Eintracht Frankfurt are one of the most successful Bundesliga sides when it comes to scoring from crosses. Under head-coach Adi Hütter, Frankfurt are known for their powerful style of play, attacking down the wings and threatening the opposition goal with crosses.
In the following tactical analysis, we take a closer look at what makes Frankfurts crosses so dangerous. Our scout report depicts Frankfurts cross strategies and principles as well as the individual movement within the box.
Analysis of Frankfurts goals in 2019/20
A huge part of Frankfurts goals scored in 2019/20 comes from their wing play including crosses. Frankfurt (385) rank second just behind reigning champion Bayern Munich (406) in terms of the total number of crosses in the Bundesliga, as displayed below. This underlines how crosses are an important part of their attacking tactics.
In the graphic below, the position from where the cross was sent in, the attackers positions and the position of the goalscorers of their 22 goals are highlighted. As one can see, there is a great variety in terms of the crossing positions. Despite favouring an end-line breakthrough before crossing, they also send in crosses from less advanced platforms.
The positioning of the attackers is reduced very much to the width of the 6-yard-box. The closer Frankfurts attackers get to the opposition goal, the more central become their positions. And these positions are also the areas where their goalscorer is positioned most often. In a position between the 6-yard-box and the edge of the penalty area, not much wider than the 6-yard-box, Frankfurts attackers are most threatening. Although this is not surprising as this is naturally the most dangerous zone, we can see Frankfurt taking advantage of this with several concepts which will be explained in the next chapter.
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