Eintracht Frankfurt vs Tottenham Hotspur

Eintracht Frankfurt and Tottenham Hotspur are set to square off in a high-stakes Champions League encounter at the Deutsche Bank Park that could decide who progress into the knockouts from Group D.

Eintracht Frankfurt picked themselves up from a disappointing 3-0 home defeat to Sporting Lisbon in their first-ever Champions League fixture to beat Olympique Marseille 1-0 on the road last time out. But after losing to Sporting, ‘Die Adler’ stare down the barrel of an unwanted piece of history as they risk becoming only the second German club to suffer defeats in their first two Champions League home matches. Yet tehre’s a reason for optimism in the home camp as after registering just three wins from their first 14 European clashes against English sides (D5, L6), the reigning Europa League holders have won their last three such match-ups. On top of that, Oliver Glasner’s men head into proceedings having won three consecutive games across all competitions for the first time since March.

In the meantime, Tottenham Hotspur ousted Marseille 2-0 in their curtain-raising Group D outing but succumbed to an identical scoreline at Sporting on matchday two after conceding two stoppage-time goals. Going into this encounter, ‘Spurs’ fell to a morale-damaging 3-1 Premier League defeat to fierce North London rivals Arsenal, making it two losses from three competitive outings (W1). Antonio Conte’s men face the prospect of drawing a blank in back-to-back Champions League matches for the first time since 2016 as they look to defy their underwhelming recent record against German sides. Indeed, the English heavyweights have lost their last four Champions League meetings with Bundesliga clubs via an aggregate score of 14-3.