Didavi leads Wolfsburg past Eintracht Frankfurt
Wolfsburg rode their luck but picked up their first win of the campaign thanks to Daniel Didavi's first-half goal against Eintracht Frankfurt.
Eintracht Frankfurt 0-1 Wolfsburg
Goals: Didavi (22')
Maximilian Arnold forced a good save from a free-kick before the game turned on a wild couple of minutes midway through the first half. Eintracht’s Mijat Gacinovic had a header saved by Koen Casteels, Sebastien Haller headed onto the post shortly afterwareds and then Wolfsburg swept up the other end of the field where Josuha Guilavogui teed up Daniel Didavi for the opening goal. Gacinovic then hit the bar in first-half injury-time and while the Eagles huffed and puffed they could not find a leveller in the second half.
Line-ups
Frankfurt: Hradecky - Abraham, Hasebe (c), Falette, Chandler, Willems (Tawatha 78') - Gacinovic, Fernandes (Hrgota 65'), de Guzman (da Costa 72') - Boateng - Haller
Coach: Niko Kovac
Wolfsburg: Casteels - Verhaegh, Knoche (Uduokhai 78'), Tisserand, Gerhardt - Arnold, Guilavogui, Camacho, Didavi (Malli 72') , Dimata (Bazoer 52') - Gomez (c)
Coach: Andries Jonker
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Match stats
- Roughly speaking, Daniel Didavi scores once in every three league matches (32 goals in 103 appearances). However, he has scored in all four Bundesliga games he has played against Eintracht.The Eagles have won only one of their last 10 matches against Wolfsburg – a 3-2 home victory in January 2016.Having featured for the first time since his return to Germany last week, Eintracht forward Kevin-Prince Boateng made his 100th Bundesliga appearance on Saturday.Frankfurt's Makoto Hasebe played his first 135 Bundesliga matches for Wolfsburg between 2008 and 2013. He won the title with the Wolves in 2009.