Eintracht Frankfurt vs Salzburg Prediction & Match Preview

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Salzburg
Europe- Europa League
Date: Thursday, 20 February 2020
Kick-Off at 17:55 UK/ 18:55 CET
Venue: Commerzbank-Arena (Frankfurt)

Frankfurt has major issues in the Bundesliga this season. They are currently 10th in the table after 22 rounds completed. The Eagles lost their recent league match against Dortmund by a big margin; 4-0.  Meanwhile, they did well in Europe, finishing second in their group to Arsenal. Even though they got an away win at Arsenal, losing to below-par teams like Guimaraes and Standard Liege will worry manager Adi Hütter. His team would like a second Europa title win after 1980.

Salzburg has fallen behind the title race in the Austrian Bundesliga with just one point separating them and LASK. They displayed a valiant effort in the Champions League after getting placed in a group including champions Liverpool, Genk and Napoli. They only won the game against Genk away from home. Salzburg is coming into this game on the back of a home defeat to LASK in the league.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Salzburg Head-to-head (h2h)

• This is the first game between these two sides.
• Frankfurt is on a 3 match win streak in all competitions.
• More than 2.5 goals were scored in total, in 4 of their recent 5 matches.
• The previous 4 matches of Salzburg had over 2.5 goals in total.
• Salzburg is unbeaten in their last 9 matches on the road across all competitions (W5, D4).

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Salzburg Prediction

The Eagles have improved their home form in recent weeks, both in league and Cup. This includes back to back wins against RB Leipzig who are second in Bundesliga. Salzburg has shown promise in Champions League but I think against a quality side like Frankfurt away from home they may fail to get the three points. So we can bet on a home win with 1.61 odds.

In 7 of the last 10 games that Salzburg was part of, over 2.5 goals were scored. This trend can also be seen in the majority of home matches of Frankfurt. Also, more than 2.5 goals were scored in all 4 of the latest Europa League games of Frankfurt. So we can bet that we may see a similar scoreline on Thursday with 1.57 odds.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Salzburg: Betting Tips

• Home team to win @ 1.61(3/5).
• Over 2.5 goals @ 1.57(4/7).