Eintracht Frankfurt have lined up with Marco Russ and Sebastian Rode in the middle of midfield for the home clash against Nuremberg.

The midfield selection leaves Takashi Inui on the bench, while up front Vaclav Kadlec continues to lead the line.

For the visiting Nuremberg, Tomas Pekhart starts up front with Hiroshi Kiyotake providing the creativity from behind.

Frankfurt: Trapp; Jung, Zambrano, Anderson, Oczipka; Russ, Rode; Aigner, Meier, Barnetta; Kadlec

Nuremberg: Schafer; Chandler, Nilsson, Pogatez, Plattenhart; Stark, Hasebe, Pinola, Kiyotake, Hlousek; Pekhart