On matchday ten of the current Bundesliga season, on Friday, November 2nd (20:30 CET), VfB play host to Eintracht Frankfurt in the Mercedes-Benz Arena. Here we've put together all the important facts and figures ahead of the floodlit clash.
Record from the VfB view-point
Total: 92 games, 42 wins, 19 draws, 31 defeats, 173:154 goal-difference
Heim: 46 games, 28 wins, 10 draws, 8 defeats, 102:57 goal-difference
Away: 46 games, 14 wins, 9 draws, 23 defeats, 71: 97 goal-difference
Further meetings
Aside from their 92 Bundesliga clashes, the two clubs have also gone head-to-head on three previous occasions in the DFB-Cup. Each time, it was the home side that progressed - VfB twice, Eintracht once.
Successful
In their Bundesliga history, VfB have celebrated 42 wins over Eintracht Frankfurt. The Wasenelf have not beaten any other Bundesliga side more often.
Familiar faces
In Filip Kostic, there is one former VfB player in the Hessen squad. The Serbian international played in the shirt with the infamous hoop between 2014 and 2016. During that period he made 59 appearances for the Cannstatt Boys, scoring eight goals and providing 13 assists.
Positive run
Frankfurt are unbeaten in their last six competitive matches - five games in the Bundesliga (4-1 against Hannover; 2-1 in Hoffenheim; 7-1 against Düsseldorf) as well as in the Europa League (4-1 against Lazio; 2-0 Apollon Limassol) followed by last weekend's Bundesliga draw with 1. FC Nürnberg (1-1).
Goal-guarantee
16 of Frankfurt's 20 Bundesliga goals thus far this season were scored by Eintracht's strikers. Luka Jovic leads the Bundesliga goal-scorer rankings, together with Dortmund's Paco Alcacer, on seven goals. Alone during the 7-1 home win over Düsseldorf, the 20-year-old netted five times. Sebastian Haller has weighed in with five goals and Ante Rebic is on three so far this campaign.