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All in all, it is for both rivals at London’s Stamford Bridge in this eagerly awaited return leg in the semi-finals of the 2018/19 UEFA Europa League. After a 1-1 draw from the first leg is still largely open. The home side draw into the final in Baku with a home win or a goalless draw.
The guests from Hesse need either an away win or a draw, in which more than one goal of both teams is at the end to book. This is a starting position that basically promises goals full, especially since both teams in the previous Europa League season were not children of sadness. Nevertheless, the eagles would now have to write history. Not only by being the first German team ever to reach the final in the Europa League, which was founded for the 2009/10 season. But also by optimally becoming the first German team ever to win away to Chelsea.
At least speak at Chelsea Vs. Frankfurt the odds of bookmakers clearly against the Bundesliga. So the blues from London have been without a defeat for 16 consecutive matches in Europe. Alone in the current season, the team of Maurizio Sarri won eleven of the 13 games in two draws. But at Chelsea Vs. Frankfurt must also be taken into account in the forecast that the SGE was responsible for one of these two draws and was able to celebrate a 1-0 away win after a draw in a first leg trophy like Inter Milan in the first leg. In addition, the Eintracht of 13 European League matches has a similarly strong record: ten wins, two draws, one defeat. The more difficult it is to place a tip in the classic 3-way system at Chelsea against Frankfurt.
Chelsea:
Basically, everything looks as if a very shaky season at Chelsea FC will turn out well. After three games in a row without victory, the Blues won at the weekend in the Premier League at home against Watford FC clearly 3-0 and thus stormed into third place. This means that the Blues will return to the Champions League with four points ahead of local rivals Arsenal FC next season. The most important goal of the season has already been achieved, while an optional third-year title could be won – assuming that the first year under Conte successor Maurizio Sarri leads the reigning FA Cup winner to Baku in the Europa League final ,
At least the starting position could be significantly worse after the 1-1 draw in Germany. In addition, the Blues have not lost their away goals and the first leg, so they hold all the trumps in the hand at home Stamford Bridge. However, Maurizio Sarri had to put up with some criticism for his starting grid against Watford. So he sparred neither his main man, hired by Real Madrid playmaker Eden Hazard, nor a battered player like N’Golo Kanté, who also promptly injured after ten minutes and for the return leg against Frankfurt in the balance is. A statement that he then justified by the fact that the Premier League has priority for him before he then admitted that the use of Kanté was a mistake. In addition to the failures of Antonio Rüdiger and Gary Cahill, the French world champion would be the third serious defensive failure of the Londoners to defy the Frankfurt offensive.
After all: The Champions League is in a dry towel, so Maurizio Sarri can now muster all the capacity of his team for the Europa League. And Chelsea is against Frankfurt in the odds of bookmakers alone therefore already the huge favorite, because the blues have remained 16 consecutive games in the Europa League in series without defeat. Even more: Eleven of the last 13 games have been won. In addition, the overall winner of the 2012/13 Europa League – at that time not as a starter, but as a “relegated” (or Group Knights) from the Champions League – never in a knockout round of the second most important European competition for club teams has never been eliminated and has never lost a competitive match at home Stamford Bridge against a Bundesliga player (six wins, two draws).
All these numbers clearly indicate that Chelsea FC is the big favorite to move into this year’s Europa League Final. But at least one value speaks for the guests from Frankfurt: Nine times in the history of international competitions Chelsea FC has played away in the first leg draw – and reached in the subsequent nine home games with this actually good starting position only in five of these nine cases, the next Round. Alone in three of the last four cases, the Blues eliminated in the home leg in the second leg draw after Remis in the first leg – last with a 2-2 home draw against Paris Saint-Germain in the knockout stages of the Champions League 2014/15 after a 1-1 draw in the French state capital. So is there any chance for the away-strong eagles?
Frankfurt:
There was only one victory for Eintracht Frankfurt from the last six competitive matches. This brought the Eagles in the 2-0 home win in the quarter-final second leg against Benfica Lisbon Although the ticket for the semifinals, if the troupe of Adi Hütter but fails here, the sensational season just before the finish line could still suffer a severe damper. At only two out of twelve points in the last four Bundesliga games, qualifying for the Champions League, which looked good for a long time, is shaky. Even more: In eighth place, there are just three points ahead, making the SGE in two other weak appearances in the Beletage of German football – and on the last match day, of all things Bayern Munich – in the end even completely empty-handed there could.
Especially the 1: 6 debacle at Bayer Leverkusen on Sunday evening was more than just a damper against a direct competitor for fourth place. It was also a veritable momentum killer in terms of the important away game at Stamford Bridge, in which already a draw with two goals or more of both teams or the away win would ensure the entry into the final. A team that has already scored a victory at Inter Milan, is the fundamentally trusted, however, Adi Hütter in this regard faces the difficult task, the heads of his team until Thursday evening as soon as possible to get free. Finally, the historic defeat, which saw six goals conceded for a team in the Bundesliga within 36 minutes, will be gnawing strongly on the eagles.
Although Luka Jovic and Mijat Gacinovic were two very conspicuous players in the first leg against Chelsea FC, it is also to be expected that the Hessians will present themselves completely differently in London. Nevertheless, at Chelsea Vs. Frankfurt the tip on the finals with the disgrace in Leverkusen anything but realistic.
There are still two glimmers of hope on the horizon. On the one hand, Pokal hero Ante Rebic, with whom the blues’ replacement-weakened defensive could get their problems especially with long balls in the center, is entitled to play again after the yellow card suspension from the first leg. Secondly, Sébastian Haller could intervene with a long-term injured man – and if only for a half-time. In addition, the previous record in the current Europa League season encourages. The SGE not only won all six preliminary matches against well-known opponents such as Lazio Roma and Olympique Marseille, but brings it to a total of ten victories from the 13 previous games (two draws, one defeat). Although the Adler were eliminated in three of their four knockout rounds, in which the first leg ended in Frankfurt with a draw. However, the one time it has come to pass is only a matter of a few weeks back when the Giuseppe Meazza Stadium was stormed at Inter Milan following the 0-0 draw at home. If the Hessians are thinking about this game, then the chance for the first ever away win of a Bundesliga team at Stamford Bridge is quite possible.
Chelsea vs Eintracht Frankfurt head to head matches
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