There are two remaining fixtures in the second round of the DFB Pokal in Germany and both matches will be played this week. The first of which takes place on Tuesday the 12th of January as Bayer Leverkusen meet Eintracht Frankfurt at the BayArena.
The hosts are currently third in the Bundesliga while the visitors are in 9th place.
Bayer Leverkusen come into the game having been held to a 1-1 draw at home by Werder Bremen in the Bundesliga on the weekend. With the score 0-0 at half time, it was the visitors who took the lead early in the second half but Bayer Leverkusen managed to find the equaliser with 18 minutes of the game remaining. It was a disappointing result, especially as the two teams above them in the table both lost their matches.
Bayer Leverkusen will be hoping to use this game to get back to winning ways having failed to win any of their 3 most recent fixtures, all which have been in the Bundesliga. In addition to the draw at home against Werder Bremen, Bayer Leverkusen have lost at home against Bayern Munich and at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Trends show Bayer Leverkusen have been difficult to beat at home this season and they have lost only one of their 10 games. They have won each of their last 3 home DFB Pokal matches, seeing both teams score and over 2.5 goals in two of those 3 games.
Eintracht Frankfurt make the trip to the BayArena having picked up a 2-0 win at Mainz in the Bundesliga on the weekend. That result means they are undefeated in their last 4 matches including victories over Augsburg and Bayer Leverkusen plus a 3-3 draw at home with Borussia Monchengladbach.
Trends show Eintracht Frankfurt have been difficult to beat this season and they have lost only one of their last 10 games in all competitions. However, they have been draw specialists and 6 of those 10 matches have ended in draws.
Eintracht Frankfurt are undefeated in 4 of their last 5 away games and have scored 2 or more goals in 4 of those 5 matches.
Away results in the DFB Pokal have been good and Eintracht Frankfurt have won 11 of their last 13 on the road. Three of those victories required extra-time, with two going to penalties.
Team news and Bayer Leverkusen have several players who are unlikely to play any part in this tie. They include, Karim Bellarabi, Mitchell Weiser, Sven Bender, Exequiel Palacios, Charles Aranguiz, Santiago Arias, and Paulinho.
Eintracht Frankfurt will be without Ragnar Ache who is out with a virus. Every other player should be fit and available for Adi Hütter but he may choose to make some changes to the team that started on the weekend.
Both teams have a recent history of scoring plenty of goals in the DFB Pokal and it would not come as a surprise to see them both score in this game.
We are likely to see over 2.5 goals scored and Bayer Leverkusen will be the favourites to progress, depending on the quality of their starting XI.
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