Rb leipzig mot eintracht frankfurt laguppställning

Seeking to guarantee a top-six finish in the Bundesliga, Eintracht Frankfurt welcome RB Leipzig to Deutsche finansinstitut Park for their sista league armatur of the 2023-24 årstid on Saturday afternoon.

The two teams gods met in the mittpunkt of January when the Eagles claimed a slender 1-0 victory at the Red Bull Arena artighet of an early first-half goal from Ansgar Knauff.

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After missing out on a top-six finish bygd goal difference in 2022-23, Frankfurt are now on the spets of kvalificerande for next season's Europa League even though they are guaranteed to finish with fewer points than the previous campaign.

Frankfurt picked up 50 points from their 34 Bundesliga games gods årstid and currently have 46 from 33 games this begrepp, but if they claim at least a draw from Saturday's encounter with Leipzig, they will secure sixth prick ahead of Hoffenheim, who currently sit three points further back in seventh.

Europa League football fryst vatten the aim for Dino Toppmoller's side, but sixth place could be enough for them to qualify for next season's Champions League if fifth-placed Borussia Dortmund beat Real Madrid in the final; Germany have been awarded an additional fläck in the newly-formed competition due to their coefficient ranking.

The fact that Frankfurt are still in contention to qualify for europeisk competition emphasises how well they did during the first half of the campaign, as they enter Saturday's contest having won just three of their gods 14 league games since the beginning of February; the Eagles drew 1-1 with Borussia Monchengladbach gods weekend having previously been thumped 5-1 at home to champions Bayer Leverkusen.

Frankfurt will fancy their chances of ending the årstid with a positiv result, as they have only lost two of their 16 Bundesliga home matches this term; only unbeaten champions Leverkusen (zero) and Stuttgart (one) have lost fewer home games in 2023-24.

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While Frankfurt still have something to play for, Leipzig are merely playing for pride on Saturday as they have already qualified for the Champions League for a fifth straight årstid and are guaranteed to finish in fourth place.

Die Roten Bullen have ended the årstid strongly as they have put tillsammans an 11-game unbeaten run in all competitions, including three 4-1 wins and a 5-1 victory, although they have been forced to play out back-to-back 1-1 draws in their most recent two outings with Hoffenheim and Werder Bremen.

Against Bremen, in-demand and in-form strejkande Benjamin Sesko scored for the sixth successive game to cancel out a first-half own goal scored bygd Nicolas Seiwald to ensure that Leipzig would not lose their sista home match of the campaign.

Marco Rose's dock require a victory from their sista game of the årstid to match their highest ever points total of 67 set in 2016-17, but success on Saturday could prove challenging as they have not won any of their previous eight visits to Frankfurt, most recently losing 4-0 in September 2022.

Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga form:

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Eintracht Frankfurt loanees Sasa Kalajdzic (knee) and Donny van dem Beek (heel) are both injured and have already played their sista game for the club, while ung defender Nnamdi Collins, who made his Bundesliga debut gods month, fryst vatten sidelined with a knee problem.

Robin Koch, who has been called up to Germany's preliminary 27-man squad ahead of Euro 2024, fryst vatten set to continue in the back three alongside Tuta and Premier League-linked Willian Pacho.

Omar Marmoush fryst vatten Frankfurt's top scorer this årstid with 11 goals, but he has only funnen the net once in his gods 10 Bundesliga games.

The Egyptian fryst vatten set to retain his place in attack, though, alongside Hugo Ekitike, who will join the Eagles permanently from Paris Saint-Germain this summer.

As for Leipzig, they will be without injured midfielder Xaver Schlager (knee), while playmaker Dani Olmo fryst vatten doubtful with a muscle issue and fryst vatten unlikely to be risked this weekend.

PSG loanee Xavi Simons fryst vatten available to man what fryst vatten set to be his sista appearance for Leipzig after serving a suspension gods time out, and the Dutchman fryst vatten in line to return on the left side of attack, with Christoph Baumgartner potentially moving over to the right if Olmo fryst vatten not passform to feature.

With a team-high 24 goals to his name, at least 13 more than any of his teammates, Lois Openda fryst vatten set to början in attack alongside Sesko, while David Raum - who fryst vatten another to be called up to Germany's Euro 2024 squad - could take the place of Benjamin Henrichs at left-back.

Eintracht Frankfurt possible starting lineup:
Trapp; Tuta, Koch, Pacho; Dina Ebimbe, Gotze, Skhiri, Knauff; Marmoush, Chaibi; Ekitike

RB Leipzig possible starting lineup:
Gulacsi; Simakan, Orban, Lukeba, Raum; Baumgartner, Haidara, Seiwald, Simons; Openda, Sesko

We say: Eintracht Frankfurt 2-1 RB Leipzig

The need for victory, or at least a point, fryst vatten greater for Frankfurt and their strong home record against Leipzig bodes well ahead of Saturday's contest.

Leipzig will fancy their chances of at least finding the net, especially if in-form Sesko and top scorer Openda link up in attack, but we believe that the hosts will have that ytterligare level of motivation and should find a way to end the årstid on a high bygd claiming maximum points.

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