Pre-Match Report

Countdown to Frankfurt: broadcast, weather, liveticker

Borussia Dortmund travel to Eintracht Frankfurt on Friday (9 January). Kick-off is scheduled for 20:30 CET. We have summarised all the information about our Bundesliga away game in a compact format. This page will be updated if there is any news.

Live broadcast: Sky, Sat.1 and Netradio
The match will be broadcast live on TV; not just on Sky, but also on Sat.1. Pre-match coverage on free-to-air TV will begin at 19:50 CET. Matthias Opdenhövel will host the programme, with Markus Babbel and Lars Stindl in the studio to share their expertise. Jonas Friedrich will be on commentary duties. The programme on Sky will be presented by Britta Hofmann, with Frank Buschmann and Florian Schmidt-Sommerfeld on commentary duties. BVB Netradio will be reporting through the usual Black & Yellow lens. The reporters are Norbert Dickel and Tobias Reiff. BVB Netradio will start 15 minutes before kick-off. It can be accessed by everyone on the homepage and in the BVB app on iPhone and Android devices. A summary of the match, as well as the press conference and comments on the game, will be available on BVB-TV, among other places.

Weather: cold and damp
The weather forecast for Friday: it will rain heavily throughout the day. The temperature will drop from five degrees at midday to around three degrees at kick-off in the evening. The probability of rain is given as 99%.

Liveticker: over to the app
BVB's digital channels operate at full throttle on matchday. And that's not only the case during the match, but throughout the matchday too – starting at 09:09 CEST, of course. In "Matchday Mode", the BVB app (download) offers news, pictures, posts, videos, statistics and plenty more match info besides. The live ticker starts at kick-off and updates you on all the important moments. In addition to the live ticker, there will be full match highlights, statistics and first-hand info on our social media channels Twitter, Facebook and Instagram. The match report plus reactions and facts will follow on the website and on the app after the final whistle.

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On Friday evening (20:30 CET, live on Sat.1 and Sky), the two clubs will meet for the second time this season.<\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"Borussia Dortmund and Eintracht Frankfurt will kick off Matchday 16 and contest the first Bundesliga match of the new year. On Friday evening (20:30 CET, live on Sat.1 and Sky), the two clubs will meet for the second time this season.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"The scenario  \n<\/b>\u201cIt would be extremely important for us to get off to a good start in January, carry the momentum from the last few games forward and maintain second place in the table,\u201d <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2026/1/5/Training-camp-in-Marbella-Sebastian-Kehl-on-stability-objectives-and-young-talents.html\" target=\"_blank\">said Sebastian Kehl<\/a> ahead of the first game of the year. The Black & Yellows have lost just one Bundesliga game this season. Before the turn of the year, they went eight games without defeat in the league, including five wins. BVB went into the winter break in second place in the table and, with 32 points after 15 games, are having their best season in seven years. Since 2 January, Borussia have been preparing for the second half of the season at their training camp in Marbella, Spain. \u201cWe worked well and were very focused. We concentrated on our attacking play. I hope we can see that in the difficult game against Eintracht,\u201d said BVB coach Niko Kovac.<\/p>\nOn Thursday, the team travelled directly from Spain to Frankfurt, where BVB last played at the end of October. In the second round of the DFB-Pokal, the Black & Yellows emerged 5-3 winners on penalties. Only 73 days lie between the two away games on the Main. \u201cWe know how difficult it will be at Eintracht. We had a battle in the cup. The last Bundesliga matches there were also very intense. Nevertheless, things always looked quite good. But it will certainly not be easy to defeat Frankfurt,\u201d Kehl continued.<\/p>\nPersonnel matters \n<\/b>Waldemar Anton is ready to play again. The centre-back had to sit out twice at the end of the year and initially trained individually in Marbella. \u201cI worked hard in my free time and had my rehab plan, which was also quite demanding,\u201d <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2026/1/3/I-feel-very-good-a-fit-Waldemar-Anton-reports-from-training-camp.html\" target=\"_blank\">explained the defender<\/a>, who has returned to team training at the training camp and is now set to return to the squad. Of the three young players who came to training camp, Mussa Kaba is also in Frankfurt and will be part of a Bundesliga squad for the first time.