Bundesliga Gameweek 18 Sat, Jan 23 · 14:30 Frankfurt Arena, Frankfurt am Main
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Away travel424 kmRest days7 · 7Matches / 14d3 · 3
Real contextStrength only
Eintracht Frankfurt—%
Draw—%
Union Berlin—%
Expected goals — – — No forecast for this match yet. Forecasts are published up to 21 days ahead.
Weather (Frankfurt am Main)

Forecast from 8 Jan

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Key insights

Automatic descriptive highlights for Eintracht Frankfurt and Union Berlin. These describe recorded performance and do not change the match forecast. Each metric is ordered within its own type; types alternate to keep the selection varied. Up to six distinct signals per category, with at most three per team.

Result statistics require at least five known completed matches. They use the last ten recorded results across all competitions, or the last eight away results. Future, special and invalid results are excluded; missing results can interrupt real-world sequences, so streaks refer to recorded results. 10+ means at least ten within the window.

Bars run oldest to newest. Height shows goals scored, or goals conceded in conceding cards, on the same 0–6 scale. Six or more goals use maximum height; zero retains a small marker. Colour shows the result: teal = win, amber = draw, red = loss. In event and streak cards, solid bars mark the event and faded bars mark its absence. Hover for the date, full score and event. xG and points cards compare their two inputs, not a fabricated history.

xG Difference uses the observed pre-match Playing style averages already shown for this fixture. Window size is not xG coverage, and the two averages can have different denominators. Result statistics use completed matches recorded up to now; their window can differ from the Playing style profile. Season points and xPts are not included here.

Headlines insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Attack insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Defence insights

All qualifying highlights · metric types alternate, not a combined ranking

Streaks

Not enough recorded data for this category yet.

Team strength

Eintracht FrankfurtUnion Berlin
— L90 StrengthIn forecast —
48 Current StrengthIn forecast 39
54 AttackIn forecast 42
37 DefenceIn forecast 41
52 Form indexContext 38
In forecastContext

L90 Strength, Attack and Defence come from the same Elo rating and attack and defence ratings the forecast uses. Form index is explained in Recent performance.

Match Opportunity

Full analysis

Eintracht Frankfurt

Attack—
Defense risk—

Union Berlin

Attack—
Defense risk—

Opportunity unavailable for one or both teams.

Playing style

Eintracht FrankfurtUnion Berlin
1.67 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 0.83
2.67 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.83
1.77 xGVia Att/Def 1.17
2.00 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.09
-0.10 Goals minus xGContext -0.34
83% Scored inContext 50%
17% Clean sheetsContext 33%
14.67 ShotsContext 12.83
5.83 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 6.75
40% On target shareContext 35%
11.50 Shots in the boxContext 9.00
78% Box shareContext 64%
11% ConversionContext 7%
2.00 OffsidesContext 2.60
17.50 Shots allowedContext 15.67
7.00 On target allowedVia Att/Def 7.00
5.00 BlocksContext 4.20
4.67 Goalkeeper savesContext 4.40
67% Save rateContext 56%
51% PossessionIn forecast 44%
436 PassesContext 359
353 Accurate passesContext 268
81% Pass accuracyContext 75%
6.86 Team ratingContext 6.58
10.33 FoulsContext 11.67
13.17 Fouls sufferedContext 10.50
2.33 Yellow cardsContext 2.50
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
This league season, per match · 6 and 6 games
1.60 Goals scoredVia Att/Def 1.50
2.40 Goals concededVia Att/Def 2.30
1.60 xGVia Att/Def 1.31
1.75 xG allowedVia Att/Def 2.00
+0.00 Goals minus xGContext +0.19
90% Scored inContext 70%
10% Clean sheetsContext 30%
14.10 ShotsContext 12.30
5.80 Shots on targetVia Att/Def 5.88
41% On target shareContext 38%
9.60 Shots in the boxContext 8.30
68% Box shareContext 63%
11% ConversionContext 12%
2.22 OffsidesContext 2.43
15.70 Shots allowedContext 14.50
6.40 On target allowedVia Att/Def 5.90
4.44 BlocksContext 4.13
4.20 Goalkeeper savesContext 3.56
66% Save rateContext 57%
53% PossessionIn forecast 45%
449 PassesContext 372
370 Accurate passesContext 285
82% Pass accuracyContext 77%
6.78 Team ratingContext 6.74
10.80 FoulsContext 10.30
12.10 Fouls sufferedContext 9.60
2.30 Yellow cardsContext 2.20
0.00 Red cardsContext 0.00
Last 10 matches, all competitions, per match · 10 and 10 games
In forecastVia Att/DefContext

In forecast: possession adjusts the LOAD90 forecast directly. Via Att/Def: goals, xG and shots on target feed the attack and defence ratings. Context: describes the style, no correction of its own.

