MatchEintracht Frankfurt v Liverpool: 15 stats about Champions League tie
Take a statistical look ahead to Liverpool’s Champions League clash with Eintracht Frankfurt on Wednesday evening.
The Reds resume their European campaign by travelling to Deutsche Bank Park for matchday three of the league phase (8pm BST kick-off).
Read on for 15 facts and figures to know about the tie against the Bundesliga club…
The clubs have played each other in one tie previously, in the 1972-73 UEFA Cup first round. Liverpool won 2-0 at home, through goals from Kevin Keegan and Emlyn Hughes, and drew 0-0 away, then went on to lift the trophy.
The Reds have faced German opponents 48 times overall to date, winning 26 and losing only seven.
Liverpool are unbeaten in their last 14 matches with German sides, winning 11 and drawing three, since a 4-2 loss at Bayer Leverkusen in 2002.
Hugo Ekitike scored 26 goals in 64 matches for Eintracht in all competitions between February 2024 and the end of the 2024-25 season.
The Reds are one goal away from totalling 300 as the away team in all European fixtures.
Mohamed Salah remains two goals short of the landmark of 250 for Liverpool in all competitions.
Arne Slot has won all four of his previous games as a coach against a German opponent – versus Union Berlin (twice) and Bayer Leverkusen and RB Leipzig last season.
Conor Bradley will miss the matchday-four clash with Real Madrid at Anfield next month if he is booked in this game.
The Reds have played seven times in Europe on October 22 before, winning three, while drawing and losing two each. One of the victories saw Michael Owen score a hat-trick at Spartak Moscow in the Champions League in 2002.
Eintracht were the first German team to reach the European Cup final, losing 7-3 to Real Madrid at Hampden Park in 1960.
So far this season in the Champions League, both of their matches ended in 5-1 outcomes. They defeated Galatasaray at home and then lost by the same score at Atletico Madrid.
They have lost only two of their last 14 home fixtures in the group stage/league phase of European competition.
Eintracht’s 10 games this season have produced 54 goals, scoring 30 and conceding 24.
Frankfurt coach Dino Toppmoller is the son of Klaus Toppmoller, who was in charge of Bayer Leverkusen when they eliminated Liverpool from the quarter-finals of the Champions League in 2002.
Jonathan Burkardt has scored six goals in his last six games for the club, including both in the 2-2 draw at Freiburg last weekend.