German Bundesliga Promotion/Relegation Playoff

FULL TIME
1. FC Nürnberg WLWWD 0
–
Eintracht Frankfurt WWWLD 1
  • Haris Seferovic 66'
2nd Leg - Eintracht Frankfurt win 2-1 on aggregate · Max-Morlock-Stadion · 50,000 att.

Match Report

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Eintracht Frankfurt beat Nurnberg 1-0 to keep Bundesliga status for 2016-17

Eintracht Frankfurt defended their place in the Bundesliga next season with a 1-0 win over Nurnberg for a 2-1 aggregate win the relegation playoff.

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Last five matches

DateOppResultCompetition
11/7/26 vs SV Darmstadt 98 W 2-0 German 2. Bundesliga
11/1/26 @ St. Pauli W 3-1 German 2. Bundesliga
10/28/26 @ Bayer Leverkusen L 2-5 German Cup
10/24/26 vs Kaiserslautern L 0-1 German 2. Bundesliga
10/16/26 @ Energie Cottbus D 1-1 German 2. Bundesliga
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Team Stats

SGE FCN
10
Fouls
13
5
Yellow Cards
3
0
Red Cards
0
1
Offsides
0
5
Corner Kicks
4
0
Saves
6
67.5
Possession
32.5
18
SHOTS
7
7
ON GOAL
0
40
On Target %
0
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
477
Accurate Passes
164
576
Passes
275
80
Pass Completion %
60
2
Accurate Crosses
0
16
Crosses
12
10
Cross %
0
46
Long Balls
74
15
Accurate Long Balls
23
30
Long Balls %
30
5
Blocked Shots
1
23
Effective Tackles
9
30
Tackles
13
80
Tackle %
70
22
Effective Clearances
27
31
Clearances
30

Head to Head

SGE leads series 2-0-3

FCN Last 5 matchups SGE
  1. 1 2012-13 German Bundesliga FT 2012-09-21 @ FCN 2
  2. 0 2012-13 German Bundesliga FT 2013-02-09 @ SGE 0
  3. 1 2013-14 German Bundesliga FT 2013-10-19 @ SGE 1
  4. 2 2013-14 German Bundesliga FT 2014-03-23 @ FCN 5
  5. 1 PROMOTION/RELEGATION PLAYOFF FT 2016-05-19 @ SGE 1

Lineups

Confirmed

FCN · 4-4-2

  1. Raphael SchäferG16
  2. Davy BulthuisCD-L41
  3. Georg MargreitterCD-R33
  4. Laszlo SepsiLB6
  5. Miso BreckoRB2
  6. Hanno BehrensCM-L18
  7. Ondrej PetrakCM-R31
  8. Tim LeiboldLM23
  9. Sebastian KerkRM171
  10. Niclas FüllkrugCF-L242
  11. Guido BurgstallerCF-R92

Substitutes

  1. Lukas MühlSUB28
  2. Rúrik GíslasonSUB191
  3. Even HovlandSUB3
  4. Cedric TeuchertSUB36
  5. Kevin MöhwaldSUB14
  6. Danny BlumSUB7
  7. Peter RakovskySUB22

SGE · 4-2-3-1

  1. Lukas HradeckyG1
  2. Carlos ZambranoCD-L5
  3. David AbrahamCD-R1911
  4. Bastian OczipkaLB61
  5. Timothy ChandlerRB221
  6. Marc StenderaAM21
  7. Szabolcs HusztiLM812
  8. Makoto HasebeRM20
  9. Haris SeferovicF9316
  10. Mijat GacinovicAM-L112
  11. Änis Ben-HatiraAM-R3211

Substitutes

  1. Marco FabiánSUB103
  2. Aleksandar IgnjovskiSUB27
  3. Heinz LindnerSUB13
  4. Luc CastaignosSUB30
  5. Alexander MeierSUB1411
  6. Stefan AignerSUB16
  7. Yanni RegäselSUB2

Bundesliga Pro/Rel News

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