Europa League: head-to-head Chelsea FC - Eintracht Frankfurt (semi-final second leg, on 09/05/2019)

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With nearly 80 million fans on social media (Facebook, Twitter and Instagram, as of 01/05/2019), Chelsea FC (Premier League) has 52 times as many as Eintracht Frankfurt (Bundesliga) which counts 1.5 million, as the two clubs prepare to face each other in the semi-final second leg of the 2018-19 Europa League, at Stamford Bridge (London, ENG), on Thursday 07/05/2019 at 21:00 CET.

In terms of turnover, Chelsea FC were ranked eighth in the Deloitte Football Money League 2019, which lists the 20 clubs that generated the most revenue (excluding capital gains on player transfers) in 2017-18. With €505.7m in revenue, the English club is well ahead of Eintracht Frankfurt, which posted revenues of €140m and thus was not included in the ranking.

In 2018-19 the German club has an average attendance of 49,656 spectators (96% fill rate) at the Commerzbank Arena (51,500 capacity) after 32 Bundesliga matchdays, while Chelsea has an average attendance of 40,441 spectators (99% fill rate) at Stamford Bridge (40,853 capacity) after 37 Premier League matchdays.

The London club spent €673m…

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