POSSIBLE LINE-UPS
EINTRACHT: Nikolov - Jung, Anderson, Schildenfeld, Djakpa - Matmour, Lehmann - Rode, Meier, Köhler - Gekas
DÜSSELDORF: Ratajczak - van den Bergh, Langeneke, Lukimya-Mulongo, Weber - Bodzek, Fink - Lambertz, Rösler, Beister - Bröker
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 (20.15h CET).
ATTENDANCE
36,000 tickets have been sold already for the fixture in which 2nd place Eintracht will host top of the league Fortuna. A crowd over 40,000 is likely.
COLOURS
The Eagles will play in red & black shirts and black shorts.
ALL TIME RECORD
- The two teams met only twice in 2. Bundesliga, during the 1997/98 season Eintracht won the first leg 3-2, the away match in Düsseldorf ended goalless. Oka Nikolov was the Eagle’s goalkeeper on both occasions.
- Fortuna won only 1 of 22 league games away to Frankfurt (5 draws, 16 defeats) – 31 years back in January 1980 Düsseldorf beat the Eagles 2-1.
TOP OPTA FACTS
- Fortuna won only 1 of their last 10 away matches in 2. Bundesliga (5 draws, 4 defeats).
- Eintracht stayed unbeaten in the first three league matches in 5 of their 6 campaigns in 2. Bundesliga.
- The Eagles scored as many goals this season already as in the second season half in 2010/11 – 7.
- If Eintracht manage to win against Fortuna it will be their 50th home win in 2. Bundesliga.
- Alexander Meier was involved in 6 of Eintracht’s 7 goals scoring 5 and assisting 1, he is the current 2. Bundesliga top scorer.
- Central defender Bamba Anderson will meet his former team mates, the Brazilian featured in 32 matches for Fortuna during the 2009/10 2. Bundesliga season (3 goals).
- Last season Ümit Korkmaz scored from 25m against Fortuna during his loan spell at VfL Bochum. It was the second goal that day for Bochum (final score 2-0).
