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Preview: Barca face Frankfurt with no room for error in the Champions League

Preview: Barca face Frankfurt with no room for error in the Champions League

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The LaLiga winners, wary of Frankfurt’s loyal supporters flooding Camp Nou like they did in 2022, made tickets exclusively available to club members for the clash on Tuesday.

By Filip Mishov

Barça need to start climbing up the Champions League table before it is too late

Barcelona’s free-scoring away win at Real Betis solidified the Spanish champions’ lead at the top of the LaLiga standings and acted as the perfect build-up to their must-win clash against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League. With Hansi Flick‘s squad sitting in 18th place and only a point away from the elimination places, Pedri & co. must turn up and translate their domestic three-match winning streak into Europe, especially if they want to avoid the two extra games that missing out on the top eight and going in to the playoff process would mean.

Eintracht Frankfurt endured a weekend to forget, as the Eagles suffered a humiliating defeat to RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga, extending their three-match winless run ahead of their important trip to Catalonia. The under-fire Dino Toppmöller‘s squad has collected just four points after five rounds in the Champions League, which is only good enough for 28th place, and they are staring at elimination with three matches to go. The only possible silver lining within the SGE ranks are the memories from their last match against Barcelona back in 2022, when the Frankfurters flooded Camp Nou, beat Barca in the quarterfinals, and went on to claim a historic Europa League title.

Key players

Ferran Torres is in undroppable form at the moment having scored four goals, including a hat-trick, in his last two games. The Spaniard is the club’s top scorer with 13 goals across all competitions this season and his goal tally could have been even bigger if it was not for nine big chances missed. With an average FotMob rating of 7.54 in LaLiga, the 25-year-old is expected to feature again.

Fares Chaibi is Eintracht Frankfurt’s main creative force this season, with the Algerian midfielder the squad’s leading assist maker (6) as well as top chance creator (23). Furthermore, the talented 23-year-old is averaging a FotMob rating of 7.35 in the German top tier, or the third most of any SGE player, and it is not a coincidence that his impressive from is attracting scouts from the top European clubs to follow his progress.

Team news

Hansi Flick managed to fully rest both Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski against Real Betis and the attacking duo is expected to slot back in the starting XI in place of Roony Bardghji and Marcus Rashford. Also, the German coach announced the possible return of the captain, Marc-André ter Stegen in the squad, albeit on the bench, but Ronald Araújo, Gavi and Dani Olmo remain unavailable.

Dino Toppmöller is missing his side’s top scorer – Jonathan Burkardt, who is set to be sidelined until the new year, while Michy Batshuayi sustained a serious foot injury in the loss to RB Leipzig, leaving Frankfurt’s attacking options limited.

Prediction

With Barça in scintillating form and Frankfurt missing a couple of strikers through injury and fresh off a shameful defeat in the Bundesliga, it is hard to look past the hosts coming out as winners and avenging that disappointing elimination from 2021/22.

(Cover image from IMAGO)

You can follow every game from the Champions League with FotMob this season – featuring deep stats coverage, xG, player ratings. Download the free app here.

Preview: Barca face Frankfurt with no room for error in the Champions League

The LaLiga winners, wary of Frankfurt’s loyal supporters flooding Camp Nou like they did in 2022, made tickets exclusively available to club members for the clash on Tuesday.

By Filip Mishov

Barça need to start climbing up the Champions League table before it is too late

Barcelona’s free-scoring away win at Real Betis solidified the Spanish champions’ lead at the top of the LaLiga standings and acted as the perfect build-up to their must-win clash against Eintracht Frankfurt in the Champions League. With Hansi Flick‘s squad sitting in 18th place and only a point away from the elimination places, Pedri & co. must turn up and translate their domestic three-match winning streak into Europe, especially if they want to avoid the two extra games that missing out on the top eight and going in to the playoff process would mean.

Eintracht Frankfurt endured a weekend to forget, as the Eagles suffered a humiliating defeat to RB Leipzig in the Bundesliga, extending their three-match winless run ahead of their important trip to Catalonia. The under-fire Dino Toppmöller‘s squad has collected just four points after five rounds in the Champions League, which is only good enough for 28th place, and they are staring at elimination with three matches to go. The only possible silver lining within the SGE ranks are the memories from their last match against Barcelona back in 2022, when the Frankfurters flooded Camp Nou, beat Barca in the quarterfinals, and went on to claim a historic Europa League title.

Key players

Ferran Torres is in undroppable form at the moment having scored four goals, including a hat-trick, in his last two games. The Spaniard is the club’s top scorer with 13 goals across all competitions this season and his goal tally could have been even bigger if it was not for nine big chances missed. With an average FotMob rating of 7.54 in LaLiga, the 25-year-old is expected to feature again.

Fares Chaibi is Eintracht Frankfurt’s main creative force this season, with the Algerian midfielder the squad’s leading assist maker (6) as well as top chance creator (23). Furthermore, the talented 23-year-old is averaging a FotMob rating of 7.35 in the German top tier, or the third most of any SGE player, and it is not a coincidence that his impressive from is attracting scouts from the top European clubs to follow his progress.

Team news

Hansi Flick managed to fully rest both Raphinha and Robert Lewandowski against Real Betis and the attacking duo is expected to slot back in the starting XI in place of Roony Bardghji and Marcus Rashford. Also, the German coach announced the possible return of the captain, Marc-André ter Stegen in the squad, albeit on the bench, but Ronald Araújo, Gavi and Dani Olmo remain unavailable.

Dino Toppmöller is missing his side’s top scorer – Jonathan Burkardt, who is set to be sidelined until the new year, while Michy Batshuayi sustained a serious foot injury in the loss to RB Leipzig, leaving Frankfurt’s attacking options limited.

Prediction

With Barça in scintillating form and Frankfurt missing a couple of strikers through injury and fresh off a shameful defeat in the Bundesliga, it is hard to look past the hosts coming out as winners and avenging that disappointing elimination from 2021/22.

(Cover image from IMAGO)

You can follow every game from the Champions League with FotMob this season – featuring deep stats coverage, xG, player ratings. Download the free app here.