Frankfurt are third, and Leverkusen are sixth. It is early days, but the xG-data so far suggests an almost identical start to the season. Both are good. What did they do during the break? They have even met several same teams already, like Bayern Munich with a similar result, but whereas Leverkusen created nothing in that game Frankfurt were good. The odds are badly wrong here!

On Saturday, the reigning champions of the Bundesliga will welcome Eintracht Frankfurt, who played a great early season, to the BayArena. Die Werkself piloted by Xabi Alonso has so far been weaker than last season's version and bigger gears have to be dug out of the gearbox to fight for the championship this season. Dino Toppmöller, on the other hand, has done a wonderful job at the helm of Eintracht since the beginning of the season and currently, Die Adler are handsomely third!

Leverkusen had a bitter taste in their mouths before the international break, when in the match against Holstein Kiel they blew their early 2-0 lead. Alonso's crew is only three points behind Bayern, so there is not a big gap, yet. However, the men of the pharmaceutical factory can no longer afford similar stunts, because the competition is sure to be tougher this season.

Leverkusen have the entire squad available again! Florian Wirtz suffered a small ankle problem during the international break, but Alonso confirmed that the team's biggest star is in the lineup. Lukas Hradecky's starts between the posts.

Frankfurt's approach to this fall has been very interesting in terms of play and plan Most of the time, the team doesn't like ball control, but Toppmöller has directed his troops to attack mainly at lightning speed when the ball is in possession. At the top, Omar Marmoush and Hugo Ekitiké have been on a crazy streak at the beginning of the season, and the first-mentioned leads the Bundesliga goal exchange with eight goals. It will be interesting to see if Eintracht's flight to the top four will last from the end of the season - the expected goals have also been favorable for the team, which speaks for the success of the way they play.

From Toppmöller's group, only Oscar Höjlund is on the sidelines for sure, but Robin Koch's rehabilitation for Saturday is still within the limits of possibilities. Toppmöller will continue with the familiar 4-4-2 template even on a difficult away field.

In my books, Frankfurt will fight at least one point!

法兰克福排名第三，勒沃库森排名第六。现在还为时尚早，但迄今为止的xg数据显示，本赛季的开局几乎完全相同。两者都很好。他们在休息期间做了什么？他们甚至已经遇到了几支同样的球队，比如拜仁慕尼黑，结果也差不多，但是勒沃库森在那场比赛中没有创造任何东西，法兰克福表现得很好。这种可能性是大错特错的！

本周六，德甲卫冕冠军将在拜仁球馆迎来本赛季初期表现出色的法兰克福。到目前为止，哈维·阿隆索驾驶的Die Werkself比上赛季的版本要弱，为了争夺本赛季的冠军，必须从变速箱中挖出更大的齿轮。迪诺Toppmöller，另一方面，从赛季开始，他在拜仁的领导下做得非常出色，现在，阿德勒已经漂亮地排在了第三位！

在国际比赛日之前，勒沃库森就尝到了苦涩的滋味，在对阵荷尔斯泰因基尔的比赛中，他们丢掉了最初2:0的领先优势。阿隆索的车队只落后拜仁3分，所以差距还不是很大。然而，制药厂的男人们再也负担不起类似的噱头了，因为本赛季的竞争肯定会更加激烈。

勒沃库森全队又可以上场了！弗洛里安·维尔茨在国际比赛日期间脚踝受了点小伤，但阿隆索证实，球队最大牌的球星在首发阵容中。卢卡斯·赫拉迪基在两柱之间先发。

法兰克福在这个秋天的战术和计划都非常有趣，大多数时候，球队不喜欢控球，但是Toppmöller在控球时指挥他的部队以闪电般的速度进攻。在榜首，奥马尔·马穆什和乌戈·埃基蒂克里奥在赛季初打出了疯狂的连胜，而前者以8粒进球领跑德甲射手榜。这将是一件有趣的事情，看看拜仁是否能从赛季结束后继续进入前四——预期的进球也对球队有利，这说明了他们的比赛方式是成功的。

在Toppmöller的小组中，只有奥斯卡Höjlund肯定会缺阵，但罗宾·科赫在周六的康复仍然是有可能的。Toppmöller将继续使用熟悉的4-4-2阵型，即使是在困难的客场。

在我看来，法兰克福至少会赢一分！