Eintracht Frankfurt vs Werder Bremen prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-02-17 17:30.
A comprehensive 3-0 defeat to Cologne in the last round saw Eintracht Frankfurt slip to sixth place in the Bundesliga standings, albeit with a five-point cushion to seventh. Manager Oliver Glasner was left reeling in the aftermath, stating “I’m really mad at us” after their nine-game unbeaten run came crashing down (W6, D3), yet there’s no time to dwell on it as they seek to post a confidence-boosting win ahead of their Champions League knockout game next Tuesday.
Returning home should provide a boost for the Eagles, who have scored at least three goals in four straight competitive home wins ahead of Werder Bremen’s visit. A run of five unbeaten H2Hs across the last six meetings serves to inspire further confidence of a resurgent showing (W2, D3, L1), yet they’ve failed to post a winning league H2H double in over a decade.
Werder boss Ole Werner will want to see a resurgent performance from his side too after their recent 2-0 defeat at a rampant Borussia Dortmund. Werner remained stoic in his response to the result, stating that it wasn’t a “performance that sinks us”, yet he may feel this is a must win game if his side have ambitions of closing the eight-point gap to hosts Frankfurt who currently sit in sixth.
Such lofty expectations will be few and far between in Bremen though, considering the River Islanders are only in their first season back in the top flight. Impressively, a 2-0 win in Stuttgart at the start of the month equalled Werder’s tally of Bundesliga away wins from their last top-flight campaign and they now have four after nine road trips this term (W4, D2, L3), yet victories here in Frankfurt have proven elusive across the last decade (W1, D4, L4).
Players to watch: These sides have two league leaders in their own rights, with Frankfurt’s Randal Kolo Muani contributing to a league-high 19 goals (G9, A10) and Werder’s Niclas Füllkrug leading the way for goals (G13). In fact, the pair made three goal contributions between them in the latest H2H!
Hot stat: Frankfurt and Werder have scored a joint second league-high seven goals in the opening 15 minutes, including one apiece in the reverse!