Week 8 features a match on Saturday Oct 1st, where Eintracht Frankfurt hosts Union Berlin in a clash of the Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 7th placed Eintracht Frankfurt is fresh off their 3-1 win against Stuttgart. Sebastian Rode struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 6th minute, then Daichi Kamada added another in the 55th minute. Eintracht Frankfurt is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Union Berlin recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Wolfsburg. Jordan Siebatcheu scored the first goal for Union Berlin in the 54th minute, then Sheraldo Becker added another in the 77th minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Wolfsburg couldn’t manage to score, and Union Berlin took the shutout win. Union Berlin should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out. Last season these teams were evenly matched with 1 win apiece.
Sheraldo Becker has been the most prolific scorer on Union Berlin in his last 5 matches with 2 goals. Both Daichi Kamada and Sebastian Rode have been the hottest scorers for Eintracht Frankfurt in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each
Oliver Glasner’s Eintracht Frankfurt squad will be without Jérôme Onguene, Almamy Touré, Buta and Luca Pellegrini, while Urs Fischer’s squad will be without Christopher Lenz, Kevin Möhwald and Danilho Doekhi.