Frankfurt / Main (dpa) – Arminia Bielefeld has left the relegation place in the Bundesliga for the time being. At the start of the 20th matchday, the East Westphalians won 2-0 (2-0) at Eintracht Frankfurt – the Bielefeld team hadn’t managed that for a decade and a half.
Patrick Wimmer in the fifth minute and Alessandro Schöpf (27th) scored the goals for the guests. Arminia are now unbeaten in five games and climbed up to 14th place in the table with 21 points for at least one night. The Frankfurters missed the jump to the international ranks and remain eighth for the time being and without a win in the new year.
Eintracht conceded a goal early
The Hessians didn’t just imagine the beginning of the game like this. Again they conceded an early goal. The sixth this season in the first quarter of an hour. Coach Oliver Glasner’s look at a tablet didn’t help either: there was nothing to object to Wimmer’s goal. Except that the people of Frankfurt had favored it themselves.
On the left side of defense, they let the Bielefeld grant. When the ball landed at Wimmer after an ineffective attempt to clear it, the Austrian shot his third goal of the season. Kevin Trapp, who like Filip Kostic had returned to the starting XI after surviving a corona infection, had no chance.
The fact that Eintracht had significantly more play and ball possession played no role against very eager and combative Bielefeld. Except for a long-range shot by Daichi Kamada (12th) and a huge chance by Jesper Lindström (16th), not much jumped out for Frankfurt. Instead, coach Frank Kramer’s Bielefeld team proved to be efficiency experts after scoring the fastest goal since promotion and scored the second goal.
Bielefeld’s keeper with class reflex
Again, Arminia came from the right attacking side, only this time Wimmer did the preparatory work for an Austrian production. And how! Behind the supporting leg he pointed the ball in front of the Trapp goal, Schöpf pushed it over the line into the short corner with his chest. According to the Bundesliga, the 27-year-old was the most unsuccessful shooter in the upper house with 25 failed attempts. The fact that the Kramer-Elf was able to go into the break with a two-goal lead was also thanks to keeper Stefan Ortega, who parried against Rafael Borré (35th) with a class reflex.
Even after the break, the Frankfurters could not buy anything from statistical advantages in the duel of the teams with the strongest runs in the league. Significantly better pass rate – but still no goal. Again Lindström missed a very good opportunity (56′), returning Kostic then only hit the side netting. Bielefeld defended their lead until the final whistle and even had the chance to score the third goal through Florian Krüger (67th) and again Wimmer (72nd).