Overview

• Bayern have won every match in the Bundesliga and Champions League so far, and a victory in Frankfurt would make it ten straight competitive wins to open the season, a mark reported as a record across Europe’s top leagues.
• Coach Vincent Kompany cautioned that Eintracht are “very, very strong” in attack and highlighted Can Uzun’s threat; he said Min-Jae Kim is likely available, with Jonas Urbig and Josip Stanisic expected back after the international break.
• Frankfurt couple prolific scoring with defensive fragility, coming off a 1:5 at Atlético Madrid and having conceded heavily in the league despite their own strong output.
• TV analyst Didi Hamann criticized Bayern’s high running distances, citing 121 kilometers covered in Pafos, and argued Frankfurt could be their sternest test since the Chelsea match.
• Below Bayern, Borussia Dortmund host RB Leipzig on Saturday in a contest seen as clarifying the early pecking order, with Dortmund 13 league games unbeaten and Leipzig benefiting from full training weeks without European fixtures.