Overview
- Eintracht raced to a 5–0 halftime lead and made it 6–0 before four late Gladbach goals set the final score.
- The defeat stretched Gladbach’s winless run to 12 matches, equaling the club record.
- Interim coach Eugen Polanski, 39, made his first home appearance after moving up from the U23s following Gerardo Seoane’s departure.
- Captain Rocco Reitz labeled the first 47 minutes “katastrophal,” as home supporters booed and chanted for more effort.
- Robin Koch scored twice for Frankfurt, with Ansgar Knauff, Jonathan Burkardt, Fares Chaibi and Can Uzun also scoring, before 54,042 at a sold‑out Borussia‑Park.