Bundesliga Exciting West derby in the relegation – games on free TV
The Düsseldorf team celebrates with their fans: Fortuna can go into the relegation game against VfL Bochum with confidence. photo
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Fortuna Düsseldorf is one of the few second division teams that made it through relegation to the Bundesliga. Will it work again after 2012?
The final decisions about future league membership will be made in the two elimination duels between the Bundesliga sixteenth and the second division third and the second division sixteenth and the third division third.
Which teams qualified for relegation?
From the Bundesliga, VfL Bochum has to play in the two games against Fortuna Düsseldorf, third in the second division. The first game will take place on May 23rd in Bochum’s Ruhr Stadium. The second leg in the Düsseldorf European Championship Stadium is scheduled for May 27th. The relegation for the 2nd league is contested by SV Wehen Wiesbaden and Jahn Regensburg. Second division team Wiesbaden initially has home advantage on May 24th and has to play in Regensburg on May 28th. Kick-off for all games is 8:30 p.m.
Which channels broadcast the games?
All games will be shown on free TV on Sat.1. The pay TV channel Sky will also broadcast the four games live.
Which mode is played?
As in the European Cup, away goals no longer count twice if the score is tied and there is no third playoff – as there used to be. If there is a tie on points and goals, the game goes into extra time and then a penalty shootout.
Who has prevailed more often?
In 25 decisive duels between the first and second division teams so far – ten of which took place between 1982 and 1991 – the second division teams have only been able to prevail six times, and only twice in the past twelve years: in 2019 Union Berlin (against VfB Stuttgart) and in 2012 Fortuna Düsseldorf (against Hertha BSC). The trend in the games between second and third division teams is completely different: in 15 duels so far, the lower-class teams from the third division have prevailed eleven times.
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