Football of the Day: Eagles can dare to get a result

Hosts can avoid defeat

Eintracht Frankfurt v RB Leipzig
Saturday September 03, 17:30
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Club Brugge delivered in style in Belgium last night, as they swept aside city rivals Cercle Brugge 4-0. They're on a roll, and so are we.

We'll head to Germany now, because Europa League winners Eintracht Frankfurt are in action against DFB Pokal champions RB Leipzig, and both teams have suffered hangovers.

Frankfurt lost the UEFA Super Cup to Real Madrid and got stuffed 6-1 by Bayern on the opening night of the league season, but they have at least shown signs of recent recovery. The Eagles won 4-3 at Werder Bremen last weekend, and are now unbeaten in their last three league matches. The closure of the transfer window should bring stability, with Daichi Kamada, Kevin Trapp and Evan N'Dicka staying put.

Leipzig won 8-0 in the DFB Pokal in midweek, but that was against lower-league opposition, and in the Bundesliga they have won just one of their four games. They leaked five goals in defeat to Bayern in the DFL Supercup, lost at Union Berlin and were held to draws by Stuttgart and Köln. There are already early murmurings about the future of coach Domenico Tedesco, who seemed untouchable after delivering the club's first major honour.

I think Leipzig are too short at 2.111/10 to win here. Frankfurt are improving, and their last five games against RBL in the league have yielded four draws and a win. I'll back the hosts +0.5 on the Asian Handicap,