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/vorbericht-frankfurt/20260108AS071.JPG\" data-assetref=\"20260108AS071-1767899550267\"><\/p>\nAaron Anselmino, who has been training individually in Spain and has not yet rejoined the team, is not yet ready to play. According to Kovac, Gregor Kobel had a slight cold and back problems: \u201cWe will do everything we can to ensure that he can play the full 90 minutes in goal tomorrow. If that is not the case, we have enough quality to replace Gregor adequately.\u201d Jobe Bellingham is missing for the last time due to his red card suspension. Ramy Bensebaini has reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with Algeria and is not available for BVB.<\/p>\nThe opposition \n<\/b>Eintracht Frankfurt have won only one of their last six competitive matches (at home against Augsburg). In the Bundesliga, the team have conceded 30 goals after 15 matchdays and are seventh in the table with 25 points. \u201cWe know that Eintracht have conceded a lot of goals, but they have also scored a lot. That means we are facing a very strong opponent in attack,\u201d said the BVB coach about the opposition. \u201cWe already saw in the cup that it won\u2019t be an easy game. It will certainly be a close 90 minutes, but hopefully with a good outcome for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/10/28/dfb-spielbericht/Schlotterbeck-Bellingham-Jubel.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Schlotterbeck-Bellingham-Jubel-1767813109269\"><\/p>\nFirst game after the winter break \n<\/b>Exactly three weeks lie between BVB's last match of 2025 and their first after the winter break. Borussia's first Bundesliga match of the calendar year last January ended in a 3-2 defeat at home to Leverkusen on 10 January. It was the first time in 21 years that the Black & Yellows had lost at the start of the year. Among games won at the start of the year include an away match at Eintracht Frankfurt: on 8 January 2022, BVB came back from 2-0 down to win 3-2 on the Main. In the 71st minute, substitute Thorgan Hazard reduced the deficit to 2-1, Jude Bellingham equalised three minutes before the end, and in the 89th minute, current Frankfurt player Mahmoud Dahoud scored the winning goal. \nChristina Reinke<\/i><\/p>\n<a href=\"https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h57Lk0WBIPU\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Watch the video<\/a><\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"The scenario  \n<\/b>\u201cIt would be extremely important for us to get off to a good start in January, carry the momentum from the last few games forward and maintain second place in the table,\u201d <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2026/1/5/Training-camp-in-Marbella-Sebastian-Kehl-on-stability-objectives-and-young-talents.html\" target=\"_blank\">said Sebastian Kehl<\/a> ahead of the first game of the year. The Black & Yellows have lost just one Bundesliga game this season. Before the turn of the year, they went eight games without defeat in the league, including five wins. BVB went into the winter break in second place in the table and, with 32 points after 15 games, are having their best season in seven years. Since 2 January, Borussia have been preparing for the second half of the season at their training camp in Marbella, Spain. \u201cWe worked well and were very focused. We concentrated on our attacking play. I hope we can see that in the difficult game against Eintracht,\u201d said BVB coach Niko Kovac.<\/p>\nOn Thursday, the team travelled directly from Spain to Frankfurt, where BVB last played at the end of October. In the second round of the DFB-Pokal, the Black & Yellows emerged 5-3 winners on penalties. Only 73 days lie between the two away games on the Main. \u201cWe know how difficult it will be at Eintracht. We had a battle in the cup. The last Bundesliga matches there were also very intense. Nevertheless, things always looked quite good. But it will certainly not be easy to defeat Frankfurt,\u201d Kehl continued.<\/p>\nPersonnel matters \n<\/b>Waldemar Anton is ready to play again. The centre-back had to sit out twice at the end of the year and initially trained individually in Marbella. \u201cI worked hard in my free time and had my rehab plan, which was also quite demanding,\u201d <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2026/1/3/I-feel-very-good-a-fit-Waldemar-Anton-reports-from-training-camp.html\" target=\"_blank\">explained the defender<\/a>, who has returned to team training at the training camp and is now set to return to the squad. Of the three young players who came to training camp, Mussa Kaba is also in Frankfurt and will be part of a Bundesliga squad for the first time.