the most of any player and scored the equaliser, scoring in two Bundesliga matches in a row for the first time in over a year having also scored against SC Freiburg.
• Frankfurt are without a win in eight Bundesliga games (six draws, two defeats), the longest winless run under coach Adi Hütter.
• Despite not playing in Europe this season for the first time with Adi Hütter at the helm, this is the worst that Eintracht have started a season under the Austrian after picking up 13 points so far this campaign compared to 17 points in 2019/20 and 20 points in 2018/19.
• The Eagles are still unbeaten at home so far this season with four draws and a win, and have gone seven home games without losing, the longest such run in over two and a half years and the longest under Hütter.

Match officials

• Due to the ongoing coronavirus pandemic, the DFB will not decide on the referee for the game until short notice.

Social Media:

• You can follow the game using the hashtag #SGEBMG and on social media with our English-language Twitter and Facebook accounts.