Eintracht Frankfurt
The dazzling footwork and stylish ending of Omar Marmoush made the distinction within the Thirty second-minute final Saturday as Eintracht Frankfurt bought their 2025 off on the appropriate foot with a 1-0 win over St.Pauli.
Regardless of hyperlinks with a giant cash transfer to Manchester Metropolis, the 25-year-old Egyptian seems to be staying put. “Omar is making a superb impression once more right this moment, like all of the boys. We’re happy that he can be within the beginning eleven once more tomorrow,” mentioned head coach Dino Toppmoller this morning.
The information comes as an ideal reduction to Die Adler followers given their talisman has bagged 14 targets and seven assists in 16 Bundesliga outings which solely emphasises his significance to the staff.
A lot to the delight of Dino Toppmoller, Frankfurt’s harm record is fairly quick. Aurele Amenda stays out with a syndesmosis ligament tear which ought to depart him sidelined till February. In the meantime, 19-year-old winger Jean-Matteo Bahoya continues to be unavailable after sustaining a damaged nostril.
With 4 yellow playing cards to his title, Brazilian centre-half Tuta teeters on the sting of a suspension. Nonetheless, Die Adler can be hoping to bag one other three factors given their effective residence document with just one defeat within the final 12 matches performed on the Deutsche Financial institution Park.
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Dino Toppmoller will not be anticipated to make wholesale modifications to his successful system final weekend. German shot-stopper Kevin Trapp will search defensive solidity from their 4-man defence set to incorporate Rasmus Kristensen, Robin Koch, Tuta and Arthur Theate.
The center third of Die Adler’s 4-4-2 will seemingly encompass Hugo Larsson and Ellyes Skhiri with Mario Goetze to the appropriate and Nathaniel Brown on the left wing.
Up entrance, the formidable strike partnership of Hugo Ekitike and Omar Marmoush must be greater than a handful for a visiting Freiburg facet.
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Julian Schuster’s males seemed to be cruising on the weekend with a three-goal lead getting into the ultimate act in opposition to Holstein Kiel. Nonetheless, there have been various startled faces each on and off the Europa Park Stadion pitch as a Phil Harres brace gave them a scare earlier than SCF held on for a 3-2 victory.
Membership captain Christian Gunter discovered the online with a elegant freekick from a clumsy angle however remained barely essential of his staff at full-time. “We let ourselves be pushed in on the again and had no extra order [on the game]. Fortuitously, we managed to get time, however this shouldn’t occur to us,” the 31-year-old full-back added.
As soon as once more, the devilish duo of Vincenzo Grifo and Ritsu Doan mixed which can increase the customer’s confidence because the pair look set to proceed their type into 2025. The Italian is the clear architect within the Breisgauers’ ranks with 5 targets and seven assists in 16 appearances.
On the personnel entrance, Freiburg journey to the Hessen state in comparatively good well being. Philipp Lienhart missed out on Saturday with an an infection and continues to stay a doubt for Tuesday. Different long-term absentees embody Daniel-Kofi Kyereh (knee surgical procedure) and Bruno Ogbus 9Achilles tendon rupture).
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In Julian Schuster’s most popular 4-2-3-1 setup, Noah Atubolu continues to get the nod between the posts. An unchanged back-four appears to be like set to stay with Lukas Kuebler and Christian Guenter both facet of Mathias Ginter and Max Rosenfelder.
The double-six pairing of Merlin Roehl and Maximilian Eggestein ought to bolster the attack-minded trio of Ritsu Doan, Eren Dinkci and Vincenzo Grifo.
Freiburg have struggled for consistency up entrance, but it surely seems Lucas Hoeler will lead the road for the guests tomorrow night.
