In the current season, Ajax are starting to resemble themselves of the mould that Amsterdam fans are used to. In the Eredivisie season before last, the club started to lose class and level of play, missing out on the league title, and last season they finished fifth in the league barely half as many points as first-placed PSV. Today Ajax are leading the Eredivisie and are comfortable in the European arena. To the general stage of the Europa League, the Amsterdam team was counting on the collection of points with minimal energy. Hence such results as the defeat to RFH - a club of the second division of the Netherlands. At the end of the general stage Ajax took twelfth place, one point behind the top-8 zone. Eintracht in the list of Europa League favourites, as well as the upcoming opponent, is listed as far from the most likely contender for the European Cup trophy. Although the Frankfurt club is pushed to the status of one of the key favourites of the tournament by the position in the national championship and the results of the overall stage in the Europa League. As for the upcoming meeting - bookmakers have not decided on the favourite, setting a slight bias in favour of the home team.

Ajax almost failed in their Europa League clash. Having beaten Union St Gillois in Belgium 2-0, the Amsterdam club were in the minority by the end of the first half hour of the home game and were losing by the same score. Ajax were saved from disaster by a penalty goal in the first extra time. This result of the confrontation with Union St Gillois and the course of the "duel" once again demonstrated the problems of players of the Dutch club with concentration. With the right attitude in the Eredivisie, the team "stamped" victory after victory and now leads in the championship with an eight-point lead over PSV.

Almost the whole season Eintracht is located in the top 3 of the Bundesliga. Good results in the overall stage of the Europa League allowed the team to miss the knockout rounds. Another thing is that the opportunity to prepare for Bundesliga matches did not help Eintracht. In the past two rounds, he defeated Bayern Munich and Bayer. Eintracht's current form can be considered the worst of the current season.