Chelsea vs Eintracht Frankfurt Predictions and Tips, 09 May 2019

The Match Is Over. Score: 1-1

Chelsea v Eintracht Frankfurt Predictions for Thursday night's second leg in the Europa League semi-finals at the Stamford Bridge in London. It promises to be an all-English final after Chelsea drew 1-1 in Frankfurt and seem certain to progress at home, while Arsenal are 3-1 up against Valencia in the other match of the night.

Match status: 2018-19 Europa League Semi-finals
Kick-off: Thursday 09 May 2019, 07:00pm GMT
Venue: Stamford Bridge (London)

Chelsea v Eintracht Frankfurt Team News

Chelsea ensured they were going to play Champions League football next season irrespective of the result in this year's Europa League when the Londoners' three second-half goals from Ruben Loftus-Cheek (48'), David Luiz (51') and Higuain (75') showcased in Chelsea's first victory following three back-to-back draws - including the 1-1 first-leg in Germany.

This was the penultimate home game for Chelsea and one that saw them continue to win consistently after 4 of their last 5 home outings were convincing wins (D1) - and all of those five witnessed over 1.5 team goals from the home side.

The English opposition will have been pleased with the 1-1 scoreline they managed last week against a side that has been intimidating all season in Europe, and Chelsea may also rue some of the clear-cut chances out there as they played Eintracht Frankfurt off the park on the night.

Eintracht's chances of progress at the expense of the Blues have got slimmer after their form took a reverse turn as they got severely beaten by Leverkusen 6-1 on Sunday and this may have a dramatic effect seeing them miss out on Champions League next term.

The Eagles have had only one victory from their last seven games (D3 L3) having previously won 8 of 9. At such a crucial time, coach Adi Hütter must glue his team for a tough battle at Stamford Bridge and find words of inspiration that bring back that degree of confidence observed from them for most of the season, although it may be the toughest of all.

How they will likely line up:

Chelsea (4-3-3): Arrizabalaga; Emerson, Luiz, Christensen, Azpilicueta; Loftus-Cheek, Jorginho, Kovacic; Hazard, Giroud, Willian.

Eintracht Frankfurt (3-4-1-2 ): Trapp; Hasebe, Hinteregger, Abraham; Kostic, Fernandes, Rode, Costa; Gacinovic; Rebic, Jovic.

Who is expected to miss:

Chelsea: Antonio Rüdiger, Callum Hudson-Odoi, Ethan Ampadu, N'Golo Kanté.

Eintracht Frankfurt: Taleb Tawatha, Marc Stendera, Marco Russ, Sébastien Haller.

Head-to-Head Record: Chelsea v Eintracht Frankfurt

Last week's first-leg became the maiden meeting between these two as Eintracht and Chelsea drew 1-1 to take things to London to decide who is going through.