Eintracht Frankfurt welcome Czech side Viktoria PIzen to Deutsche Bank Park on Thursday, as both sides begin their Europa League campaigns.
On paper, the home side look to be the favourites following a strong start to the season in the Bundesliga as well as having the home advantage. This is a strong Frankfurt side, who will be wanting to achieve great things this season.
Frankfurt will be full of confidence going into this clash, currently sit 4th in the league after winning three of their first four games. Their only loss came away against Dortmund on the opening day of the season, but are 100% since.
The Germans have scored seven goals in these three games and they’ll be confident of being a threat going forward in this game. They have won both of their home games in the league 2-0 and 3-1. xG’s of 2.42, 3.08, 2.60 and 1.19 indicates how threatening they have been in front of goal this season. PIzen have conceded in both of their away games this season which will give Frankfurt even more encouragement ahead of this match.
Omar Marmoush has been impressive this season with four goals and one assist in four games. The Egyptian isn’t afraid to shoot; in his four outings this season he’s registered: 6, 7, 5 and 1 shots. Marmoush has been Frankfurt’s main man this season and is on penalty duty. With confidence extremely high it is likely that he will have some big chances in this game and be encouraged to shoot from a variety of positions throughout the game following his impressive start to the season.
TIP: Frankfurt Over 1.5 Team Goals & Marmoush over 2.5 Shots @ 1.66 (Bet365)
