POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
EINTRACHT: Nikolov – Jung, Anderson, Schildenfeld, Djakpa – Schwegler – Matmour, Köhler – Meier – Hoffer, Idrissou
Manager: Armin Veh
Missing: Rode, Amedick
Close to suspension: Köhler (4), Matmour (4), Schwegler (4)
BOCHUM: Luthe - Kopplin, Maltritz, Acquistapace, Toski - Kramer, Sinkiewicz - Freier, Inui, Dabrowski - Ginczek
Manager: Andreas Bergmann
Missing: Azaouagh, Delura, Federico, Aydin
Close to suspension: Luthe (4), Kramer (4), Ginczek (4)
ATTENDANCE
35,000 tickets have been sold for the match at Commerzbank Arena including 184 away tickets. Remaining tickets are available at the pre sales shops and on Friday at the ground (tickets booths will open two hours ahead of kick-off).
LIVE MATCH INFO
As always 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 (Friday at 18h CET).
COLOURS
The Eagles will play in red and black jerseys and black shorts, Bochum in white.
ALL TIME RECORD
Only twice Eintracht and Bochum faced each other in Bundesliga 2 (2001/02). Across leagues SGE and VfL have met 63 times. The record is even with 24 wins each and 15 draws.Eintracht won the first leg this season 2-0 (goals: Acquistapace o.g. and Benny Köhler).
TOP FACTS
- Eintracht have won 4 matches in a row, Bochum have not won in 5 games collecting only 1 of possible 15 points.
- The Eagles scored the most goals in BL2 so far (65), their best tally in Bundesliga 2 ever. They netted 3 or more goals on 13 occasions already.
- Bochum did not score in 10 games so far and they scored more than 1 goal in only 8.
- Eintracht are in the top 3 of the standings since matchday 9 (top of the league twice).
- Only Fürth conceded less goals (22) and had more clean sheets (16) than Eintracht (27 goals conceded, 10 clean sheets).
- The Eagles won their last title against Bochum when they won the final of the DFB Cup in 1988 in Berlin (1-0). Lajos Detari scored the goalden goal.
