Match Report
The table gap was wide: 15 points between Eintracht Frankfurt (9th, 45 pts) and Fortuna Düsseldorf (17th, 30 pts). On the form table Eintracht Frankfurt stood 2nd over the last five rounds, despite being 9th overall. Against a league average of 1.6 goals per team per game, Fortuna Düsseldorf ran at 1.06 scored and 1.97 conceded, Eintracht Frankfurt at 1.74 and 1.76.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Fortuna Düsseldorf win, 4 for Eintracht Frankfurt, 0 draws, at 4.4 goals per meeting. History backs the host here — 80% of the meetings won by the home side. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
Merkur Spiel-Arena in Dusseldorf, capacity 54,600, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-1 full-time score.




