Frankfurt Have Sights Set on Europa League Qualification Bayer Leverkusen managed to defeat Roma 2-0 at the Stadio Olimpico on Thursday to extend their unbeaten streak to 47 games. With a win or draw on Sunday, Bayer Leverkusen can match Benfica's European record unbeaten run, after the introduction of UEFA competitions that is. Leverkusen head on the road to Frankfurt in the Bundesliga as the hosts go for Europa League qualification. Eintracht Frankfurt are in sixth place at the moment, five points ahead of SC Freiburg. We'll take a look at the full odds board later on but the Frankfurt vs Leverkusen lines are currently predicting a close game.
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Bayer Leverkusen Date, time: Sunday, May 5th, 11:30 a.m. ETLocation: Deutsche Bank Park, Frankfurt, Germany
Head-to-Head Anyone interested in betting on the Frankfurt vs Leverkusen lines should know the home team has typically dominated in this fixture. In Bundesliga fixtures, Eintracht Frankfurt are on a five game home winning streak vs. Bayer Leverkusen. Meanwhile, Leverkusen have won the last 10 at the BayArena. Frankfurt destroyed Leverkusen 5-1 at the BayArena in 2022-23, before Xabi Alonso took over as Leverkusen coach. Earlier this season, Bayer took down Frankfurt 3-0 as Victor Boniface, Jeremie Frimpong and Florian Wirtz all got on the scoresheet.
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Eintracht Frankfurt Rarely Lose at Home Eintracht Frankfurt have won just one of their last five matches heading into the weekend. Last Saturday, Frankfurt fell 2-1 to Bayern Munich at the Allianz Arena. Konrad Laimer pounced on a loose pass from Frankfurt's Mario Gotze and found Harry Kane on the break for Bayern's first goal, in the ninth minute. In the 23rd minute, Hugo Ekitike equalized for Eintracht Frankfurt with his second goal in as many weeks. However, Kane scored a penalty in the second half to sink Eintracht Frankfurt.
Although they haven't been in great form as of late, Eintracht Frankfurt are unbeaten in their last seven Bundesliga home matches. In fact, they've lost just one match in the Bundesliga at the Deutsche Bank Park all season. Frankfurt, in sixth place in the Bundesliga standings, have a bit of a cushion on seventh-placed Freiburg. Frankfurt are five points ahead but they still need to play a tough RB Leipzig team.
This season, Omar Marmoush has been Frankfurt's most productive player. The Egyptian has scored 11 goals and provided six assists in the Bundesliga this season. In Ekitike, Willian Pacho, Fares Chaibi, Ansgar Knauff and Hugo Larsson, Frankfurt also have some exciting young talents. At the moment, just Sebastian Rode and Sasa Kalajdzic are out for Frankfurt.
Bayer Leverkusen: The Comeback Kings Bayer Leverkusen's last two Bundesliga matches have both had wild endings. A few weeks back, Josip Stanisic got a last gasp equalizer on a corner in the 97th minute to get a draw vs. Borussia Dortmund. Then, Leverkusen trailed Stuttgart 2-0 last weekend at the BayArena. Amine Adli started the comeback, with a 61st minute goal. Then, Robert Andrich scored right at the death to extend Bayer Leverkusen's unbeaten streak to 47 games.
The Bundesliga champions broke a three game draw streak, in all competitions, by taking down Roma 2-0 on Thursday. Florian Wirtz and Andrich were on the scoresheet for the visitors, who are heavy favorites to advance to the Europa League Final. This season has been nothing short of remarkable for Xabi Alonso and Bayer Leverkusen and they'd love to finish it invincible.
While a bunch of Leverkusen players deserve a lot of credit for their performances, Wirtz has been superb. He's the only player to reach both the double digit goal and assist threshold in the Bundesliga stats. Leverkusen have a clean bill of health heading into the last few weeks of the season, which is a good sign for their chances to remain unbeaten.
Match Analysis & Odds Bayer Leverkusen want to continue breaking records this season and this is another opportunity to do so. Along with tying Benfica's 48 game unbeaten streak, if Leverkusen can remain unscathed here, they've got a great shot to go invincible in the Bundesliga. Their last two games are at Bochum and vs Augsburg. Although they are favorites, the Frankfurt vs Leverkusen lines imply Bayer have less than a 50 percent chance to win here.
Eintracht Frankfurt come in at +215 odds to break Leverkusen's streak, while the visitors are +125 favorites. A draw shows +260 odds and would be Leverkusen's third straight in the Bundesliga. Bettors can also take Frankfurt pk, +0.5 at -115 odds or Leverkusen pk, -0.5 at -105.
Frankfurt have kept just one clean sheet in their last 12 Bundesliga games. Meanwhile, Leverkusen are on a 19 game scoring streak, in all competitions. Over 2.5, 3 goals are priced at -115 odds for a match where we should see a few goals.
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