Eintracht Frankfurt goalkeeper Lukas Hradecky playing for Finland. (Photo : Getty Images)
Contending squad Eintracht Frankfurt (7-3-5, 26 points) will try to snap a three-game winless slide as they face middling team FSV Mainz 05 (6-7-2, 20 points) in a 2016-2017 Bundesliga match at the Commerzbank Arena on Dec. 20, Tuesday.
Start Time and Streaming Info
The game starts at 2:00 p.m. ET. It can be viewed live online thru FuboTV.
Eintracht Frankfurt is on a downward spiral at the moment after three consecutive winless performances. They are currently in the sixth spot of the German top flight table, tied on points with fifth-place team Borussia Dortmund but has a lesser goal difference.
Die Adler is coming off an embarrassing 0-1 loss to struggling club Wolfsburg on the road at the Volkswagen Arena last Saturday, as per the league's official website.
Dutch center back Jeffrey Bruma netted the lone goal for the Wolves with a header from the center of the box in the 33rd minute of the match with the assist coming from midfielder Julian Draxler following a corner kick.
Meanwhile, Mainz routed bottom three squad Hamburg, 3-1, at their home ground of Coface Arena also last Saturday, via ESPN.
Danny Latza was the man of the match for head coach Martin Schmidt's side as the German midfielder netted a hat trick.
Hamburg actually opened the scoring with a 21st-minute strike from American forward Bobby Wood, but it was all Die Rothosen could score in the entire match.
From there, Latza found the equalizer in the 35th minute to level the count at the halftime break. Two more goals in the second half, in the 56th and 67th minutes, sealed the win for the hosts, snapping a three-game losing skid.
Mainz is now in the eighth spot of the league table, six points below Frankfurt and the final Europa League qualifying berth for next season.
Prediction and Predicted Lineup
The predicted result is a 2-1 bounce back win for Eintracht Frankfurt.
Eintracht Frankfurt starting lineup (3-4-1-2 formation): Hradecky; Vallejo, Hector, Abraham; Oczipka, Huszti, Mascarell, Hasebe; Rebic; Fabian, Hrgota
Mainz starting lineup (4-2-3-1 formation): Lossl; Brosinski, Hack, Donati, Bell; De Blasis, Mali; Ramalho, Onisiwo, Latza; Cordoba
