Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt Preview

Borussia Dortmund vs Eintracht Frankfurt 

Competition – German Bundesliga

Stadium: Signal Iduna Park

Date: 8th May 2026

Kick-off time – 19:30  GMT

Signal Iduna Park hosts a Bundesliga clash on Friday evening as Borussia Dortmund take on Eintracht Frankfurt. With the title long since decided in Bayern Munich’s favour, the focus in the upper half of the table has shifted to the European qualification places, and both clubs have genuine reasons to want points from this fixture — Dortmund to protect second place, Frankfurt to keep alive any remaining hopes of a top-eight finish.

Borussia Dortmund come into this match on a poor run of form. Their most recent outing was a 1-0 away defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach on Sunday — a result that will have frustrated a side with aspirations of finishing as strongly as possible. Prior to that, a commanding 4-0 home win over SC Freiburg offered the kind of display their form has been missing. Before that, a 2-1 defeat away at Hoffenheim and a 1-0 home loss to Bayer Leverkusen damaged any late push for points, while earlier in this run a 2-0 away win at VfB Stuttgart showed what this squad is capable of. Two wins and three defeats across five games is not the form of a side comfortable in second place, and they will need a reaction at Signal Iduna Park.

Eintracht Frankfurt travel north on the back of a home defeat of their own. Their most recent outing produced a 2-1 home loss to Hamburg SV — a result that puts further pressure on their top-half ambitions. Prior to that, a 1-1 draw away at FC Augsburg was a point without great meaning, and before that a 3-1 home defeat to RB Leipzig was a heavy setback. Earlier in this run, a 2-1 away win at VfL Wolfsburg and a 2-2 home draw with FC Cologne complete a sequence of one win, two draws and two defeats. Frankfurt have the attacking quality to cause problems at any ground in the Bundesliga, but their inconsistency has been the defining feature of their season.

The head-to-head record is evenly contested, with Borussia Dortmund having won two of the last five meetings, with two draws and one win for Eintracht Frankfurt. Most recently, the sides drew 3-3 at the Deutsche Bank Park in January 2026. In the previous encounter — a German Cup tie in October 2025 — the sides again drew 1-1 at Frankfurt.

In the Bundesliga table, Dortmund are second on 67 points from 32 games, five clear of third-placed RB Leipzig on 62. A win here would take the Black and Yellow to 70 points and strengthen their grip on second place with the final rounds approaching. Eintracht Frankfurt are eighth on 43 points from 32 games, one point behind SC Freiburg. A win would lift them to 46 and create a gap between themselves and the teams below in the European conversation, though the top six now looks beyond reach.

In Germany, the match is live on Sky Sport Bundesliga 1 and Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD, with streaming available via Sky Go and WOW. In the United Kingdom, viewers can watch on BBC iPlayer and the Bundesliga App. In the United States, the game is available on ESPN Select and fuboTV.


Borussia Dortmund — Last Five Results

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Borussia Mönchengladbach 1 – 0 Borussia Dortmund German Bundesliga May 3, 2026
Borussia Dortmund 4 – 0 SC Freiburg German Bundesliga Apr 26, 2026
TSG Hoffenheim 2 – 1 Borussia Dortmund German Bundesliga Apr 18, 2026
Borussia Dortmund 0 – 1 Bayer Leverkusen German Bundesliga Apr 11, 2026
VfB Stuttgart 0 – 2 Borussia Dortmund German Bundesliga Apr 4, 2026

Eintracht Frankfurt — Last Five Results

Result Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 2 Hamburg SV German Bundesliga May 2, 2026
🤝 FC Augsburg 1 – 1 Eintracht Frankfurt German Bundesliga Apr 25, 2026
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 3 RB Leipzig German Bundesliga Apr 18, 2026
VfL Wolfsburg 1 – 2 Eintracht Frankfurt German Bundesliga Apr 11, 2026
🤝 Eintracht Frankfurt 2 – 2 FC Cologne German Bundesliga Apr 5, 2026

Head to Head — Last Five Meetings

Home Team Score Away Team Competition Date
Eintracht Frankfurt 3 – 3 Borussia Dortmund German Bundesliga Jan 9, 2026
Eintracht Frankfurt 1 – 1 Borussia Dortmund German Cup Oct 28, 2025
Eintracht Frankfurt 2 – 0 Borussia Dortmund German Bundesliga Jan 17, 2025
Borussia Dortmund 2 – 0 Eintracht Frankfurt German Bundesliga Aug 24, 2024
Borussia Dortmund 3 – 1 Eintracht Frankfurt German Bundesliga Mar 17, 2024

TV Listings / Streaming

Country Channel
Germany Sky Sport Bundesliga 1, Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD, Sky Sport Top Event, Sky Go, WOW
United Kingdom BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Web, Bundesliga App
Ireland BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport Web, Bundesliga App
United States ESPN Select, fuboTV, ESPN App
Austria Sky Sport Bundesliga 1, Sky Sport Bundesliga UHD, Sky Sport Top Event, Sky Go Austria
Switzerland Sky Sport Bundesliga 1, Sky Sport Top Event
Netherlands Viaplay Netherlands
Norway Viaplay Norway, V Sport 1 Norway
France beIN Sports 2, beIN Sports Connect
Canada DAZN Canada

Bundesliga Table — 2025/26

Pos Club MP W D L GF GA GD Pts
1 Bayern 32 26 5 1 116 35 +81 83
2 Dortmund 32 20 7 5 65 32 +33 67
3 RB Leipzig 32 19 5 8 63 42 +21 62
4 Leverkusen 32 17 7 8 66 43 +23 58
5 VfB Stuttgart 32 17 7 8 66 46 +20 58
6 Hoffenheim 32 17 7 8 64 48 +16 58
7 SC Freiburg 32 12 8 12 45 53 -8 44
8 Eintracht Frankfurt 32 11 10 11 57 60 -3 43
9 Augsburg 32 11 7 14 42 56 -14 40
10 Mainz 32 9 10 13 41 50 -9 37
11 Mönchengladbach 32 8 11 13 37 50 -13 35
12 Hamburg 32 8 10 14 36 51 -15 34
13 Union Berlin 32 8 9 15 37 57 -20 33
14 Köln 32 7 11 14 47 55 -8 32
15 Werder 32 8 8 16 37 57 -20 32
16 Wolfsburg 32 6 8 18 42 67 -25 26
17 St. Pauli 32 6 8 18 27 55 -28 26
18 Heidenheim 32 5 8 19 38 69 -31 23

 

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