Eintracht Frankfurt Part 1

Here is the table as Hertha heads into match day 33.  Not as comfortably positioned as I might have hoped perhaps but it could easily be a lot worse. 

Six points to play for and with Hertha only three points and a bit of goal difference away from the playoff place. 

The outcome of these last two games will define this season for the bottom six clubs.

If Hertha can win on against Entract Frankfurt at home on match day 33 they should be safe short of some pretty impressive wins by some of the other teams at the bottom. With all of the matches kicking off at 15:30 on Saturday some of the results coming in and appearing on the big screens in the Olympiastadion could cause a pretty big reaction.

Matchday 33
FC Augsburg  : Hannover 96
Hertha BSC  :  Eintracht Frankfurt
VfB Stuttgart  :  Hamburger SV
Sport-Club Freiburg  :  FC Bayern München
FC Schalke 04 : SC Paderborn 07

Matchday 34
Hamburger SV : FC Schalke 04
SC Paderborn 07 : VfB Stuttgart
TSG 1899 Hoffenheim  :  Hertha BSC
Hannover 96 : Sport-Club Freiburg

No matter what Hertha do on Saturday, if Hannover, Paderborn or Stuttgart lose they are in very deep trouble indeed.  Stuttgart could no longer catch Hertha as they need a win and a draw to be on equal points although the win would have to be a pretty big one to overtake Hertha!
To have a chance of overtaking and dropping Hertha into the mire the bottom five teams need the following:
  Hannover 96 – at least a win and a draw and close the goal difference gap of 3
  VfB Stuttgart  - at least a win and a draw and close the goal difference gap of 5
  SC Paderborn 07 – in practice, two wins
  Sport-Club Freiburg  - a win and a draw would do it.
  Hamburger SV – in practice one win would do it.

But hey, I'm really hoping none of this matters. I just want to see Hertha win on Saturday and then who cares what the other teams do in their matches! Part 2 will appear on, or shortly after match day 33 . . .