Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona: Head-to-Head Prediction | Europa League 2021/22

F.C Barcelona will grace the Deutsche Bank Park in Europa League as they go head-to-head with German giants, Eintracht Frankfurt, in the quarter-finals of the Europa League on Thursday night. 

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona: Head-to-Head Preview

Eintracht Frankfurt are currently in ninth place in the Bundesliga and comes in this match on a back of 0-0 stalemate. 

However, they were able to come this far in Europa League with a commanding performance against Real Betis should be talked about. They have the talent, faith, and optimism to pull off an upset. 

Barcelona are on a course of resurgence, and they show no signs of stopping huge credits to their legendary midfielder Xavi Hernandez who took over the helms of a club that had no purpose. 

The Catalans giants are 14 games unbeaten and have been a menace in La Liga and Europa League.  

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona: Head-to-Head Form Guide

Eintracht Frankfurt form guide: D-D-D-D-W

Barcelona form guide: W-W-W-W-D

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona: Trivia

- This will be the first head-to-head meeting between Barcelona and Frankfurt. The German side has never lost to Spanish clubs in Europa League. (W5 D3).

- Barcelona have conceded 14 goals against German clubs, and all the goals have come from Bayern in European competition. 

- Aubameyang has bagged 24 goals in Europa League, one of them coming from a penalty, the only player with non-penalty goals in UEFL has been Radamel Falcao. (27).  

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona: Predicted Lineup 

Eintracht Frankfurt Predicted XI (3-4-3): Kevin Trapp; Obite Evan Ndicka, Martin Hinteregger, Tuta; Ansgar Knauff, Filip Kostic, Kristijan Jakic, Djibril Sow; Jesper Lindstrom, Daichi Kamada, Rafael Borre

Barcelona Predicted XI (4-3-3): Marc-Andre ter Stegen; Jordi Alba, Eric Garcia, Ronald Araujo, Sergino Dest; Sergio Busquets, Frenkie de Jong, Pedri; Ferran Torres, Adama Traore, Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Barcelona: Head-to-Head Prediction 

Eintracht Frankfurt can give a hard time to Barcelona but will need to be determined in this fixture. They will have to take up a notch and make use of their smallest of mistakes. 

The Catalan giants could eat them up if the German side blunders, as Xavi’s men are always ready to pounce on the slightest of chances. 

Barcelona have been self-assertive in the matches with the help of “Xavi ball” they have players who can decide the game with their performance, and Xavi knows how to use them to their full potential. 

Therefore, we favour Barcelona in this game as they will dominate the larger part of the match and will somehow find the back of the net. 

Score Prediction: Eintracht Frankfurt 0-2 Barcelona