{"id":8808,"date":"2025-04-10T19:21:12","date_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:21:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/8808\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T19:21:12","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T19:21:12","slug":"eintracht-frankfurt-scouting-report-how-good-are-tottenham-opponents","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/8808\/","title":{"rendered":"Eintracht Frankfurt scouting report: How good are Tottenham opponents?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Third in Bundesliga\u00a0<\/p>\n

\"Eintracht<\/p>\n

\n \u00a9TM\/IMAGO\n <\/p>\n

Tottenham<\/a>\u00a0have endured another miserable Premier League<\/a>\u00a0season with the North London club languishing in 14th position, but the Europa League could provide a silver lining. Ange Postecoglou<\/a>\u00a0is under significant pressure but winning their first silverware since the League Cup in 2008 would ultimately represent a successful season. But after edging past AZ Alkmaar in the last round, Tottenham face Bundesliga <\/a>high-flyers Eintracht Frankfurt<\/a>\u00a0in the quarter-finals.<\/p>\n

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Club Comparison<\/p>\n

\n Premier League <\/p>\n

\n Bundesliga <\/p>\n

\u20ac836.10m<\/p>\n

Market Value<\/p>\n

\u20ac323.05m<\/p>\n


<\/p>\n

First Tier<\/p>\n

League Level<\/p>\n

First Tier<\/p>\n


<\/p>\n

\u20ac175.35m<\/p>\n

Expenditures 24\/25<\/p>\n

\u20ac76.85m<\/p>\n


<\/p>\n

Ange Postecoglou<\/p>\n

Managers<\/p>\n

Dino Toppm\u00f6ller<\/p>\n

\n Full Club Comparison\n <\/p>\n

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Frankfurt famously won the competition in 2022, beating Rangers in the final and they\u2019ll be confident of progressing past Spurs. Despite losing star play Omar Marmoush<\/a>\u00a0to Manchester City<\/a>\u00a0in January, Frankfurt currently sit third in the Bundesliga and are battling to secure Champions League football next season. So what can Tottenham expect from their quarter-final opponents? We\u2019ve received the lowdown from Transfermarkt\u2019s Bundesliga expert, Tobias Picker.<\/p>\n

\nHow good have Frankfurt been this season?<\/p>\n

After finishing an impressive 6th in the Bundesliga last season, Frankfurt have improved this season under the guidance of highly-rated manager Dino<\/a>\u00a0Toppmoller<\/a>.<\/a>\u00a0Frankfurt don\u2019t possess the financial resources of Bayern Munich<\/a>, Borussia Dortmund<\/a>, RB Leipzig or Bayer Leverkusen but they\u2019ve developed a reputation for nurturing talented attacking talent across the last few years. There\u2019s currently seven German clubs competing for two Champions League places with Frankfurt third on 48 points, but Stuggart in ninth are only eight points behind with six games remaining.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe current strong third place actually reflects more the inconsistency of their rivals,\u201d Picker said. \u201cNevertheless, Frankfurt still has a good chance of qualifying for the Champions League \u2014 which would be a tremendous success given the circumstances at the start of the season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nWho is Frankfurt\u2019s most dangerous player?<\/p>\n

Marmoush was undoubtedly Frankfurt\u2019s star performer with 15 league goals before Manchester City splashed \u20ac75 million to sign the Egyptian in January. Frankfurt, however, still have a squad brimming with talent, including Hugo Ekitik\u00e9<\/a>. The French striker joined permanently for \u20ac16.5m in the summer from PSG but his market value increased by +\u20ac35m across the campaign to \u20ac55m. German football expert Picker, however, has identified a household name as a Frankfurt player that Tottenham will need to be wary of.<\/p>\n

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\u201cAt the moment, Mario G\u00f6tze<\/a>\u00a0is definitely an important factor,\u201d he added, \u201cNot least in the round of 16 against Ajax, he steered the game and, now firmly occupying the number ten role if possible, showcased his class \u2013 even apart from his three goals in March. A big problem now appears to be the wings, especially after the injury of Ansgar Knauff that led to G\u00f6tze having to cover the right wing. Obviously, with him on the right, missing in the central, Frankfurt struggles more.\u201d<\/p>\n

\nWhat are Frankfurt\u2019s strengths and weaknesses?<\/p>\n

\u201cThe significant drop in attacking threat – as seen most recently in the 2-0 defeat in Bremen – is still clearly a symptom of Marmoush’s departure,\u201d Picker added. \u201cUntil his move to Manchester, Frankfurt averaged 2.2 goals per game. Afterwards, that number dropped to just 1.3, along with a fairly average points tally. Frankfurt has also been quite inconsistent this season, although they\u2019ve had to make some fundamental changes in key positions.<\/p>\n

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“Young goalkeeper Kau\u00e3 Santos<\/a>\u00a0was thrown in at the deep end, Marmoush was lost in the transfer market, and Ekitike hasn\u2019t been able to replace the Egyptians goal threat in the way the club had surely hoped. Nevertheless, they currently sit third in the league \u2013 an unexpectedly strong position.\u201d While Frankfurt have clear weaknesses in their squad, Tottenham will have to be on top form to progress past the Bundesliga side.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Third in Bundesliga\u00a0 \u00a9TM\/IMAGO Tottenham\u00a0have endured another miserable Premier League\u00a0season with the North London club languishing in 14th…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":8809,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[1612,1062,4113,748,3019,5808,393,4884,5759,5809,5811,5812,886,5810,12,1144,1859,101,712,201,5807,16,15,1764],"class_list":{"0":"post-8808","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-news","8":"tag-ange-postecoglou","9":"tag-bayern-munich","10":"tag-borussia-dortmund","11":"tag-britain","12":"tag-bundesliga","13":"tag-eintracht-frankfurt","14":"tag-england","15":"tag-great-britain","16":"tag-hugo-ekitike","17":"tag-hugo-larsson","18":"tag-kaua-santos","19":"tag-klaus-toppmoller","20":"tag-manchester-city","21":"tag-mario-gotze","22":"tag-news","23":"tag-northern-ireland","24":"tag-omar-marmoush","25":"tag-premier-league","26":"tag-scotland","27":"tag-tottenham-hotspur","28":"tag-uefa-europa-league","29":"tag-uk","30":"tag-united-kingdom","31":"tag-wales"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8808\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8809"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}