Facts against Eintracht Frankturt: Kobel in the footsteps of Weidenfeller and de Beers | OneFootball

The scenario: After three away matches in the league (3-3, 2-0) and the cup (4-2 on penalties), and a gap of over 20 months, Borussia Dortmund welcome Eintracht Frankfurt back to SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. A win would secure the runner-up spot for Dortmund. Frankfurt currently sit in eighth place, one point behind seventh-placed Freiburg, heading into the penultimate matchday of the season.

Home/away: The Black & Yellows are second in the home table with twelve wins, two draws, and two losses. Eintracht Frankfurt have won only one of their last ten away matches.

Head-to-head: Borussia Dortmund have lost only two of their last 18 Bundesliga matches against Eintracht Frankfurt. The Black & Yellows have celebrated 51 wins against the Hessian side (more than against any other club) and have also scored the most goals (205). Dortmund have won 13 of their last 14 home games. Since April 1991, Dortmund have not failed to score at home. They have managed eleven wins despite poor starts – against no other club have they come back from a 1-0 deficit more often.

Statistics: Borussia Dortmund boast the best defence in the Bundesliga: 32 goals conceded is three fewer than Bayern Munich. Eintracht Frankfurt's 60 goals conceded is the third most. Gregor Kobel has kept a clean sheet in 14 of the 32 matches (league-leading) and could equal the club record. In the 2011/12 season (Roman Weidenfeller made 32 appearances) and 2019/20 season (Roman Bürki played 31 times), 15 clean sheets were recorded each season. It would also be their tenth home game without conceding a goal. This would equal the club's home record from 1989/90 with Teddy de Beer in goal and 2010/11 (Weidenfeller).

The opponent: Only Bayern Munich surpass Eintracht Frankfurt's finishing efficiency of +14. Frankfurt scored 16 times shortly after their opponent lost possession (twice as often as Borussia Dortmund).

Last season: At the start of the 2024/25 season, 81,365 spectators in the sold-out SIGNAL IDUNA PARK saw, after a tough first half, two outstanding individual performances from substitute Jamie Gittens, who scored the goals of the evening (72 and 93) – and three rather lucky points against Eintracht, who had the better chances overall.

Reverse fixture: Borussia Dortmund drew 3-3 (1-1). Maxi Beier (10) and Felix Nmecha (68) put Dortmund ahead twice in a fast-paced match, but Uzun (22, penalty) and Ebnoutalib (71) equalised twice. Both teams pushed for the win and scored in extra time: first Mo Dahoud for Frankfurt (90+2), then Carney Chukwuemeka for Dortmund (90+6).

The biggest home win: Borussia Dortmund beat Eintracht Frankfurt twice with 6-0. On 26 November 1988, 22,507 fans celebrated Günter Breitzke's hattrick. Michael Zorc, Norbert Dickel and Frank Pagelsdorf also found the net. Seven and a half years later, on 23 March 1996, Karl-Heinz Riedle scored twice in another 6-0 win in front of a sold-out crowd of 42,400. Michael Zorc, Steffen Freund, Jörg Heinrich and Stéphane Chapuisat, also got on the scoresheet before the 65th minute.