It was a season with ups and downs again at Frankfurt. Ending the Bundesliga season in ninth, Eintracht Frankfurt did not qualify for the UEFA Champions League or Europe League. Adding to that, they were eliminated by Basel in the Europe Leagues round of last sixteen matches. Nevertheless, they participated in the DFB-Pokal semi-finals but they lost against Bayern Munich and therefore, they will not play in Europe competition next season. However, that should change again. Adi Hütter and his team want to come back to Europe by qualifying in the Bundesliga.
In this data analysis, we will take a closer look at Eintracht Frankfurt´s squad, their players´ data and statistics. Furthermore, this analysis will provide you with Frankfurt´s playing style.
Squad width
First of all, we will look at the squad structure and the width within the team. As you can see in the image below, Eintracht Frankfurt´s current squad list has 33 names. It is outstanding, that eight of these players are centre-backs, seven are central midfielders and six are strikers. Another thing to mention is, that Frankfurt often play with a back-three and therefore, they use wing-backs (seven are in the current squad) instead of full-backs. That is why they also play without typical wingers. That is why the squad seems to be very unbalanced. Nevertheless, for the system with a back-three, Frankfurt do not need wingers and need to have lots of centre-backs, midfielder and strikers.
Frankfurt is used to playing three times a week and therefore, they will have an advantage regarding the tight schedule. However, since they will only participate in two competitions (Bundesliga and DFB-Pokal), they will have more time to regenerate than the other top clubs of Bundesliga. That’s maybe the biggest advantage as they will have more time to regenerate and can still rotate because of their squad width.
Goalkeepers
Felix Wiedwald (30), Frederik Rönnow (28) and Kevin Trapp (30) are all three in the peak of their career. They are all experienced goalkeepers and with Trapp and Rönnow, Frankfurt have two goalkeepers of a good Bundesliga standard. Even if Frankfurt conceded lots of goals last season, and Trapp is less than average compared to other goalkeepers of Bundesliga top clubs, he is a solid last man. His cross stopping is outstanding as he is the best Bundesliga goalkeeper in this category (10%).
