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DFB Cup, football – round of 16, February 8th, 2024
18:30
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18:26
The two teams are now on the pitch making final preparations for the next 90 minutes – or even a little longer. Both teams meet for the 53rd time today. In a direct comparison, the Frankfurt team leads with 33 wins, seven draws and twelve defeats.
18:08
The Frankfurt women are of course favored in this round of 16. However, if you look at history, Eintracht must be warned. In fact, Freiburg has been in the DFB Cup semi-finals eight times in the last twelve years. Last year, the SC even reached the final, which they lost 4-1 to the long-time winner VfL Wolfsburg. For Frankfurt it was over in the round of 16 last year against the then second division team RB Leipzig. The principle still applies today: “The cup has its own laws”.
17:49
SC Freiburg is eighth in the table and is in the no-man’s land of the women’s Bundesliga. The Breisgau women simply do not show consistent performances and last won two competitive games in a row over a year ago, in March 2023. So it’s perhaps not such a bad omen that the last competitive game against FC Bayern was lost 4-0. A week earlier, the SC won 2-0 in Leipzig and started the 2024 calendar year successfully.
17:36
Eintracht had an unfortunate start to the new year by being eliminated from the group stage of the Champions League after a 2-0 defeat against FC Barcelona. Even the 5-0 win against Rosengard couldn’t prevent that. Things went better in the Bundesliga, however, with two lackluster but important 1-0 wins against Cologne and Essen. The Frankfurters are in a good third place in the table and are even close to Bayern and Wolfsburg.
17:28
Hello and welcome to the round of 16 in the women’s DFB Cup. This Thursday evening is the catch-up game between Eintracht Frankfurt and SC Freiburg.