POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
EINTRACHT: Nikolov – Jung, Anderson, Schildenfeld, Djakpa – Schwegler – Rode, Köhler –Meier – Hoffer, Idrissou – Trainer: Armin Veh
Missing: Kittel
DUISBURG: Fromlowitz – Kern, Soares, Bajic, Wolze – Sukalo – Berberovic, Gjasula, Hoffmann – Jula, Lazok – Trainer: Milan Sasic
Missing: Reiche, Baljak
LIVE MATCH INFO
The match can be followed via the English LIVE text commentary on eintracht.de. All major events such as goals, shots, substitutions, cards, fouls, corners and offsides will be posted as and when they happen. Click HERE from kick-off onwards (Sunday 13.30h CET).
ATTENDANCE
Around 36,000 tickets have been sold for the match on Sunday. Plenty of tickets will be available on the day of the match with ticket booths opening two hours ahead of kick-off.
COLOURS
The Eagles will play in red and black jerseys and black shorts, the 'Zebras' in blue and white.
LAST MEETINGS
Eintracht won the last four matches - all Bundesliga meetings - against the 'Zebras' scoring 11 goals. The very last fixture between the two teams was a 4-2 home win of the Eagles on the last matchday of the 2007/08 Bundesliga season sealing Dusiburg's relegation.
ALL TIME RECORD
Eintracht and Duisburg met 63 times so far, with 54 Bundesliga matches, 6 in Bundesliga 2 and 3 in the Cup. The Eagles won nearly half of those 63 games winning 31 - most importantly the DFB Pokal cup final in 1975 (1-0 with a goal by Charly Körbel).
TOP FACTS
- Eintracht lost only 1 of the last 6 Bundesliga 2 meetings with Duisburg (3 wins, 2 draws).
- The Eagles and Fortuna Düsseldorf remain the only 2 unbeaten teams in the three top leagues in Germany (12 competitive games each).
- MSV picked up only 1 point away from home this season (1 draw, 4 defeats).
- Eintracht had a better start to a topflight or Bundesliga 2 season only once in 48 years: 1993/94 they picked up 29 points in the first 11 games.
- The Eagles scored the most headed goals (10) and conceded the least (1).
- Eintracht has the best attack in so far scoring 28 goals. The also scored the most between minute 76 and 90 (10) conceding none.
- Mo Idrissou, Benjamin Köhler and Gordon Schildenfeld all have played for MSV before and had their Bundesliga 2 debuts with Duisburg. Idrissou and Köhler even scored their first 2. Bundesliga goals for them.