Bundesliga 2020/21: Eintracht Frankfurt vs. RB Leipzig

RB Leipzig were not been able to use the slip-up by FC Bayern in order to catch up to them. On Saturday evening, the Saxons came out only to a 1-1 (1-0) in Frankfurt and missed out on points that could have been used to catch up with the record champions, who had previously drawn against Bremen. The Frankfurt goal by Aymen Barkok (43rd minute) was later equalised by Yussuf Poulsen (57th). This means that Leipzig remain without a sense of achievement in Frankfurt. Eintracht achieved respectable success against the Champions League participants in this match, but they still remain without a win for the fifth game in a row.

This analysis will show how Adi Hütter changed his tactics in order to draw against the Champions League participants. This tactical analysis will also examine how RB Leipzig struggled to play their usual game.

Line-ups

Eintracht coach Hütter had caused a surprise before kick-off when he mixed up the starting line-up. As the Austrian had hardly ever rotated in the season so far, he brought in five new players from the start against RB Leipzig and helped Erik Durm, Djibril Sow, Evan N’Dicka, and Aymen Barkok make their starting eleven debuts this season. Julian Nagelsmann made four changes ahead of the Bundesliga clash.

High pressing intensity

Straight from the beginning, it was a very balanced match between the two teams that wanted possession. If they were without possession, they pressed high up the pitch in order to force the opponent to make mistakes.

RB Leipzig´s forwards pressed high up the pitch and even within Frankfurt´s penalty box. Centre-forward Sorloth even pressed Frankfurt´s goalkeeper Kevin Trapp. Most of the time, Leipzig´s midfield line dropped too deep instead of pushing high to support their first pressing line.