Good evening and welcome to Sports Mole's live text coverage of Eintracht Frankfurt's Bundesliga clash with Greuther Furth at the Commerzbank-Arena.
Both sides were promoted to the German top flight last season, however they are already 13 points apart this term after making very different starts.
Frankfurt are third in the table and unbeaten at home, while Furth are rock bottom and winless in seven.
In-form Frankfurt forward Alexander Meier will be looking to continue his fine goalscoring run of four goals in as many games.
Here are the teams, starting with the hosts:-
Eintracht Frankfurt: Kevin Trapp; Vadim Demidov, Bastian Oczipka, Anderson, Sebastian Jung; Takashi Inui, Stefan Aigner, Sebastian Rode, Pirmin Schwegler; Olivier Occean, Alexander Meier
Frankfurt Subs: Oka Nikolov, Heiko Butscher, Stefano Celozzi, Martin Lanig, Benjamin Kohler, Erwin Hoffer, Karim Matmour
Greuther Furth: Max Grun; Mergim Mavraj, Heinrich Schmidtgal, Bernd Nehrig, Thomas Kleine; Stephan Furstner, Milorad Pekovic, Zoltan Stieber, Sercan Sararer; Gerald Asamoah, Edgar Prib
Furth Subs: Wolfgang Hesl, Lasse Sobiech, Michael Hefele, Baba Rahman, Tobias Mikkelsen, Christopher Nothe, Eduardo Goncalves de Oliveira
The players are on the pitch and kick-off is moments away.
Frankfurt kick-off and we are underway.
GOAL! Frankfurt 1-0 Greuther Furth
With just 33 seconds on the clock, the hosts lead. Alexander Meier extends his hotstreak to five goals in five games with a low drive from 18 yards!
Frankfurt win a corner kick, as the ball skids behind off Furstner.
The set piece is poor and easily cleared.
Meier has an ambitious attempt from long range, which is well blocked.
Demidov puts the ball behind and Furth have a corner.
Frankfurt clear.
Asamoah is brought down by Demidov - Furth have a free kick 30 yards from goal.
Schmidtgal goes for goal, but the wall does its job and deflects the ball wide for a corner.
The referee awards Frankfurt a free kick for a foul on the goalkeeper.
Furth have been the better side since they conceded. The visitors are dominating possession.
Chance for Furth! Prib forces a good save out of Trapp with a close-range header.
Chance for Furth! A lazy backpass puts Asamoah in behind the hosts' defence. Trapp comes sliding out and wins the ball before it is desperately hacked clear.
Chance for Frankfurt! Meier flicks on into the path of Occean, who bustles his way beyond one defender before being denied a shot on goal by a last-ditch tackle from Nehrig.
Chance for Frankfurt! Meier's volley from 10 yards is blocked, but the ball falls to Occean, who bends a shot towards the top right corner. Tipped wide by Grun.
The corner is wasted - again!
Nehrig goes in late on Oczipka and the Furth defender is fortunate not to receive a yellow card.
Occean makes a powerful run down the left and Frankfurt are rewarded with a corner kick.
Frankfurt take the corner short and it is cleared without even threatening to enter the penalty area. The standard of set pieces has been woeful thus far.
HT: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-0 Greuther Furth
On balance, the hosts are probably just about worthy of their narrow lead. Meier fired them in front after 33 seconds and, although Furth then dominated the possession for a 15-20-minute spell, Frankfurt's dynamic front two have looked too hot to handle and could have easily doubled the lead on three occasions.
The players return from the dressing rooms for the second half, as heavy rain begins to fall in Frankfurt.
Furth get the second half underway.
Neither manager has made any changes during the interval.
Nehrig cleverly wins a free kick for Furth in a dangerous position near the right corner flag.
The ball is whipped in left-footed and Trapp does well to punch clear.
Goal! Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Greuther Furth
Furth hit Frankfurt with a devastating four-pass counter attack, which ends with Prib sliding the ball into the path of Zoltan Stieber, who chips the goalkeeper from 20 yards. Great goal.
Substitution for Frankfurt: Karim Matmour replaces Takashi Inui.
Chance for Furth! A long goal kick from Grun finds its way to Asamoah, who is denied from 10 yards by an athletic save from Trapp. Corner.
Trapp continues to impress, confidently gathering the high corner among a host of bodies.
Chance for Frankfurt! Rode fires narrowly over the crossbar with a rushed effort from 18 yards.
The referee ends his amnesty on late tackles and shows Sebastian Jung a yellow card for a poor challenge on Sararer.
Pirmin Schwegler joins his teammate in the book, after diving in late on Pekovic.
A third yellow card in four minutes! This time for a Furth player - Stephan Furstner.
Chance for Furth! Trapp keeps his team level with a brilliant instinctive save down low to deny Furstner from 18 yards.
Substitution for Frankfurt: Benjamin Kohler replaces Stefan Aigner.
Chance for Frankfurt! Schwegler fires in a low ball across goal from the left and Occean just fails to get a touch on it.
Gerald Asamoah becomes the fourth player to be shown a yellow card - for a poor and needless tackle on Schwegler.
Huge chance for Furth! Sararer's initial effort is parried straight back to him, but he fires high and wide from just six yards out.
The fourth official indicates two minutes of time added on.
FT: Eintracht Frankfurt 1-1 Greuther Furth
Frankfurt miss the chance to go second, while Furth move off the bottom of the table, where they are replaced by Augsburg.
Both sides had chances to win the game in the second half, but it was Furth who looked the more likely.
Man of the Match: Kevin Trapp
That concludes our coverage of tonight's game. See you again soon.
Written by
Robert Summerscales
Robert Summerscales
