By Rich
Sebastian Haller and Ante Rebic powered Eintracht Frankfurt to their 6th victory in their last 7 competitive matches with a 3:0 shutout of Stuttgart on Friday. Haller scored the 1st goal of the match just 11 minutes in, after an earlier goal of his in the 5th minute was disallowed on an offsides call. Rebic followed in the 32nd minute with his first-ever Bundesliga header. Stuttgart’s Mario Gomez and Nico Gonzalez then missed a few opportunities in the 2nd half before Nicolai Müller sealed the victory with another header in the 89th minute. The top 2 scorers in the Bundesliga are now both Frankfurt players, and Haller has already scored more goals this season than he managed in the entire first half of last season. Stuttgart, meanwhile, are in the midst of their worst-ever Bundesliga season start, having lost 7 of their last 10 contests. Looking to knock both Haller and Jovic from atop the scorers’ table on Saturday will be Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski when Freiburg travels to the Allianz Arena. Freiburg’s record in the Bavarian capital couldn’t be worse: they have yet to win a single match in 28 Bundesliga visits to Bayern, 1860 München, and Unterhaching. They have, however, been enjoying one of their best-ever season starts in the top league and have managed just 1 point fewer than Bayern in the last 7 matches. Bayern’s Lewandowski has scored 13 goals in just 12 previous meetings with Freiburg. Should Bayern defeat Freiburg on Saturday, Borussia Dortmund will need a win when they travel to Wolfsburg on Saturday to remain at the top of the table. Dortmund are just 1 of 2 clubs in the top 5 divisions in Europe to have not lost a competitive fixture this season. Dortmund’s Paco Alcacer joins the 2 Frankfurt scorers at the top of the scorers’ table and has found the net, on average, every 18 minutes he has been on pitch. Wolfsburg have been struggling this season and have not scored in their last 3 meetings with Dortmund. Looking ahead to Sunday, the 2 other clubs near the top of the table, Gladbach and Bremen, will play against 2 of the league’s current bottom-dwellers. Both Gladbach and Bremen have 17 points going into this weekend and both could pull into 2nd place, depending on the outcome of the Bayern-Freiburg fixture.
Sebastian Haller and Ante Rebic powered Eintracht Frankfurt to their 6th victory in their last 7 competitive matches with a 3:0 shutout of Stuttgart on Friday. Haller scored the 1st goal of the match just 11 minutes in, after an earlier goal of his in the 5th minute was disallowed on an offsides call. Rebic followed in the 32nd minute with his first-ever Bundesliga header. Stuttgart’s Mario Gomez and Nico Gonzalez then missed a few opportunities in the 2nd half before Nicolai Müller sealed the victory with another header in the 89th minute. The top 2 scorers in the Bundesliga are now both Frankfurt players, and Haller has already scored more goals this season than he managed in the entire first half of last season. Stuttgart, meanwhile, are in the midst of their worst-ever Bundesliga season start, having lost 7 of their last 10 contests. Looking to knock both Haller and Jovic from atop the scorers’ table on Saturday will be Bayern’s Robert Lewandowski when Freiburg travels to the Allianz Arena. Freiburg’s record in the Bavarian capital couldn’t be worse: they have yet to win a single match in 28 Bundesliga visits to Bayern, 1860 München, and Unterhaching. They have, however, been enjoying one of their best-ever season starts in the top league and have managed just 1 point fewer than Bayern in the last 7 matches. Bayern’s Lewandowski has scored 13 goals in just 12 previous meetings with Freiburg. Should Bayern defeat Freiburg on Saturday, Borussia Dortmund will need a win when they travel to Wolfsburg on Saturday to remain at the top of the table. Dortmund are just 1 of 2 clubs in the top 5 divisions in Europe to have not lost a competitive fixture this season. Dortmund’s Paco Alcacer joins the 2 Frankfurt scorers at the top of the scorers’ table and has found the net, on average, every 18 minutes he has been on pitch. Wolfsburg have been struggling this season and have not scored in their last 3 meetings with Dortmund. Looking ahead to Sunday, the 2 other clubs near the top of the table, Gladbach and Bremen, will play against 2 of the league’s current bottom-dwellers. Both Gladbach and Bremen have 17 points going into this weekend and both could pull into 2nd place, depending on the outcome of the Bayern-Freiburg fixture.
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