Comments and predictions for Ajax vs Frankfurt: Guests empty-handed
The match between Ajax vs Frankfurt in Europa League takes place at 3:00 a.m. on March 7. Nghe An Newspaper analyzes performance, football commentary and predicts the score.
Latest Ajax vs Frankfurt team information
Ajax will be without Owen Wijndal, Youri Regeer, Christian Rasmussen and Wout Weghorst due to injury.
Davy Klaassen will miss Thursday's first leg through suspension, after being sent off in last month's play-off knockout tie.
Matheus, on loan from Braga, has started the last two domestic games. However, he has not been registered for the Europa League, meaning veteran goalkeeper Remko Pasveer will return to the squad after recovering from a back injury.
On Eintracht Frankfurt's side, they also suffered a loss in force when defender Timothy Chandler could not participate due to a thigh injury.
Igor Matanovic, who is struggling with fitness, has been left out of Frankfurt's Europa League squad, while Oscar Hojlund has also been left out of the knockout phase squad.
Meanwhile, Frankfurt's three new signings in the winter transfer window, Michy Batshuayi, Arthur Theate and Elye Wahi, are all in the squad. Theate and Wahi are likely to be named in the starting line-up for Thursday's match.
Latest predicted lineup Ajax vs Frankfurt
Ajax:
Pasveer; Gaaei, Rugani, Baas, Hato; Fitz-Jim, Taylor, Mokio; Berghuis, Godts, Brobbey
Eintracht Frankfurt:
Trapp; Collins, Koch, Theate; Kristensen, Skhiri, Larsson, Gotze, Brown; Ekitike, Wahi
Latest football commentary Ajax vs Frankfurt
Ajax finished the group stage in 12th place and just one point behind the top eight after winning four, drawing one and losing three of their eight matches.
They had to go through the play-off knock-out stages against Union Saint-Gilloise, where Ajax had a huge advantage after winning 2-0 in Belgium. However, that advantage was quickly erased in the first 30 minutes of the second leg when the Belgians scored twice before and after Davy Klaassen was sent off, forcing Ajax to fight back to take the match into extra time.
Despite being down to 10 men, Ajax still found the decisive goal in extra time thanks to Kenneth Taylor's heroic penalty, thereby booking a ticket to the round of 16 to meet Frankfurt for a place in the quarter-finals, where they could face AZ Alkmaar or Tottenham Hotspur.
Coach Francesco Farioli and his players have prepared well for this match with wins against Go Ahead Eagles and Almere City in the Eredivisie, helping them consolidate their position at the top of the table with a gap of eight points.
Ajax have every reason to be confident when hosting Frankfurt, as they have only lost one of their last 21 home games against German teams in European competition, with a record of 17 wins and 3 draws.
On Eintracht Frankfurt's side, they aim to repeat the feat of winning the Europa League in the 2021-22 season, when they were crowned under Oliver Glasner to win the second European title in the club's history.
The Bundesliga side can be content with fifth place in the group stage after picking up five wins, one draw and two losses.
However, they enter the last 16 in worrying form after two heavy defeats in the Bundesliga: a 4-0 defeat away to leaders Bayern Munich, before being thrashed 4-1 at home by Bayer Leverkusen last weekend.
Frankfurt are currently third in the Bundesliga but have won just one of their last seven games in all competitions, drawing three and losing three, despite making an impressive start to 2025 with four straight wins.
Coach Dino Toppmoller has reason to worry as his side have lost both of their last two away group games against Lyon and Roma.
Frankfurt, however, have an impressive record in the last 16 of UEFA competitions, having progressed in six of their last seven, including a 3-2 extra-time win over Real Betis on their way to winning the 2021-22 Europa League.
Latest Ajax vs Frankfurt score prediction
Based on the above football comments, we and the world's leading football sites have given the results of the match.Ajax vs Frankfurtas follows:
- Sportsmole:Ajax 1-0 Frankfurt
- WhoScore:Ajax 2-0 Frankfurt
- Our newspaper predicts:Ajax 2-1 Frankfurt
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