Our prediction for this DFB Pokal match:
A spot in the DFB Pokal semis will be at stake when Eintracht Frankfurt and Union Berlin face each other at Deutsche Bank Park on Tuesday evening. Die Adler dropped two points in a 1-1 draw with Bochum at the weekend, and, no doubt, they are eager to return to winning ways. A man to watch in the home team will be France striker Randal Kolo Muani, who found the net against Der Blau, while Tuta is back from the Bundesliga ban. All Hrvoje Smolcic, Christopher Lenz, Almamy Toure, and Jesper Lindstrom should miss out with injuries.
The capital club, on the other hand, aim to build on a 3-0 win over Stuttgart, but beating Eintracht in Frankfurt is easier said than done. A close encounter is on the cards, and we believe that there is a big value in betting on draw. As for the away team, all Frederik Ronnow, Paul Seguin, and Andras Schafer are sidelined with injuries.
Highlighted Player (Mario Gotze):
Mario Gotze is a German midfielder, who played for Ronsberg and Eintrach Hombruch during his youth career before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2001. He made a great progress during his spell at the Borussia Dortmund’s youth academy and on 21 November, 2009 he made his Bundesliga debut for the Millionaires.
Gotze scored 22 goals in 83 league appearances for the club between 2009 and 2013 and he joined Borussia Dortmund’s bitterest rivals Bayern Munich on April, 2013. The German midfielder, who is capable of playing as a striker as well, failed to impress in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign, but it has to be noted that he was struggling with injury at the start of the season.
Gotze won three Bundesliga trophies with Bayern Munich, but at the end of the 2015/2016 season he returned to Borussia Dortmund. In 2014 he represented Germany at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and he scored the winner in the final against Argentina. Mario Gotze was born in Memmingen on 3 June, 1992.
Highlighted Team (Union Berlin):
Union Berlin are a German football club originally founded back in 1906. Die Eisernen play home games at Stadion An der Alten Forsterei which can hold up to 22,012 spectators. Union Berlin’s home kit is red, with the team wearing white shirts and white shorts on the travels.
Union Berlin finished the 1923 domestic campaign as runners-up, with the team suffering a 3-0 loss to Hamburger SV in the title game. Speaking of the club’s biggest success in the German Cup, die Eisernen made it to the final of the competition in the 2000/2001 season. Schalke, though, proved to be a big catch for Union Berlin in the decider, with Jorg Bohme scoring a brace for die Knappen (2-0).
Union Berlin will face their local rivals Hertha in the 2019/2020 Bundesliga season as they secured promotion to the German top flight, but Hansa Rostock are considered the club’s main rivals.