Sunday 24 April 2016 20:59, UK
Eintracht Frankfurt boosted their survival hopes, with a late Stefan Bell own goal earning them a 2-1 win over Mainz in the Bundesliga on Sunday afternoon.
Daniel Brosinski's put Mainz in front after 18 minutes when he curled a free kick over the wall and into the top left-hand corner of Lukas Hradecky's goal to give the visitors the lead.
Marco Russ levelled for the hosts less than 10 minutes later, though, and both goalkeepers made fine saves throughout the second half, with Mainz's Loris Karius making excellent stops from Haris Seferovic and Anis Ben-Hatira and Hradecky excelling himself to deny Jhon Cordoba.
But Karius was ultimately beaten by one of his own players with Ben-Hatira's cross striking Bell on his back and curling over his own goalkeeper and in for a crucial goal to put Frankfurt within a point of the relegation play-off berth with three games of the season remaining.
Elsewhere, Borussia Monchengladbach moved to within a point of fourth-placed Hertha Berlin thanks to a 3-1 win over Hoffenheim.
Jeremy Toljan did Gladbach a favour early on when he turned Granit Xhaka's cross into his own goal at the far post, under pressure from Andre Hahn.
Mahmoud Dahoud doubled the host's lead before the break when Baumann fumbled the ball just yards out of his goal.
Andrej Kramaric gave Hoffenheim some hope early in the second half as he reduced the arrears, but Hahn rounded off an excellent counter-attack to restore Gladbach's two-goal lead, and Andre Schubert's men can now once again dream of Champions League football next season.
