Match highlights
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1. FSV Mainz 05 vs Eintracht Frankfurt highlights
How the goals came
6' Paul Nebel opens the scoring for 1. FSV Mainz 05 → 20' Nathaniel Brown equalises for Eintracht Frankfurt → 89' Paul Nebel puts 1. FSV Mainz 05 ahead (the winner). Full time: 2-1, 1. FSV Mainz 05 win.
The match, goal by goal
1 of the 3 goals came after half-time.
6' Paul Nebel (1. FSV Mainz 05) 1-0
Hosting Eintracht Frankfurt at the Mewa Arena on Matchday 27 of the Bundesliga, 1. FSV Mainz 05 went ahead after just 6 minutes through Paul Nebel. The goal made it 1-0 and gave the home side an early lead. It would not be Nebel's last contribution of the afternoon, as he would return to decide the match much later on.
20' Nathaniel Brown (Eintracht Frankfurt) 1-1
Eintracht Frankfurt answered in the 20th minute, when Nathaniel Brown levelled the score at 1-1. Having fallen behind early on the road, the visitors were back on terms well before half-time. The equaliser set up a long stretch of parity that would last until the closing minutes.
89' Paul Nebel (1. FSV Mainz 05) 2-1
With the score still 1-1 in the 89th minute, Paul Nebel struck for the second time in the match to put 1. FSV Mainz 05 back in front. The late goal proved to be the winner, as Mainz held on for a 2-1 home victory. Nebel, who had opened the scoring in the 6th minute, thus bookended the game with both of his team's goals.
