RB Leipzig vs. Eintracht Frankfurt preview: Team News and Predicted Lineups | OneFootball

This DFB-Pokal matchup will pip two sides who have both recently won the trophy against each other.

RB Leipzig won in both 2022 and 2023, whereas Eintracht Frankfurt won the trophy in 2018.

However, this season has marked a major shift in form from last season for both clubs.

Eintracht Frankfurt, who were inconsistent last season, have started this season in brilliant fashion and have only lost twice in the Bundesliga.

Contrasting this, Leipzig started strongly too but have since fallen off and are without a win this season in the Champions League and have not won since October in the Bundesliga.

Last time out, it was Wolfsburg who put five past Marco Rose's side on the weekend to pile the pressure on the coach ahead of this tough test against one of the Bundesliga's biggest surprise packages.

Keeping goals out will no doubt be a big issue for Leipzig as they will have to deal with Frankfurt's Omar Marmoush who has thirteen goals in fourteen in the Bundesliga.

However, in the cup, Eintracht's Hugo Ekitike is currently the top scorer with three goals and he has scored in both of their last games against Borussia Mönchengladbach and Eintracht Braunschweig.

Ahead of the game, Frankfurt's coach Dino Toppmöller said: “It'll be a difficult game, but we're in good form. When you look at Leipzig's situation, it is understandable that things aren't going too well because of the injuries they have.”

Leipzig coach Marco Rose commented on his team's pre-match preparations ahead of the game too when he said: “We are working hard ahead of the cup game to experience that winning feeling again.”

Team News

Eintracht Frankfurt are without Aurele Amenda and Arthur Theate due to injury.

Castello Lukeba, Xavi Simons, Yussuf Poulsen, Eljif Elmas, Assan Ouédrago, David Raum, Lukas Klostermann and El Chadaille Bitshiabu are all out with injury for RB Leipzig.

Predicted lineups:

RB Leipzig: Gulacsi - Henrichs, Seiwald, Orban, Geertruida - Baumgartner, Vermeeren, Kampl, Nusa - Sesko, Openda

Eintracht Frankfurt: Trapp - Collins, Tuta, Koch, Nkounkou - Götze, Skhiri, Larsson, Knauff- Marmoush, Ekitike