Eintracht Frankfurt vs Dortmund prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2026-01-08 19:30.
[p]The Bundesliga’s first action of 2026 pits two European hopefuls against each other as seventh-place Eintracht Frankfurt host second-place Borussia Dortmund.[/p]
[p]Match News and Current Form[/p]
[p]One win in four Bundesliga games to round off 2025 (D2, L1) harmed Frankfurt’s European ambitions, and with that part of a wider streak of one win in six in all competitions (D2, L3), the winter break was perhaps opportunely timed for them. With their UEFA Champions League campaign in tatters, Dino Toppmöller’s side will perhaps be prioritising the Bundesliga, knowing a victory here will provisionally lift them into the top five. Four defeats from five games this season against fellow top-eight sides (W1) doesn’t make good reading on that front, and conceding 3+ goals in each of those four defeats emphasises how this could be a long evening for Frankfurt.[/p]
[p]Dortmund come into 2026 in second place, but as any title aspirations hinge on a catastrophic slip up from Bayern Munich, solidifying their top-four spot is undoubtedly their primary aim for the rest of the season. It certainly hasn’t been for the want of trying that Dortmund find themselves nine points off the title pace, as the 32 points they accumulated inside the opening 15 rounds was their highest tally at this stage since 2018/19. The fact that only Bayern Munich have beaten Dortmund in the league this season shows just how dominant they’ve been, and few would bet against that dominance extending here given Dortmund have collected more away points this season (15) than Frankfurt have at home (13)![/p]
[p]Head-to-Head History[/p]
[p]Frankfurt have won just one of the last eight H2Hs (D1, L6), but that was in this fixture last season. Dortmund have long since dominated this match-up though, winning more Bundesliga games against Frankfurt (51) than against any other side.[/p]
[p]Hot Stats and Streaks[/p]
[p]Ten of Frankfurt’s 15 Bundesliga games this season saw both teams score.[/p]
[p]Frankfurt have scored exactly once in four of their last five competitive matches.[/p]
[p]Dortmund have led at half-time in six of their last seven Bundesliga games.[/p]
[p]Dortmund have conceded seven of their eight away league goals this season after half-time.[/p]
[p]Key Players to Watch and Missing Players[/p]
[p]Hugo Larsson scored the equalizer for Frankfurt last matchday against Hamburg, with that his sixth successive club strike to serve as Frankfurt’s first of the day. Julian Brandt has scored in three successive games for Dortmund and has netted in three of his last four personal away H2Hs, including in the DFB-Pokal earlier this season.[/p]
[p]Alongside a raft of injured players, Frankfurt will also be without Ellyes Skhiri and Farès Chaibi due to the Africa Cup of Nations. Dortmund can blame the same competition for Ramy Bensebaini’s absence. [/p]
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[p]Betting Analysis[/p]
[p]Neither of these sides have been particularly prolific of late, so backing under 2.5 goals could be profitable here.[/p]
[p][i]Author: Daniel vom Bruch[/i][/p]