INSIGHTS
Pre Match
1
Eintracht Frankfurt have won their last five Bundesliga home games against Bayer 04 Leverkusen – against no other team do they currently have such a long home winning streak in the top flight. The last time the Adler celebrated more BL home wins in a row against an opponent came between 1991 to 2004 (6 against Bochum). In the Bundesliga, it is the fixture that has been played most often (77 times) without ever ending 0-0.
2
Bayer 04 Leverkusen remain unbeaten in their first 31 games of this Bundesliga season (W25 D6), which is a current BL record. This has cross-seasonal only been bettered twice in the history of the Bundesliga: by Hamburger SV from 1982 to 1983 (36 games) and FC Bayern (53 games from 2012 to 2014).
3
Eintracht Frankfurt have lost only one of their last 25 Bundesliga home games (W13 D11), 1-2 against VfB Stuttgart on MD12 at the end of November 2023. Since then, Eintracht have gone unbeaten in their last nine home games in the top-flight (W5 D4) - only Stuttgart (10) and Bayer 04 Leverkusen (17) are currently enjoying longer such runs.
4
With 81 points, Bayer 04 Leverkusen are currently enjoying the second-best season in Bundesliga history at this stage; only FC Bayern have had more points after 31 games of a German top-flight season (84 in 2012-13).
5
Bayer 04 Leverkusen have already picked up nine points thanks to their eight goals from the 90th minute onwards (3 winning goals, 3 equalisers) in the Bundesliga this season – a new Bundesliga record. Meanwhile, they are the only side that haven’t conceded a single goal from the 90th minute onwards in the competition this term.