Eintracht Frankfurt vs Shakhtar Donetsk will play on February 21, 2019, at the “Commerzbank-Arena” stadium in Frankfurt, in the second leg of the Europa League sixteen (see program and results here). The game will start at 19:55 and will be watched live on Telekom Sport and Digi Sport. In the first round, on February 14, 2019, Shakhtar Donetsk and Eintracht Frankfurt finished 2-2 in Harkov.
Eintracht Frankfurt: Time Form, Latest Results, Statistics
Eintracht Frankfurt finished 1st in Group H in the Europa League with 18 points, followed by Lazio Rome 9 points, Apollon Limassol 7 points and Olympique Marseille 1 point. The results of the Germans were 2-1 (away) and 4-0 (home) with Olympique Marseille, 4-1 (home) and 2-1 (away) with Lazio Roma and 2-0 (home) and 3-2 (away ) with Apollon Limassol. The “eagles”, which have a batch of € 224.20 million from transfermarkt.com, go through a weaker period in the Bundesliga, where they have four consecutive draws. The team trained by Austrian Adi Hütter is ranked 7th in the standings, with 34 points after 22 rounds disputed. Eintracht Frankfurt is 9 points in the Champions League (4th is RB Leipzig) and 1 point in the Europa League (6th position is VfL Wolfsburg).
Shakhtar Donetsk: form of moment, latest results, statistics
Shakhtar Donetsk ranked 3rd in Group F of the Champions League, having 6 points, after Manchester City 13 points and Olympique Lyon 8 points, but ahead of Hoffenheim 3 points. The results of the Ukrainians were 2-2 (home) and 3-2 (away) with Hoffenheim, 2-2 (away) and 1-1 (home) with Lyon and 0-3 (home) and 0-6 (away) Manchester City. The “Miners”, which has a lot to put at 106,20 million € transfermarkt.com, have a big disadvantage to the Germans, that they do not have official matches, the Ukrainian champions coming back this weekend. Shahtior’s last match was on December 7, 2018, 3-0 away with FC Mariupol. After 18 rounds of play, the team trained by Portuguese Paulo Fonseca is in first place in the standings, having 45 points, 7 points more than occupying the 2nd position, Dinamo Kiev.
Eintracht Frankfurt – Shakhtar Donetsk: Direct results (H2H)
So far, Eintracht Frankfurt and Shakhtar Donetsk have never met in the European Cups ever met in the 1980-1981 season in the first round of the UEFA Cup. Then Eintracht Frankfurt was from RF Germany, and Shakhtar Donetsk from the Soviet Union. Shakhtar Donetsk set 1-0 in the tour, but West Germans turned the result in return, winning 3-0.
Latest 3 direct results
- 1980-1981: Shakhtar Donetsk – Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 (UEFA Cup, round I)
- 1980-1981: Eintracht Frankfurt – Shakhtar Donetsk 3-0 (UEFA Cup, round I)
- 2018-2019: Shakhtar Donetsk – Eintracht Frankfurt 2-2 (Europa League, 16-imi)
Eintracht Frankfurt vs Shakhtar Donetsk: Picks
Eintracht Frankfurt has 2.00 for a success and Shakhtar Donetsk has 3.60 for a victory. Draw is 3.65. On the 14th of February in Harkov, Shakhtar Donetsk and Eintracht Frankfurt finished in a draw, score 2-2 (Marlos 10p, Taison 67 – Martin Hinteregger 7, Filip Kostić 50). The Germans impressed in the group stage, because they won all the matches, and among the opponents were Lazio or OM. The Ukrainians recently played in the Champions League with another German team, TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, which defeated it with 3-2 away, so there is nothing to fear Eintracht Frankfurt. “Eagles” are favorites to qualify, with 1.44, while “miners” have 2.75. Eintracht Frankfurt is in optimi and 0-0, but will have a very hard match, because Shakhtar Donetsk is an opponent who has very technical Brazilian players who will play offensive.
Prediction Today: Over 2.5
Odds: 1.68