Benfica and Eintracht Frankfurt meet at Estádio do Sport Lisboa and Benfica (da Luz), in a match for this phase of the UEFA Europa League (Quarter-finals). These two teams have never faced each other before, so this will be their first direct confrontation.
Benfica:
The home team reaches this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Quarter-finals) after having played previous qualifiers with: Dinamo Zagreb and Galatasaray. The team comes to this match after a win away with Feirense by (1-4). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Benfica won 7, drew 2 and lost 1. In 15 appearances, they got a comeback in 2 of 4 games when they conceded the first goal.
Benfica come to this game motivated, after having added a 1-4 victory in the move to Feirense field, returning to the triumphs after the defeat against Sporting: the goals of the team were marked by André Almeida, Pizzi and Seferovic (two). In the previous round of the Europa League, the locals eliminated Dinamo Zagreb. In this first game, we believe that the coach Bruno Lage will return to act in a 4-4-2, in which the two responsible for carrying danger to the rival goal are João Félix and Seferovic: the second is Benfica’s best the official competitions, with 18 goals scored. The local coach has doubts about Gabriel, Salvio and Jardel, all with physical problems.
Eintracht Frankfurt:
The visiting team reaches this stage of the UEFA Europa League (Quarter-finals) after having played previous qualifiers with: Internazionale and Shakhtar Donetsk. The team comes to this match after a win away with Schalke 04 by (1-2). In the last 5 away matches UEFA Europa League, Eintracht Frankfurt has won 4 and tied 1.
For this competition, they have not lost any of the last 5 away matches. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their away matches there is a tendency for goals, since 21 of the last 31 matches have ended with Over 2,5 goals.
Eintracht Frankfurt started for this match with a 2-1 victory on the field of Schalke 04, registering the fifth successive win in official matches: the goals of the team were scored by Rebic and Jovic. To reach this stage of the Europa League, the German team beat Inter Milan. The alien team usually acts in a tactical system in 3-5-2, privileging fast transitions, mainly through the wings. In this tactical drawing, the two men responsible for throwing the panic in the opposing defense are Rebic and Jovic. The second is the best score of this team, with 17 goals scored. Coach Adi Hütter can not count on Haller, Gacinovic, Marco Russ, Stendera, Rode, Touré and Tawatha, all injured.
