Frankfurt and Gladbach draw in a high-octane clash

Heading into Sundays match, it wouldve taken a brave man to place a bet on who would come up on top between Eintracht Frankfurt and Borussia Monchengladbach. Despite the latters place in the table and Frankfurts inability in recent matches to gain all three points in the league, the home side possess a number of lethal players in attacking positions, capable of creating issues for any side in the Bundesliga. While both teams are conflicting in terms of their tactical ethos, it promised to be an incredibly intense battle between two of the premier sides in the division.

Lineups

Frankfurt manager Adi Hütter made the somewhat surprising decision to drop star striker and rumoured Barcelona target  Luka Jovic to the bench. Instead, he opted to have Sebastian Haller and Ante Rebic lead the line in Die Adlers 3-5-2 formation. In this shape, wingers Danny da Costa on the right and Filip Kostic on the other side were given license to bomb forward and provide service to the two forwards.

Much of the onus in possession lay on Makoto Hasebe, a converted defensive midfielder, and his skill in driving forward to probe and create openings in Gladbachs armour. Gacinovic held the responsibility as the number 10 in linking play from midfield to his teammates operating in the final third.

Gladbach, on the other hand, had