Eintracht Frankfurt vs 1899 Hoffenheim

Since the start of the 2018/19 season, Eintracht Frankfurt have won nine of their 12 Bundesliga games against TSG Hoffenheim (D1, L2), more victories than versus any other team during this period. The Eagles beat TSG twice last season – the only other side they did the double over was 1. FC Heidenheim.

Eintracht Frankfurt are unbeaten in eight Bundesliga home games against TSG Hoffenheim (W5, D3) – they aren’t on a longer run against any current top-flight side. This is TSG’s longest ongoing wait for a win away to any team in the Bundesliga.

Eintracht Frankfurt have now lost three of their last four games on matchday 1 of a Bundesliga season. They are joint-bottom with FC St. Pauli after their 2-0 defeat at Borussia Dortmund. The Eagles were most recently bottom two years ago after a 6-1 defeat to start against FC Bayern. Frankfurt last lost their opening two games of a top-flight campaign in 2013/14.

TSG Hoffenheim beat Holstein Kiel 3-2 on matchday 1 to start with a win for the first time in three years (4-0 in Augsburg back then). Over the last 13 seasons, TSG have only started a Bundesliga campaign with back-to-back wins once (2020/21).

Spanning multiple seasons, Eintracht Frankfurt have only won one of their last 10 Bundesliga games (3-1 against Augsburg, otherwise D4, L5). They are also winless in their last five games (D2, L3). SGE have never gone longer without victory under Dino Toppmöller (also 5 games from MD2-MD6 last season), and most recently endured a longer winless run between February and May 2023 (10 games).