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/vorbericht-frankfurt/20260108AS071.JPG\" data-assetref=\"20260108AS071-1767899550267\"><\/p>\nAaron Anselmino, who has been training individually in Spain and has not yet rejoined the team, is not yet ready to play. According to Kovac, Gregor Kobel had a slight cold and back problems: \u201cWe will do everything we can to ensure that he can play the full 90 minutes in goal tomorrow. If that is not the case, we have enough quality to replace Gregor adequately.\u201d Jobe Bellingham is missing for the last time due to his red card suspension. Ramy Bensebaini has reached the quarter-finals of the Africa Cup of Nations with Algeria and is not available for BVB.<\/p>\nThe opposition \n<\/b>Eintracht Frankfurt have won only one of their last six competitive matches (at home against Augsburg). In the Bundesliga, the team have conceded 30 goals after 15 matchdays and are seventh in the table with 25 points. \u201cWe know that Eintracht have conceded a lot of goals, but they have also scored a lot. That means we are facing a very strong opponent in attack,\u201d said the BVB coach about the opposition. \u201cWe already saw in the cup that it won\u2019t be an easy game. It will certainly be a close 90 minutes, but hopefully with a good outcome for us.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2025/10/28/dfb-spielbericht/Schlotterbeck-Bellingham-Jubel.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Schlotterbeck-Bellingham-Jubel-1767813109269\"><\/p>\nFirst game after the winter break \n<\/b>Exactly three weeks lie between BVB's last match of 2025 and their first after the winter break. Borussia's first Bundesliga match of the calendar year last January ended in a 3-2 defeat at home to Leverkusen on 10 January. 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Based on their excellent performances in their youth teams, the youngsters were allowed to travel to Spain with the first team. <\/b><\/p>\n","xdm:linkURL":"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2026/1/9/These-young-players-stood-out-at-the-training-camp.html","@type":"/apps/bvbweb/components/newssliderelements/editable","dc:title":"These young players stood out at the training camp","repo:modifyDate":"2026-01-08T17:43:00Z"}},"displayTag":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"displayTag","title":"Display Department","multiValue":true,"value":["bvbweb:news/sub-category/profis"],"exportedType":"text/plain"},"metadescription":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"metadescription","title":"Meta Description","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"linkTarget":"_self","link":"https://www.bvb.de/de/en/news/news-overview/news.html/2026/1/9/These-young-players-stood-out-at-the-training-camp.html","stageImages":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"string","name":"stageImages","title":"Image (Stage Image)","multiValue":true,"value":["/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Albert-Kaba-Inacio.jpg"],"exportedType":"text/plain"},"experience":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"experience","title":"Experience Fragment","multiValue":false,"exportedType":"text/plain"},"appExport":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"appExport","title":"App Export (Clubplatform)","multiValue":false,"value":true,"exportedType":"boolean"},"showDate":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"calendar","name":"showDate","title":"Show Date and Time (CET)","multiValue":false,"value":"08.01.26 17:43 Z","exportedType":"calendar"},"teaserText":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"teaserText","html":"When Borussia Dortmund's first team left for their training camp in Marbella last Friday, three players stood somewhat apart from the group at the departure gate, observing things almost subdued. Shortly thereafter, however, every trace of reserve had disappeared: on the training pitch, Mussa Kaba (17), Mathis Albert (16) and Samuele Inacio (17) were immediately in the thick of things. Based on their excellent performances in their youth teams, the youngsters were allowed to travel to Spain with the first team. <\/b><\/p>\n","title":"Teaser Text","multiValue":false,"value":"When Borussia Dortmund's first team left for their training camp in Marbella last Friday, three players stood somewhat apart from the group at the departure gate, observing things almost subdued. Shortly thereafter, however, every trace of reserve had disappeared: on the training pitch, Mussa Kaba (17), Mathis Albert (16) and Samuele Inacio (17) were immediately in the thick of things. Based on their excellent performances in their youth teams, the youngsters were allowed to travel to Spain with the first team.","exportedType":"text/html"},"scheduledPush":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"scheduledPush","title":"Scheduled