FC Nurnberg – Eintracht Frankfurt

1.FC Nurnberg – Eintracht Frankfurt –
 Another in a series of derbies of the table’s rear will take place in Nuremberg on this Sunday.
 The host is positioned just above the relegation zone having one point more teams in it, while Eintracht is in a better situation having three points more than Nuremberg.
 However, the differences are very small and each point is worth in gold, especially if it is won or lost in matches against direct competitors, which lately neither Nuremberg nor Eintracht play very well. Nuremberg is a series of three defeats and Eintracht hasn’t won in the last two matches. It is very interesting that these two teams have exactly the same effect when scored and received goals are counted. Their match played in the first part of the season ended with the result 1-1, while Eintracht won their match played last season in Nuremberg by 2-1

FC Nurnberg

Nuremberg excellently started the second half of the season winning four times in the first five rounds, where only Bayern managed to defeat it.
 All this has improved their prospects in the fight for survival, but not too much, as they were simply desperate in the first part of the season.
New negative series of three defeats in which they are now has quickly brought them back and again every match, especially it is played at home is very important.
 It is interesting that they never drew in eight rounds the season continuation after even 11 draws in the first part of the season.

After the embarrassing defeat at home by Werder Bremen, they fought back well in the last round in Hamburg when they received goals only in the last ten minutes of the match, although it must be said that they were in a completely subordinate position and were saved by goalie R. Schafer. Coach Veerbek had expectedly returned Feulner in the starting lineup, while Campana stayed on the bench. Now, he will further reinforce the attack and Pekhart will jump-in, while Mak goes on the bench.


Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht showed in the last round how not to play a crucial match that could solve the issue of their existence in the Bundesliga.
They hosted Freiburg and they were supposed to win this team creating unreachable point difference, after which would much easier play until the end of the championship. They had a series of five matches without defeat, three in the championship and two in the Europe, where all three championship matches were played against direct competitors in the struggle for survival. Two draws and a lucky victory over Stuttgart, but then shock and a heavy defeat of 4-1 by Freiburg.

It should be said that the result doesn’t match what has been seen on the pitch, but Eintracht players cannot blame anyone else for their oven misses, especially Aigner, who could have been the team’s saviour. Instead, they turned the opponent’s goalkeeper into a celebrity and now they are again in an unpleasant situation.
Coach Veh can again count on stopper Zambrano and this is good news, as well as the recovery of the left back Oczipka, while the bad news in new Meier’s injury who will not play again.