Eintracht Frankfurt vs Atalanta prediction: EUROPE: Champions League – League phase betting tips on match 2025-11-25 20:00.
[p]Eintracht Frankfurt are bidding to level Atalanta’s seven-point return in the UEFA Champions League (UCL), but they’ll have to snap a poor run against Italian opposition to do so. [/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]Frankfurt face a second Italian test in as many UCL matchdays after drawing 0-0 against Napoli in the previous round, a result which saw them lose ground on the top-16 chasing sides. Staving off a late rally when beating Cologne 4-3 over the weekend, Frankfurt remained in touch with the Bundesliga’s top-four with a fifth straight unbeaten league game (W3, D2). Such imperious domestic form hasn’t been replicated on the continent as Frankfurt are winless in three UCL games (D1, L2), although they haven’t lacked entertainment as Frankfurt’s two UCL home games have both ended in 5-1 scorelines (W1, L1). [/p]
[p]Atalanta currently languish in Serie A’s bottom half after failing to win an eighth consecutive league game over the weekend (D5, L3) in what was new boss Raffaele Palladino’s first game at the helm after Ivan Jurić’s sacking. Palladino will hope to be afforded more time than his predecessor’s measly 15 games, and qualifying to the latter stages of the UCL will factor into that as Atalanta entered the round comfortably amongst the top 24 (W2, D1, L1). Maintaining that position may be tough for a side who’ve only won two of their eight competitive away games this term (D3, L3), although one did come in their latest European trip. [/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]This will be the first competitive meeting between the sides. Frankfurt have failed to win each of their last four games against Italian opposition without scoring (D1, L3), while Atalanta have won their last two games against German opponents without reply. [/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Only Pafos (26) have attempted fewer UCL league phase shots than Frankfurt (28) pre-round. [/p]
[p]Frankfurt have kept just one clean sheet from their last nine UCL main-draw games. [/p]
[p]Pre-round, only two sides have been caught offside more in the league phase than Atalanta (12). [/p]
[p]Eight of Atalanta’s last ten UCL games in the competition proper featured over 2.5 goals. [/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Frankfurt’s Ritsu DĹŤan made goal contributions in three of his last four games for club and country (G2, A1) and his last two scored club goals proved decisive in victory. Berlin-born Atalanta midfielder Lazar SamardĹľić has scored two of his side’s three UCL goals – he’s scored on or beyond the 70th minute in eight of his last nine scoring appearances at club level[/p]
[p]Hugo Larsson remains doubtful for Frankfurt, while Giorgio Scalvini will likely miss out for Atalanta. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Given Frankfurt’s UCL games this term have averaged 4.5 goals per match, we’re backing over 3.5 goals here. [/p]
[p][i]Author: Matthew Billon[/i][/p]