Fortuna Düsseldorf host Eintracht Frankfurt in the 2. Bundesliga top match on Monday evening. The strong home side from Düsseldorf could abscond at the top of the table with another home victory, just it won't be easy against the most expensive team of the league.
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Only a single point lost
Fortuna Düsseldorf in 22 consecutive 2. Bundesliga home matches until they got beaten by Paderborn in the last match before the winter break. Also the first match of the new year could not be won in Ingolstadt last Saturday, where Düsseldorf left out several chances to score and then had to defend the 1:1 with ten men. Suspended captain Lambertz will miss the match on Monday, he probably gets replaced by winter signing Adam Matuschyk, who came from neighbour 1. FC Köln.
While
Eintracht Frankfurt lost striker Gekas (7 goals) in the winter break, they could improve their vulnerable defence with the two former Bundesliga defenders Butscher (Freiburg) and Amedick (Kaiserslautern). However, their defence still seemed insecure, when they defeated Braunschweig 2:1 at home last Sunday. And now new center-back Amedick will miss the Düsseldorf match due to an injury. Frankfurt lost only two matches all season, but apart of the victory over Greuther Fürth on the first match day, they could never beaten a top team.
Fortuna 95 Düsseldorf - SG Eintracht Frankfurt 2. Bundesliga: 21st round
Date: 10 February 2012 - 20:15 CET
Stadium: Esprit-Arena, Düsseldorf
Referee: Dr. Felix Brych
Düsseldorf: Keeper: Ratajczak
Defenders: Levels, Lukimya, Langeneke, van den Bergh
Midfielders: Bodzek, Matuschyk - Beister, Fink
Forwards: Bröker, Rösler
Coach: N. Meier
Injured: Furuholm, Kruse
Booked: Lambertz
Frankfurt: Keeper: Nikolov
Defenders: Jung, Schildenfeld, Andersson, Butscher
Midfielders: Rohde, Lehmann - Matmour, A. Meier, Kittel
Forwards: Hoffer
Coach: Veh
Injured: Amedick, Schwegler / Abu (Afrika - Cup)
Booked: -
Frankfurt's coach Armin Veh heated up emotions last week, when accused Düsseldorf's striker Sascha Rösler of diving. Düsseldorf got ten penalties this season already. Actually Düsseldorf didn't get a clear penalty when played 1:1 in Frankfurt last August.
Düsseldorf couldn't win one of the last eight matches against Frankfurt. Fortuna's last victory took place back in 1991.
Snow at - 3 °C is expected in Düsseldorf on Monday evening.
Last meeting: 15 August 2011, E. Frankfurt - Düsseldorf 1:1
Wins Düsseldorf: 11
Wins Frankfurt: 24
Draws: 14
Recent performance (W - Win, D - Draw, L - Lose)
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Frankfurt - L/W/D/L/W
Interesting match between two strong contenders.
Düsseldorf a powerful home side, could take advantage of Frankfurt's problems in defence.
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