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Bundesliga: Freiburg vs Eintracht Frankfurt
Competition time: 2024-02-18 22:30 Sunday
Analysis of the team's recent situation:
Freiburg's recent form has been quite sluggish, with eight wins, four draws and nine defeats, ranking eighth in the league. Due to the team's previous three league defeats to opponents, Freiburg and the fourth place Dortmund in the league has opened a 12-point gap between points, and Freiburg still has the Europa League to be distracted, considering that the team is not realistic to compete for the top four in the league to get a place in the Champions League next season, I believe that Freiburg should also focus more energy on the Europa League level, after all, the Europa League will bring a Champions League place, and compared to Juventus, the opponent in the knockout round of the Europa League last season, the strength of the opponent Lens in this knockout round is undoubtedly relatively weak.
In the last game, Freiburg drew 0-0 away to Lens in the Europa League, and successfully kept the suspense of promotion until the second leg of the meeting. Judging from the process of the game, Freiburg still fully showed its technical and tactical characteristics in the away game, but because the recent state of the striker players is relatively sluggish, so although Freiburg withstood the opponent's offensive, and through the defensive counterattack can also get some good offensive opportunities, but has never been able to convert the offensive opportunities into goals, it is precisely because Freiburg has been unable to break the deadlock on the field, the more passive Lens has gradually gained a foothold, if it is not for the offside player in the second half of the game, I'm afraid it will be difficult for Freiburg to keep their home team away from home.
Eintracht Frankfurt's recent form has also been lackluster, with eight wins, eight draws and five defeats currently sitting sixth in the league. It seems that Frankfurt's league ranking is not low, but in fact, this team and the fourth place in the league Dortmund has also opened an eight-point point gap, due to the previous two rounds of the league in Bochum and Cologne two opponents lost points, at this stage Frankfurt's prospects for four are not optimistic, and Frankfurt's previous performance in the UEFA Cup can not convince fans and friends, in the overall strength of the far inferior to their own Saint-Gilloise, Frankfurt finally only 2-2 with the opponent draw, Whether they can advance as they wish will have to wait until after the second leg to find out.
Personally, the flaws in the depth of the Frankfurt squad in the second half of the league have been exposed, although the uniformity of the team's lineup has not been greatly affected, and even the Frankfurt team has the least injuries among the many teams competing for the fourth, but due to the lack of bench depth, it is difficult for the head coach to maintain the physical fitness of the main players through player rotation, and the current 3412 formation is also relatively average in the strong dialogue, and it is basically difficult to effectively limit the opponent's continuous onslaught. Considering that Eintracht Frankfurt will soon usher in the second leg of the UEFA Europa League, in order to keep the main players full of fitness, it is believed that the team will definitely focus more on the defensive side in this round of the league.
Match Analysis:
Freiburg have played Eintracht Frankfurt twice this season, with the most recent meeting coming in an off-season friendly when Freiburg won 5-2 away from home, and it is clear that the attacking quality of the team is much stronger than that of Eintracht Frankfurt. In the last ten meetings, Freiburg has won three, drawn four and lost three, and is tied with Eintracht Frankfurt. Although Freiburg only won a big win from Eintracht Frankfurt not long ago, but after all, both sides sent a lot of substitutes in that game, and the depth of the Frankfurt bench itself is very average, and it is actually normal to not be able to achieve too good results on the opponent, but after all, these two teams are direct opponents competing for a place in Europe next season, and both sides still have to be distracted in the second leg of the European competition, obviously the midfield confrontation will be the main theme of this game, Considering that both teams are difficult to show too strong ability to steal points in positional battles, it is believed that even if Eintracht Frankfurt cannot successfully take away the three points in this game, it should not be a problem to maintain the whole body away from home with defensive toughness.
Premier League: Luton Town vs Manchester United
Competition time: 2024-02-19 00:30 Monday
Analysis of the team's recent situation:
Luton have been in good form recently, with five wins, five draws and thirteen defeats, and have escaped the relegation zone for the time being. Thanks to the good attacking performance of the main players, and the main rival Everton has recently dropped points one after another, Luton Town is the first to break out of the relegation zone at this stage. However, since there is actually only one point between Luton and Everton, after this round of dialogue with Manchester United, the team will also face Liverpool, Manchester City and Villa, three Premier League powerhouses, once the team is unable to continue the form in this difficult schedule, I am afraid that Luton will soon fall back into the relegation zone.
It is worth mentioning that Luton Town previously won a 4-0 disparity at home against Brighton, which was much stronger than their overall strength, and the follow-up team launched an offensive battle with Newcastle away from home, although the team only drew with the opponent in the end, but the score of 4-4 is enough to see that this team has strong offensive ability, and with the blessing of the 3421 formation, Luton can often get a lot of fast attack opportunities when facing attacking teams, Bam Adebayo and Morris have strong individual scoring ability, and it may be difficult for Luton to find too many ways to score in a positional environment, but there is no defensive counter-attacking team in the next few opponents, as long as the Luton players can continue the firepower, maybe this team can also cause a lot of trouble for these Premier League powerhouses.
Manchester United have been eye-catching in recent times, with 13 wins, 2 draws and 9 defeats, ranking sixth in the league. Since the easing of injuries within the squad, United have recorded an excellent record of five wins and one draw, and the gap between the team and fourth-placed Tottenham Hotspur has been reduced to six points, which is an acceptable difference with 14 games remaining, and as long as manager Tenhart can continue with his previous starting selection, there may still be hope of Manchester United in contention for next season's Champions League spotting.
Personally, the reason why Manchester United's recent performance has improved greatly, the first is the player choice of Ten Hart, the descendant Martinez was injured again, and in desperation, Ten Hart could only send Casemiro, who had been snubbed before, and Casemiro has returned to normal physical fitness after a long period of recuperation. In addition, Antony in the forward position has also completely lost the trust of Ten Hart, and it can be said that it is precisely because of the outstanding performances of players such as Garnacho and Casemiro that Manchester United has a continuous highlight of grabbing points.
There may also be some fans and friends who will say that the main striker Rasmus is also one of the heroes of the team's victory. This is indeed not very doubtful, but in fact, Tenghart's use of Rasmus is still very ordinary, as a high school striker, the high school striker who should be the fulcrum of the team's tactics can only cater to the tactics, this kind of tactics may be able to achieve some effect against weaker or closer opponents, but if the opponent is Manchester City or Liverpool, I am afraid that Manchester United will also be difficult to take advantage of the opponent.
Match Analysis:
Since Luton Town has just stepped into the Premier League this season, Manchester United and Luton Town are actually relatively unfamiliar with each other, and Luton lost 0-1 away to Manchester United in the first meeting of the season. But now Luton is in a state of urgent need to grab points and relegation, which means that strict defense is no longer an effective tactical play, and the team needs to try to find counterattack opportunities while defending. It's just that Manchester United is a team that is better at playing fast counterattacks, and the strikers have also shown a good competitive state in the previous games, considering that Luton just lost to Sheffield United, who are at the bottom of the league in the last round, the morale of the players will inevitably be affected to a certain extent.