Facts against Eintracht Frankturt: Kobel in the footsteps of Weidenfeller and de Beers

Facts against Eintracht Frankturt: Kobel in the footsteps of Weidenfeller and de Beers

The scenario: After three away matches in the league (3-3, 2-0) and the cup (4-2 on penalties), and a gap of over 20 months, Borussia Dortmund welcome Eintracht Frankfurt back to SIGNAL IDUNA PARK. A win would secure the runner-up spot for Dortmund. Frankfurt currently sit in eighth place, one point behind seventh-placed Freiburg, heading into the penultimate matchday of the season.

Home/away: The Black & Yellows are second in the home table with twelve wins, two draws, and two losses. Eintracht Frankfurt have won only one of their last ten away matches.

Head-to-head: Borussia Dortmund have lost only two of their last 18 Bundesliga matches against Eintracht Frankfurt. The Black & Yellows have celebrated 51 wins against the Hessian side (more than against any other club) and have also scored the most goals (205). Dortmund have won 13 of their last 14 home games. Since April 1991, Dortmund have not failed to score at home. They have managed eleven wins despite poor starts – against no other club have they come back from a 1-0 deficit more often.

 Borussia Dortmund boast the best defence in the Bundesliga: 32 goals conceded is three fewer than . Eintracht Frankfurt's 60 goals conceded is the third most. Gregor Kobel has kept a clean sheet in 14 of the 32 matches (league-leading) and could equal the club record. In the 2011/12 season (Roman Weidenfeller made 32 appearances) and 2019/20 season (Roman Bürki played 31 times), 15 clean sheets were recorded each season. It would also be their tenth home game without conceding a goal. This would equal the club's home record from 1989/90 with Teddy de Beer in goal and 2010/11 (Weidenfeller).