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Following their UEFA Champions League trip to Madrid, Eintracht host Bayern Munich at Deutsche Bank Park on Saturday, with both teams in free-scoring form this season.

How things stand

Both clubs were in UEFA Champions League action on Tuesday evening. While the Eagles lost 5-1 at Atlético de Madrid, Bayern won by the same scoreline at Pafos FC.

“The match in Madrid was mentally and physically draining, but with our fans behind us at home we can beat anyone,” said sporting director Timmo Hardung ahead of the meeting at Deutsche Bank Park on Saturday evening (18:30 CEST).

The Eagles are currently fourth in the standings after collecting their third league win of the campaign with the 6-4 success in Mönchengladbach, while Bayern are top of the pile and yet to drop a point this term. Indeed, Vincent Kompany’s side have now won each of their last seven Bundesliga assignments stretching back to last season.

Nevertheless, after their experience at the Estadio Metropolitano, Eintracht are more determined than ever to get back on track.

“I’m looking forward to the game,” said Ansgar Knauff. “We took a beating, and on Saturday we’re facing an opponent who is just as strong, so we have a chance to do better. We’re playing at home. It’s a top Bundesliga match. We’ll do everything we can to keep the game open for as long as possible and, ideally, get something from it.”

Looking back

Eintracht have done just that on a regular basis in their home games against Bayern, losing just two of the teams’ last six Bundesliga meetings at Deutsche Bank Park. Indeed, Bayern have lost more games in Frankfurt than they have away to any other side.

A total of 29 goals were scored across those six games in question, most recently a 3-3 draw almost exactly a year ago in October 2024. Saturday’s match will be the 109th Bundesliga fixture between the teams.

Goal threat

Bayern have found the net more often than anyone else in the Bundesliga so far in 2025/26 with 22 goals, followed by Eintracht on 17 – a club record after five rounds of matches. Two players in particular have been responsible for that:

Age is only a number

When Uzun was born in November 2005, Kane was already in the Tottenham Hotspur youth academy. Approximately 12 and a half years separate the two leading scorers in the Bundesliga this season. As was the case last year, Eintracht have the youngest starting line-up of all 18 top-flight clubs so far this term with an average age of 24 years and 97 days. Bayern are at the opposite end of that spectrum with an average age of 28 years and 315 days.