Greuther Fürth 1-1 Cologne
Goals: 0-1 Kainz 53' (assist: Hector), 1-1 Griesbeck 69' (assist: Itter)

The hosts made a fine start as the Cloverleaves looked to keep their survival hopes alive for another weekend and could have taken a fifth-minute lead were it not for some excellent Cologne defending. Branimir Hrgota was sprung through on goal by Jeremy Dudziak's clever ball over the top, but Luca Kilian recovered to make a superb last-ditch tackle that denied Greuther's skipper the opener. It seemed to kick the Billy Goats into gear and Andreas Linde had to be on his toes to tip Anthony Modeste's fierce header over the bar, before Salih Özcan rattled the crossbar from the resulting corner with an audacious back-heeled volley. Linde then had to be at his best to get across to Kainz's free-kick that looked bound for the top-corner until the Swedish stopper intervened and Fürth held firm to ensure the sides remained level at the break.

It took Cologne just eight minutes of the second half to break the Fürth resistance, though. Kainz took up the ball on the left flank before cutting inside Marco Meyerhöfer and whipping a cross into a dangerous channel that Linde couldn't get out to as the ball safely travelled into the far corner. Stefan Leitl's side were far from beaten, though, and they were level with just over 20 minutes to play. Griesbeck was the man with the goal, meeting Luca Itter's pin-point corner and planting his header beyond Marvin Schwäbe. There would be no winner at either end of the pitch, leaving Cologne on the fringes of the European places and Greuther still rooted to the bottom the table.

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Fürth halt Cologne progress with spirited draw