Betting tips for Eintracht Frankfurt vs RB Leipzig - 19.02.2018

The runners-up of the last German Cup closes the 23rd day of the Bundesliga by receiving at the Commerzbank Arena RB Leipzig, who won by 1-3 at San Paolo in Naples last Thursday. Eintracht Frankfurt occupies the 6th position in the table, with 36 points in 22 matches. Niko Kovac's team comes from playing the final of the German Cup last season and in this, despite losing a player who was important last year, as the Spanish central Vallejo, is fighting to climb to European positions.

Eintracht have 10 wins, 6 draws and 6 losses so far this season, which did not start well when they tied 0-0 in Freiburg and fell at home to Wolfsburg (0-1) before the international break in September. After him, the team won an important victory at home to Borussia M'Gladbach (0-1) but fell a day later against Augsburg at the Commerzbank Arena (1-2). Another victory at home, in Cologne (0-1) and the defeat in the visit to RB Leipzig (2-1) were the preamble of the victories against Stuttgart (2-1) and Hannover (1-2). Back at home, the team tied 2 with Borussia Dortmund, same result of his visit to Mainz (1-1). Just before the last break, the team won at home against Werder Bremen (2-1), victory that was the prologue of a 1-1 draw at Hoffenheim, a defeat at home to Bayer Leverkusen (0-1) and the triumph in Berlin (1-2). After losing at home to Bayern (0-1) and winning in Hamburg (1-2), the team dismissed 2017 with a draw at home against Schalke 04 (2-2). Already in this 2018, the team tied at home against Freiburg (1-1), won by 1-3 in Wolfsburg, defeated M'Gladbach (2-0) at home, lost in Augsburg (3-0) and thrashed to FC Köln last week (4-2).




The RB Leipzig were promoted to second place in the Bundesliga after winning the last two games against Borussia M'Gladbach and Augsburg. The Red Bulls added only 28 points in the 17 days of the first round, paying the effort to play for the first time in the Champions League. Eliminated by third in the competitive Group G, behind Besiktas and FC Porto, the team of Ralph Hasenhüttl hopes to repeat the year of last season, his debut in the Bundesliga.

With less than a decade of history, the team of the energy drinks company led the Bundesliga right up until the winter break, when Bayern Munich defeated them and regained a leadership that they did not abandon. The Red Bulls ended up defending the second position, which has put them in the group stage of the Champions League directly.

With a budget of more than 181 million euros, the German team keeps promising Ralph Hasenhüttl at the helm of the team. The former coach of Ingolstadt has 6 reinforcements of guarantees to empower the team, whose greatest success has been to keep most of its stars. Until now, only Rani Khedira, brother of the German international midfielder, who has left free to Augsburg; next to the Turkish Atinc Nukan, who is on loan to Besiktas; and center forward Davie Selke, sold to Hertha Berlin for 8 million euros, cause them to go down. In contrast, the team invested 37.5 million euros in the signings of French striker Jean-Kévin Augustin, great promise of PSG that has no place in the team of Emery; Portuguese winger Bruma, signed to Galatasaray in exchange for 12.5 million; the midfielder Konrad Laimer, who comes from the brother team RB Salzburg; the Young Boys' Swiss goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo; and free Sub-19 goalkeeper Philipp Köhn, coming from Stuttgart; and the French center of Sochaux Ibrahima Konaté.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs RB Leipzig  Prediction: X/2 5.50

Eintracht Frankfurt vs RB Leipzig  Betting tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

Eintracht Frankfurt vs RB Leipzig  Final score recommendations: 1-2 10.00