Bundesliga 2018/19 Tactical Analysis: Bayern Munich vs Eintracht Frankfurt

In the last round of the Bundesliga Eintracht Frankfurt visited Bayern Munich. There were still open questions before the match due to the fact that the title race between Bayern and Borussia Dortmund was yet to be decided, although Niko Kovačs side had a 2 points lead. Meanwhile, Frankfurt after eliminated from the Europa League they still fought for the position in the Bundesliga. They could achieve fourth place with a win, thus both sides had goals which foreshadowed an exciting battle. This tactical analysis will look into how Bayern destroyed Frankfurt 5-1.

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In the last six games between Bayern Munich and Eintracht Frankfurt, Bayern had a huge dominance with five victories and one loss but last time Frankfurt visited the Allianz Arena they won 1-3.

Adi Hütter fielded the usual three at the back system, although with some modifications. In order to give some more protection to the midfield, he deployed the double pivot with Fernandez and Jonathan de Guzmán which means only one attacking midfielder was selected for this game, namely Mijat Gaćinović. In the 3-4-1-2-formation, Luka Jović and Ante Rebić were on the front line.

As a consequence of the double pivot, Simon Falette was left out and Makoto Hasebe sliced back to the middle of the defence, Hinteregger on the left and Abraham on the right.