Benfica vs Eintracht Frankfurt

Team News

Benfica

• Jonas is suspended for the first leg of Benfica’s quarter-final clash with Frankfurt, which means Joao Felix and Haris Seferovic will be safe to start up front for the home side.
• Tyronne Ebuehi, Gabriel Pires and German Conti are all expected to miss out for Benfica, though only Pires would have been in line to start against Frankfurt.
• Adel Taarabt has come back into favour in recent weeks but will drop down to the bench and possibly out of the squad in midweek.

Team News

Eintracht Frankfurt

• Luka Jovic is free to play against Benfica despite being on loan from the Portuguese outfit.
• Martin Hinteregger came off 38 minutes into Frankfurt’s 2-1 win away to Schalke at the weekend and is unlikely to feature here. Evan Ndicka is his likely replacement.
• Jonathan de Guzmán didn’t last much longer on Saturday before being replaced and is also a doubt.
• Gelson Fernandes returns for Frankfurt after missing their last Europa League match through suspension.
• Ante Rebic, Lucas Torro and David Abraham have all recovered from injury since Frankfurt last played in this competition.

• Benfica are unbeaten in their last eight home matches in all competitions and average over three goals a game in that time.
• Frankfurt are darkhorses for the competition. The German side have won their last five matches and are unbeaten in 2019 (15 matches).
• Frankfurt haven’t lost away from home since well before Christmas and have kept a clean sheet in four of their last six on the road.
• This should be one of the most entertaining matches on Thursday between two sides that have what it takes to go all the way.