5.
8:36 p.m
Klaus takes the free kick directly at the goal and RWE keeper Golz safely punches the ball away.
4.
8:33 p.m
Yellow card for José-Enrique Ríos-Alonso (Rot-Weiss Essen)
Ríos-Alonso leaves his leg on the left side of the box against Ltaief and sees the yellow card early on.
2.
8:32 p.m
Klaus is sent down the right with a long ball. He gets close to the baseline, but his subsequent pass into the middle ends up with the opponent.
1.
8:31 p.m
The ball is rolling on Hafenstrasse! Food is offensive.
1.
8:30 p.m
Game start
8:18 p.m
Heiko Vogel also trusts the same starting line-up as against Düsseldorf. In the short term, however, he has to do without coins. The central defender is out due to muscular problems. The guests’ hopes today rest on Futkeu. The Essen native was crowned top scorer in the second division against Fortuna with his 19th goal.
8:07 p.m
Uwe Koschinat made no changes after the win against Ulm and sent the same team onto the field. The coach is familiar with relegation and already met Wiesbaden with Bielefeld in 2023. However, Arminia clearly had to admit defeat and East Westphalia went down a league.
8:00 p.m
Greuther Fürth is a veteran of the second division and leads the all-time table with 36 seasons ahead of FC St. Pauli with 32 seasons. Last year the cloverleaf fought to stay in the league and this season it looked like direct relegation for a long time. Head coach Heiko Vogel’s team gave everything on the last matchday and beat Fortuna Düsseldorf 3-0. As a result, the Rhinelanders slipped to 17th place and Fürth moved into the relegation place. With one more goal, the Franconians could have saved themselves completely and moved past Eintracht Braunschweig.
19:46
Since MSV Duisburg only played 1-1 against Viktoria Köln in their last game of the season, the Essen team overtook the Zebras in the table and ended the season in third place with 70 points. It’s been a while since the Essen team’s last season in the 2nd Bundesliga. In 2007 they were relegated to the Regionalliga.
7:38 p.m
After the first half of the season, Essen was the fourth-best team in the third league and head coach Uwe Koschinat’s team also ended up in fourth place in the second half of the season. RWE was also the fourth-best team in the home and away tables, but on the last match day today’s hosts won 3-2 against Ulm, who had already been relegated.
7:30 p.m
Welcome to the first leg of the relegation match between the 2nd Bundesliga and the 3rd League. Rot-Weiss Essen and SpVgg Greuther Fürth meet at 8:30 p.m. The game is led by Daniel Schlager.