Push Notification?","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"disableAdsOnNewsPage":{"multiLine":false,"dataType":"boolean","name":"disableAdsOnNewsPage","title":"Disable Ads on News Page","multiValue":false,"value":false,"exportedType":"boolean"},"text":{"multiLine":true,"dataType":"string","name":"text","html":"\u201cMussa, Samu and Mathis, are part of our development programme and are making positive progress \u2013 both with their performance on the pitch and with their reliability off pitch. They work very hard every week on the rigorous programme that we have set up for them,\u201d says Mathias Schiele. He has been Head of Player Development/Individual Coach Licence at BVB since a year and a half and has closely accompanied the three youth players since then. \u201cYou can tell they are extremely focused on their goal. That's why it was obvious they deserved the opportunity to join us at the training camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Albert-Duranville-Inacio.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Albert-Duranville-Inacio-1767894164232\"> \n<\/p>\nThey are not guests but have to show right from the start that they truly want to be part of things. For Schiele this means: \u201cNot shying away from any challenges, in order to learn how robust professional football is compared to youth football. Constantly showing their strengths and realising that you suddenly have limits that you don't normally have in youth football.\u201d The training camp with the first team is another step in introducing the young players to professional football. What they learn in Spain, they are expected to put into practice next week with the U23. While Kaba has been part of the second team since last summer,  Inacio and Albert are now moving up to the Regional League team.<\/p>\n<h2>Praise from the coach <\/b><\/h2>\nBut most of all, the three young players have used the seven days at the Costa del Sol to draw attention to themselves and impress Niko Kovac's coaching staff. Schiele is also very pleased: \u201cThe three of them have persevered the whole week and performed very well at the training camp, so they received positive feedback from the coach. They are very happy but also very tired, because it's been very intense for these lads.\u201c In professional footbal, the pace is much higher, the passes are much sharper, the spaces are taken up more quickly, and there's less time for individual actions. \u201cOverall, it is much more complex,\u201d explains Schiele.<\/p>\nKaba, Albert and Inacio,  have taken the next step towards professional football at this training camp. More steps are expected to follow. \u201cThere's nothing more I would wish for, then for our own talents to get playing time with the first team in the second half of the season,\u201d <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2026/1/5/Trainingslager-in-Marbella-Sebastian-Kehl-ueber-Stabilitaet-Ziele-und-Talente.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says sporting director Sebastian Kehl<\/a>.  \u201cIn the end, they are responsible for that with their own performance. It's not handed to you on a silver platter, nothing is promised, but there are definitely possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Albert.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Albert-1767894105282\"><\/p>\nSixteen-year-old Mathis Albert<\/b> has played for Borussia Dortmund since 2024 and was already part of the BVB squad at the Club World Club in the summer of 2025. With 16 years and 27 days, the American was the youngest player in the tournament during BVB's first group stage, although he didn't play. <\/p>\nMathias Schiele: \u201cMathis is a very determined, impulsive and strong winger, who loves one-to-one challenges. He constantly tries to draw in opponents, and attack and outmanoeuvre them with his tricks \u2013 and he has an incredible drive towards the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Inacio.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Inacio-1767894115113\"><\/b><\/p>\nSamuele Inacio<\/b>, son of professional Brazilian footballer Pia, has also played for BVB since 2024 and participated in the Club World Cup. The 17-year-old Italian excelled in November at the U17 World Up, scoring four goals and providing two assists in seven games and was named \u201cMan of the Match\u201d in each of the three group matches. He had previously been top scorer at the U17 European Championship. <\/p>\nMathias Schiele: \u201cSamu is a very creative player who sees spaces and is very good at judging how often en how long he can hold onto the ball. He is a great goal threat and makes plenty of runs into the penalty area. As link between build-up play and the final period, he can control the game very well during moments of transition.