Drama in the Frankfurt stadium: Eintracht is fighting for Champions League!

Drama in the Frankfurt stadium: Eintracht is fighting for Champions League!

On May 11, 2025, Eintracht Frankfurt separated in the home stadium 2: 2 draw from FC St. Pauli. In front of 58,000 spectators who populated the sold -out Frankfurt stadium, the game was of crucial importance for both the hosts and guests. Frankfurt is in a race for the Champions League qualification while St. Pauli is fighting against relegation.

The match started with a bang: Rasmus Kristensen scored 1-0 for Eintracht in the 1. minute. But the joy did not last long. Just three minutes later, Manoli's saliacas equalized for the Kiezkicker. In the 16th minute, Morgan Guilavogui took care of the guests when he scored 2-1 for St. Pauli. Eintracht struggled to play clear opportunities against the compact defense against Hamburg.

exciting course of the game

coach Dino Toppmöller decided at half -time to bring Michy Bathshuayi for Bahoya, which turned out to be the right one. Bathshuayi achieved the much -acclaimed equalization to 2-2 in the 71st minute. Despite this strong performance, Frankfurt must now achieve at least one draw against SC Freiburg on the last match day to secure the desired Champions League qualification.

The game was also characterized by some cards. For Frankfurt, Kristensen and Theate received Gelb, while St. Pauli was fully warned. The referee of the game was Dingert from Lebecksmühle.

The starting point in the table fight

With the tie, Eintracht remains in third place in the league. Their balance is: 15 wins, 7 draws and 8 defeats in 32 games. You have a point ahead of the fourth -placed SC Freiburg and four points on Borussia Dortmund, which is in fifth place. Eintracht Frankfurt could qualify for the Champions League before the decisive game should lose Dortmund against Bayer Leverkusen.

In the last four games, Eintracht remained undefeated after she had previously lost to Werder Bremen on April 5. The past games included two home wins via Heidenheim and RB Leipzig and a goalless draw against Augsburg. However, the last encounter ended with a 1: 1 against Mainz 05.

On the other hand, St. Pauli is in the 15th place with a record of 8 wins, 7 draws and 17 defeats. With just two points ahead of Heidenheim, which stand on the relegation place, St. Pauli urgently needs points in the upcoming game to secure the relegation. The last game ended unhappily with a 0-1 defeat against Stuttgart in the 88th minute.

After one up and down, the shape curve of St. Pauli shows in the last away games that the team is able to collect points-recently there was a 2-1 win against Holstein Kiel and a 0-0 against Werder Bremen. Nevertheless, the task will be difficult on Sunday, especially without several injured and suspended players.