Eintracht Frankfurt and Liverpool have faced twice previously in Europe, with those meetings coming in the first round of the 1972-73 UEFA Cup. Liverpool progressed 2-0 on aggregate, after a 2-0 home win and a 0-0 draw in the reverse fixture in Germany.

Liverpool have only lost one of their last 15 matches against German teams in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (W10 D4), a 4-2 defeat away to Bayer Leverkusen in April 2002. They have won the most recent five by an aggregate scoreline of 12-1, two of which came last season (1-0 v RB Leipzig and 4-0 v Bayer Leverkusen).

After not winning any of their first six away matches against German teams in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (D3 L3), Liverpool have won each of the last four in succession, including one last season (1-0 v RB Leipzig).

Eintracht Frankfurt were beaten 5-1 by Atlético Madrid on matchday two of the current campaign; their joint-heaviest defeat in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League (also 3-7 v Real Madrid in May 1960). Their xG against total versus Atlético (4.44) was the second worst by a team in a single game in the current edition, after Pafos (4.54) v Bayern Munich.

Liverpool have lost two of their last three games in the league phase of the UEFA Champions League (W1), including a defeat to Galatasaray last time out. This is as many defeats as they had suffered in their previous 30 matches in the group/league phase of the competition combined (W26 D2).

Excluding two own goals scored by the opposition, each of Eintracht Frankfurt’s four goals in the UEFA Champions League this season have either been netted or assisted by Jonathan Burkardt (two goals, one assist) or Ansgar Knauff (one goal, one assist).

Liverpool boss Arne Slot has lost (5) more games than he has won (4) away from home in the UEFA Champions League (nine matches in total), compared to seven victories in nine home games (L2) as a manager in the competition.

Jonathan Burkardt – who has netted in the first two matchdays this term – is one of only three Eintracht Frankfurt players to score in their first two appearances in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League, along with Erich Bäumler in November 1959 and Erich Meier in March 1960.

Only Jamie Carragher (40) has made more away appearances for Liverpool in the European Cup/UEFA Champions League than Mohamed Salah (36), who is the club’s top scorer in away matches (22). The Egyptian has netted 15 goals in his last 19 games on the road in the Champions League.

Eintracht Frankfurt’s Nathaniel Brown has won 11 of his 12 true tackles attempted in the UEFA Champions League this season, and is yet to be dribbled past. His true tackle win percentage was the highest of any player to attempt 10+ across the opening two matchdays this season (92%).