\u201d <\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Kaba.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Kaba-1767894137083\"><\/p>\nMussa Kaba<\/b>, currently 17-years-old, moved to the U23 in the summer of 2023 at the age of 16. He was sidelined with an injury during the first half of the season and is expected to get more playing time in the second half of the season. The midfielder has worn the black and yellow since 2021 and won the German U17 Championship in the 2023/24 season.<\/p>\nMathias Schiele: \u201cWith Mussa we have a player who can dictate the game from the first line. He has incredibly composure on the ball and is very good at defending forward, so he knows very well when to step up and when to take a step back. Strategically, he's a very strong player.\u201d \nChristina Reinke<\/i><\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Mane-Kaba.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Mane-Kaba-1767894179480\"><\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Albert-Inacio-Guirassy.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Albert-Inacio-Guirassy-1767894187655\"><\/p>\n","title":"Text","multiValue":false,"value":"\u201cMussa, Samu and Mathis, are part of our development programme and are making positive progress \u2013 both with their performance on the pitch and with their reliability off pitch. They work very hard every week on the rigorous programme that we have set up for them,\u201d says Mathias Schiele. He has been Head of Player Development/Individual Coach Licence at BVB since a year and a half and has closely accompanied the three youth players since then. \u201cYou can tell they are extremely focused on their goal. That's why it was obvious they deserved the opportunity to join us at the training camp.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Albert-Duranville-Inacio.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Albert-Duranville-Inacio-1767894164232\"> \n<\/p>\nThey are not guests but have to show right from the start that they truly want to be part of things. For Schiele this means: \u201cNot shying away from any challenges, in order to learn how robust professional football is compared to youth football. Constantly showing their strengths and realising that you suddenly have limits that you don't normally have in youth football.\u201d The training camp with the first team is another step in introducing the young players to professional football. What they learn in Spain, they are expected to put into practice next week with the U23. While Kaba has been part of the second team since last summer,  Inacio and Albert are now moving up to the Regional League team.<\/p>\n<h2>Praise from the coach <\/b><\/h2>\nBut most of all, the three young players have used the seven days at the Costa del Sol to draw attention to themselves and impress Niko Kovac's coaching staff. Schiele is also very pleased: \u201cThe three of them have persevered the whole week and performed very well at the training camp, so they received positive feedback from the coach. They are very happy but also very tired, because it's been very intense for these lads.\u201c In professional footbal, the pace is much higher, the passes are much sharper, the spaces are taken up more quickly, and there's less time for individual actions. \u201cOverall, it is much more complex,\u201d explains Schiele.<\/p>\nKaba, Albert and Inacio,  have taken the next step towards professional football at this training camp. More steps are expected to follow. \u201cThere's nothing more I would wish for, then for our own talents to get playing time with the first team in the second half of the season,\u201d <a href=\"https://www.bvb.de/de/de/aktuelles/news/news.html/2026/1/5/Trainingslager-in-Marbella-Sebastian-Kehl-ueber-Stabilitaet-Ziele-und-Talente.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">says sporting director Sebastian Kehl<\/a>.  \u201cIn the end, they are responsible for that with their own performance. It's not handed to you on a silver platter, nothing is promised, but there are definitely possibilities.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Albert.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Albert-1767894105282\"><\/p>\nSixteen-year-old Mathis Albert<\/b> has played for Borussia Dortmund since 2024 and was already part of the BVB squad at the Club World Club in the summer of 2025. With 16 years and 27 days, the American was the youngest player in the tournament during BVB's first group stage, although he didn't play. <\/p>\nMathias Schiele: \u201cMathis is a very determined, impulsive and strong winger, who loves one-to-one challenges. He constantly tries to draw in opponents, and attack and outmanoeuvre them with his tricks \u2013 and he has an incredible drive towards the goal.