Eintracht Frankfurt can write club history in the home game against Freiburg. However, the dominant topic remains the impending departure of Omar Marmoush. Here are the most important things about the game.
The first home game of 2025 is coming up for Eintracht Frankfurt: The game against SC Freiburg on Tuesday (8:30 p.m.) is also the last game of the Bundesliga first half of the season.
The initial situation
After the disappointing December, Eintracht Finally celebrated a sense of success again in St. Pauli. Or as coach Dino Toppmöller puts it: “We are happy that we achieved the turnaround.” His team has defended third place in the table and is still at the top. Now the first of three English weeks is happening in quick succession. But everything in Frankfurt is currently being outshone about the possible transfer of star striker Omar Marmoush.
The Freiburg team also made a similar start to the new year as the Frankfurt team. The Breisgauers won 3-2 against Kiel, but almost lost a 3-0 lead. They are currently in sixth place in the table, which would mean participation in the European Cup. However, the team has so far caused little fear away from home – they have only won two of their eight games on foreign venues.
The staff
Things are looking very good at Eintracht in terms of personnel – Toppmöller essentially has an oversupply of possible starting eleven players. This is also because Tuta is now ready for more after his short stint on Saturday. He could push Rasmus Kristensen or Nnamdi Collins to the bench. Marmoush has once again received a starting eleven guarantee from his coach. Toppmöller therefore assumes that the striker will still be there on Tuesday.
This is how Eintracht could play against Freiburg.
SC Freiburg has had to do without the injured Manuel Gulde, Bruno Ogbus and Daniel-Kofi Kyereh for a long time. Philipp Lienhart, who was recently ill, could return to the team against Eintracht.
This is how Freiburg could play: Atubolu – Kübler, Ginter, Rosenfelder, Günter – Eggestein, Röhl – Doan, Dinkci, Grifo – Höler
That’s what the coaches say
Dino Toppmöller: “Freiburg thrives on the team unity and calm throughout the club. It’s a very homogeneous team. We have to see what dynamics the game takes on.”
Julian Schuster: “It’s a great challenge that lies ahead now. That’s a higher level of quality that we have to defend. But that has to happen over the entire season and it doesn’t matter whether we’re behind, there’s a draw or we’re leading.”
These are the players to watch out for
Is it his last game for Eintracht? This question arises again this time at Marmoush. “He’s there, he’s playing and it’s not out of the question that he’ll stay,” said Toppmöller, who also gave a guarantee for the striker. Even in the win at St. Pauli, Marmoush was unimpressed by the substitution poker and scored the winning goal. This time it might be an opportunity to say a proper goodbye to the home audience. Or he’ll be on the pitch again three days later against Dortmund and make the difference again – who knows that right now?!
Vincenzo Grifo is the constant in Freiburg’s offensive game. Since 2019, the Italian, who once also worked for FSV Frankfurt, has been the linchpin for the Breisgauer team. And he’s also really dangerous for goals: he has five goals and seven assists to his name this season, and the 31-year-old was also recently successful in the win against Kiel. The Eintracht defense, which is not always solid at St. Pauli, should be warned about Grifo.
The statistics of the game
Eintracht could make club history against Freiburg: with a win, Frankfurt would have more points after the first half of the season than ever before at this point in the season. The previous record from the 2022/2023 season is 31 points, which is admittedly also due to the fact that in Klaus Toppmöller’s time there were no three points for a win. Otherwise the record would currently be an unassailable 34 points.
Be that as it may, in the event of a draw the official record would be set. “It’s also a great incentive for me and my team. It’s nice when you can set a benchmark,” said Toppmöller, noting that this historic opportunity was lost on him.
How to follow the game
You can follow the game between Eintracht Frankfurt and SC Freiburg on sportschau.de in the live ticker and in the live audio report. The game can be seen on TV on Sky.
