It kicks off at 20.00 GMT at the Frankfurt Stadium.
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NAPLES, Italy – NOVEMBER 22: Raffaele Palladino Atalanta BC head coach during the Serie A match between SSC Naples and Atalanta BC at Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on November 22, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
La Dea sacked Ivan Juric and drafted in Palladino during the break for international duty, so he made his debut in a 3-1 defeat to Napoli on Saturday.
This is the first Champions League game of his coaching career, and the club has a good record so far this season, beating Club Brugge and Olympique Marseille, but losing 4–0 at PSG and drawing 0–0 at home with Slavia Praha.
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Scamacca came off the bench to score an acrobatic volley against Napoli, and was rewarded with a start, supported by Charles de Ketelair and Lookman.
Giorgio Scalvini and long-term absentee Mitchell Becker are the only players still out of action.
BERGAMO, Italy – OCTOBER 22: Atalanta BC’s Ademola Lookman in action during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 League Stage MD 3 match between Atalanta BC and SK Slavia Praha at the Stadio di Bergamo on October 22, 2025 in Bergamo, Italy. (Photo by Marco Lujani/Getty Images)
Interestingly, Atalanta have been linked with Eintracht Frankfurt since 2000, when the two groups of fans met at a train station and became fast friends.
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They regularly attend each other’s games and have played two Trofeo Bortolotti friendly matches, but this is their first official match.
The Germans have had a mixed campaign in Europe, beating Galatasaray 5–1, then losing to Atlético Madrid and Liverpool by the same result.
His last outing was a 0–0 draw away to Napoli, leading Antonio Conte to accuse him of using catenaccio tactics.
Oscar Höglund (Rasmus’s brother), Hugo Larsson and Can Uzun are out with muscle problems.
Jonathan Burchard has been chosen to lead the attack, with support from the experienced Mario Gotze.
Former Bologna defender Arthur Thiet and former Roma man Rasmus Christensen are in defense of giant Robin Koch.
NAPLES, Italy – NOVEMBER 04: Eintracht Frankfurt’s Jonathan Burchard battles for possession with SSC Naples’ Alessandro Buongiorno during the UEFA Champions League 2025/26 league stage MD4 match between SSC Naples and Eintracht Frankfurt at the Stadio Diego Armando Maradona on November 04, 2025 in Naples, Italy. (Photo by Francesco Pecoraro/Getty Images)
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Eintracht Frankfurt vs Atalanta line-ups
Eintracht Frankfurt: Zetterer; Collins, Koch, Theatre, Brown; Dahoud, Chaibi; Donn, Gotz, Knoff; burkardt
Eintracht Frankfurt bench: Grahl, Koua Santos, Amanda, Hjolund, Christensen, Skerry, Wahi, Bahoya, Chandler, Buta, Batshuayi, Dils.
Atlanta: Carneschi; Kosounou, Hien, Gimsiti; Bellanova, De Roon, Ederson, Zappacosta; De Ketelair, Lukman; scamacca
Atalanta bench: Sportiello, Musah, Suleimana, Pasalic, Samardzic, Kolasinac, Brescianini, Bernasconi, Zalewski, Ahanor, Maldini, Krstovic.
Reference: Cavanagh (England)
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