\u201d<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Inacio.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Inacio-1767894115113\"><\/b><\/p>\nSamuele Inacio<\/b>, son of professional Brazilian footballer Pia, has also played for BVB since 2024 and participated in the Club World Cup. The 17-year-old Italian excelled in November at the U17 World Up, scoring four goals and providing two assists in seven games and was named \u201cMan of the Match\u201d in each of the three group matches. He had previously been top scorer at the U17 European Championship. <\/p>\nMathias Schiele: \u201cSamu is a very creative player who sees spaces and is very good at judging how often en how long he can hold onto the ball. He is a great goal threat and makes plenty of runs into the penalty area. As link between build-up play and the final period, he can control the game very well during moments of transition.\u201d <\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/08/nachwuchs/Kaba.jpg\" data-assetref=\"Kaba-1767894137083\"><\/p>\nMussa Kaba<\/b>, currently 17-years-old, moved to the U23 in the summer of 2023 at the age of 16. He was sidelined with an injury during the first half of the season and is expected to get more playing time in the second half of the season. The midfielder has worn the black and yellow since 2021 and won the German U17 Championship in the 2023/24 season.<\/p>\nMathias Schiele: \u201cWith Mussa we have a player who can dictate the game from the first line. 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They have won only one of their last six competitive matches, a 1-0 win over FC Augsburg in their most recent home game on Matchday 15.<\/p>\nHome & Away:<\/b> With four wins, one draw (against olfsburg) and two defeats (against Union Berlin and Bayern Munich), Eintracht  Frankfurt sits on place seven in the table. Borussia's away record stands at four wins, three draws and one defeat. Only Bayern Munich (19 points) have earned more points away than BVB (15).<\/p>\nHead-to-head record:<\/b> BVB have won 51 Bundesliga matches against Eintracht and have also scored the most goal against them (202). Of their last 17 Bundesliga matches against Frankfurt, they lost only two: 1-2 in Dortmund on matchday 27 in the 2020/21 season, and 2-0 last season Frankfurt. Borussa have beaten Eintracht Frankfurt eleven times after being behind 1-0, which is more often than against any other club.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/07/bl-faktenvorschau/07-Frankfurt.jpg\" data-assetref=\"07-Frankfurt-1767732096842\"><\/p>\nStatistics:<\/b> Eintracht conceded 30 goals against in the first 15 matchdays (only Heidenheim have conceded more) \u2013 the highest number at this stage of the season in 41 years. Eintracht Frankfurt have already conceded eleven goals this season after losing possession. Borussia have concede 12 goals. They last conceded so few goals after 15 matchdays in 2010/11 (nine) and 2011/12 (ten).<\/p>\nLast season: <\/b>BVB showed commitment, hitting the post in the ninth minute through Serhou Guirassy, and then conceded a goal by Hugo Etikite (18). After the break, Dortmund pressed for the equaliser, with Guirassy just missing Coutos' sharp cross and the potential 1-1 (59), but conceding a second goal in stoppage time after a Frankfurter counter attack, finished off by Højlund.<\/p>\nBiggest away win:<\/b> BVB beat Eintracht twice with 4-0 in Frankfurt. On 6. June 1981,  Werner Schneider, Atli Edvaldsson and Rüdiger Abramczik, scored between the 12th and 17th minute, to give BVB an early lead. Exactly half an hour in, Hans-Joachim Wagner scored the 4-0 in front of 13.000 spectators. Six years later, on 17 June 1987, there were only 20.000 fans in the stadium, of which the great majority were supporting Dortmund who witnessed late goals by Norbert Dickel (60), Ingo Anderbrügge (63) and Frank Mill (88/89). 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Borussa have beaten Eintracht Frankfurt eleven times after being behind 1-0, which is more often than against any other club.<\/p>\n<img src=\"/content/dam/bvbweb/en/news/2026/01/07/bl-faktenvorschau/07-Frankfurt.jpg\" data-assetref=\"07-Frankfurt-1767732096842\"><\/p>\nStatistics:<\/b> Eintracht conceded 30 goals against in the first 15 matchdays (only Heidenheim have conceded more) \u2013 the highest number at this stage of the season in 41 years. Eintracht Frankfurt have already conceded eleven goals this season after losing possession. Borussia have concede 12 goals. They last conceded so few goals after 15 matchdays in 2010/11 (nine) and 2011/12 (ten).<\/p>\nLast season: <\/b>BVB showed commitment, hitting the post in the ninth minute through Serhou Guirassy, and then conceded a goal by Hugo Etikite (18). 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