Recent performance last 5 · schedule

Eintracht Frankfurt
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel0 km285 km in 14d
Schedule load15%Low
Form 52 · 7 pts vs 6.8 for an average club · +0.7 vs expected
  • W16 OctH · 1.FC Köln1–01.8 xPts
  • L10 OctA · RB Leipzig0–60.8 xPts
  • D19 SepH · SC Freiburg2–21.3 xPts
  • W12 SepA · FSV Mainz 053–10.9 xPts
  • L6 SepH · FC Augsburg1–41.5 xPts
Union Berlin
Rest7 dayssince last match
Matches / 14d3all competitions
Travel424 km1,633 km in 14d
Schedule load26%Moderate
Form 38 · 4 pts vs 5.4 for an average club · -0.8 vs expected
  • D17 OctH · Borussia Dortmund0–00.9 xPts
  • W10 OctH · SV Elversberg1–01.4 xPts
  • L18 SepA · Bayern München0–70.2 xPts
  • L11 SepH · FC Schalke 041–31.6 xPts
  • L5 SepA · Bayer Leverkusen0–40.7 xPts

Expected points come from each pre-match EloLambda forecast (3 × win chance + draw chance). Explains recent results; in our tests recent form did not add predictive value on top of the model. Rest, travel and schedule load are context; only High Congestion (4+ matches in 14 days) changes the forecast. Full schedule below.

Full schedule & recovery
Eintracht Frankfurt Union Berlin
Schedule loaddescriptive index, contextLow · 15Moderate · 26
High congestion4+ matches in 14 days, in the forecastNoNo
Rest dayssince last match7Bundesliga 2026-2027, 16 Jan7Bundesliga 2026-2027, 16 Jan
Travel to venuefrom home stadium0 km424 km
Travel, last 14 daysaway trips, both ways285 km1,633 km
Matcheslast 7 / 14 / 28 days1 / 3 / 31 / 3 / 3
Next matchdays after this one77

All competitions synced from eScored, including cups and Europe. Distances are straight-line between stadium cities. Only High Congestion changes the forecast; the other rows are context.

Squad & lineups

Eintracht Frankfurt Last XI · not confirmed
4-4-2 · vs 1.FC Köln (H) 1–0, 16 Oct
1N. Atubolu(G)
26K. Kosugi 3L. Brassier 4R. Koch 34P. Collins
8F. Chaïbi 27M. Götze 25R. Onyedika 20R. Doan
11Y. Ebnoutalib 9J. Burkardt
Union Berlin Last XI · not confirmed
4-2-3-1 · vs Borussia Dortmund (H) 0–0, 17 Oct
1F. Rønnow(G)
15T. Rothe 2O. Uduokhai 4Z. Van Den Bosch 19J. Haberer
13A. Schäfer 20M. Aebischer
30K. Imeri 11W. Jeong 8R. Khedira
21T. Skarke

Last XI is the club's most recent recorded starting lineup, Confirmed XI is the official lineup for this match. We do not publish a predicted lineup. Players in red are reported missing for this match.

Key absences
Eintracht Frankfurt Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Union Berlin Squad list arrives with the next forecast refresh
Total impact vs full squads —

Home / Away this season

Eintracht Frankfurt · Home 1.33points per game · 3 home games
W-D-L
1-1-1
Scored
1.33
Conceded
2.00
Union Berlin · Away 0.00points per game · 2 away games
W-D-L
0-0-2
Scored
0.00
Conceded
5.50

Actual results only, not forecast λ. Samples this early in the season are small, so these numbers are not used as a forecast correction.

Head to head last 10 of 11 meetings

2 Eintracht Frankfurt wins4 draws4 Union Berlin wins
Goals per game1.40 – 1.50 Over 2.540% Both scored50% Clean sheets30% · 30%
  • 29 Aug 2026Union Berlin3–3Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 6 Feb 2026Union Berlin1–1Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 21 Sep 2025Eintracht Frankfurt3–4Union Berlin
  • 9 Mar 2025Eintracht Frankfurt1–2Union Berlin
  • 27 Oct 2024Union Berlin1–1Eintracht Frankfurt
  • 30 Mar 2024Eintracht Frankfurt0–0Union Berlin

All competitions, finished games before this kick-off. Shown as history: in our tests head-to-head added almost nothing on top of the model.

Goal timing

Eintracht Frankfurt6 games · scored 10 · conceded 16
5 3 0-15
16-30
2 3 31-45
1 4 46-60
1 1 61-75
1 5 76-90
Union Berlin6 games · scored 5 · conceded 17
1 3 0-15
3 16-30
2 31-45
3 46-60
4 61-75
4 2 76-90
Eintracht Frankfurt10 games · scored 16 · conceded 24
6 4 0-15
16-30
2 7 31-45
2 6 46-60
3 2 61-75
3 5 76-90
Union Berlin10 games · scored 15 · conceded 23
2 3 0-15
5 16-30
2 3 31-45
1 4 46-60
1 6 61-75
9 2 76-90

scored conceded, by 15-minute band (stoppage time counts to the band before it). Only games with a complete goal log.

Scenario lab Soon

Real contextLOAD90 forecast: EloLambda plus playing style (possession) and High Congestion.
Pure EloLambdaControl forecast without the LOAD90 factors, as on eScored.
Strength onlyElo and home edge only.
Full squadsBoth teams with every player available.
Neutral venueRemove home advantage.