Eintracht Frankfurt was in the lead three times and SC Freiburg came back three times. Michael Gregoritsch saved at least one point for the Breisgauer team in the Bundesliga.
The game was overshadowed by what was probably a serious knee injury to Frankfurt attacker Sasa Kalajdzic, who had to be substituted after eleven minutes and later returned to the bench on crutches. Ansgar Knauff stepped into the breach in front of 34,700 spectators and scored twice (35th minute/72nd) Omar Marmoush (27th) and Vincenzo Grifo (29th) equalized for the hosts.