German Bundesliga Promotion/Relegation Playoff

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Eintracht Frankfurt LWWWL 1
–
1. FC Nürnberg LWLWW 1
  • Mijat Gacinovic 65'
  • Marco Russ 43' OG
1st Leg · Deutsche Bank Park · 51,500 att.

Match Report

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Eintracht Frankfurt held to draw by Nurnberg in relegation playoff

Eintracht Frankfurt will rue a host of missed chances when they head to Nurnberg for the second leg of their play-off for a place in the Bundesliga.

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Last five matches

DateOppResultCompetition
11/7/26 @ SC Paderborn 07 D 2-2 German Bundesliga
11/1/26 vs Hamburg SV W 3-1 German Bundesliga
10/27/26 @ Hamburg SV W 3-1 German Cup
10/24/26 @ Borussia Dortmund L 0-1 German Bundesliga
10/16/26 vs FC Cologne W 1-0 German Bundesliga
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Team Stats

FCN SGE
19
Fouls
14
1
Yellow Cards
1
0
Red Cards
0
4
Offsides
3
1
Corner Kicks
8
4
Saves
0
25.5
Possession
74.5
1
SHOTS
22
0
ON GOAL
5
0
On Target %
20
0
Penalty Goals
0
0
Penalty Kicks Taken
0
113
Accurate Passes
539
229
Passes
652
50
Pass Completion %
80
0
Accurate Crosses
9
3
Crosses
24
0
Cross %
40
69
Long Balls
77
22
Accurate Long Balls
44
30
Long Balls %
60
0
Blocked Shots
11
14
Effective Tackles
13
21
Tackles
17
70
Tackle %
80
32
Effective Clearances
13
36
Clearances
14

Head to Head

SGE leads series 2-1-2

SGE Last 5 matchups FCN
  1. 0 2010-11 German Bundesliga FT 2011-02-18 @ FCN 3
  2. 2 2012-13 German Bundesliga FT 2012-09-21 @ FCN 1
  3. 0 2012-13 German Bundesliga FT 2013-02-09 @ SGE 0
  4. 1 2013-14 German Bundesliga FT 2013-10-19 @ SGE 1
  5. 5 2013-14 German Bundesliga FT 2014-03-23 @ FCN 2

Lineups

Confirmed

SGE · 4-2-3-1

  1. Lukas HradeckyG1
  2. Marco RussCD-L413
  3. David AbrahamCD-R194
  4. Bastian OczipkaLB6
  5. Timothy ChandlerRB2212
  6. Alexander MeierAM14
  7. Szabolcs HusztiLM83
  8. Makoto HasebeRM20
  9. Haris SeferovicF93
  10. Mijat GacinovicAM-L11214
  11. Stefan AignerAM-R1611

Substitutes

  1. Marc StenderaSUB211
  2. Aleksandar IgnjovskiSUB27
  3. Luc CastaignosSUB301
  4. Yanni RegäselSUB2
  5. Heinz LindnerSUB13
  6. Änis Ben-HatiraSUB32
  7. Carlos ZambranoSUB5

FCN · 4-4-2

  1. Raphael SchäferG14
  2. Davy BulthuisCD-L4
  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-L24
  11. Guido BurgstallerCF-R9

Substitutes

  1. Cedric TeuchertSUB36
  2. Danny BlumSUB7
  3. Peter RakovskySUB22
  4. Even HovlandSUB3
  5. Lukas MühlSUB28
  6. Kevin MöhwaldSUB14
  7. Rúrik GíslasonSUB19

Bundesliga Pro/Rel News

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