Borussia Dortmund one win from securing second place against Eintracht Frankfurt

Borussia Dortmund can clinch second place with a win over Eintracht Frankfurt, but the margin between a strong finish and an awkward one is still there. Dortmund have 67 points and are five points clear of second-placed RB Leipzig with six points left to play for. That gives them control, although their recent league form has not exactly been serene.

Dortmund's form makes the finish less comfortable

In their last five Bundesliga matches, Dortmund have won two and lost three. That includes a 1-0 defeat at Borussia Mönchengladbach on May 3 and a 4-0 win over SC Freiburg on April 26, which sums up the inconsistency pretty well.

Niko Kovac put it bluntly: “Having now been defeated in three of their last four games and prevented from scoring in two of those matches, it could be argued that Borussia Dortmund's season is unravelling.” That is a harsh way to put it, but the numbers behind it are real enough. Dortmund have also won 12 of their 16 top-flight home matches this season and only lost to Bayern Munich and Bayer Leverkusen at Signal Iduna Park, so this is still a good venue for a decisive game.

Karim Adeyemi and Rasmus Kristensen give Dortmund enough direct threat to make the home edge matter. Even so, the bigger point is that a side sitting second can still feel pressure when the last few results have gone like this.

Frankfurt arrive needing a result of their own

Frankfurt are seventh on 43 points, one point behind Freiburg in the race for European qualification, although the precise European framing has varied across sources. What is not in doubt is that they need a result, and their form does not make that easy to picture.

Albert Riera said his players need to improve if they are to reach Europe, and the recent run backs that up. Frankfurt are winless in three matches, have lost twice, conceded six times and scored just once in each of those games. Their last four Bundesliga matches bring two defeats, one draw and one win, including a 2-1 home loss to Hamburger SV on May 2.

That said, this is not a fixture that automatically closes down into a slow, safe home win. The reverse fixture finished 3-3 in January, and Dortmund also beat Frankfurt in a penalty shootout in the second round of the DFB-Pokal in October 2025. Friday at Signal Iduna Park should decide more than just the points total, with Dortmund trying to end the job and Frankfurt trying to keep their European chase alive.