Oberliga Niederrhein: Relegation battle looms, Hilden turns into second place against ETB

While most leagues are on the home stretch or have already finished their last day of play, the Oberliga Niederrhein Four days after the end of the match.

The fourth of the last takes place during the week, and four matches were on the program on Wednesday. While it is clear above that SSVg Velbert will be promoted to the Regionalliga West, four of the six relegated teams are certain at the bottom of the table with FSV Duisburg, FC Kray, Cronenberger SC and TuRU Düsseldorf.

Two more are required, theoretically the difference from eighth place is at risk. However, Baumberg will certainly not be relegated, so not much can happen that SF will slip.

Things got even tighter for MSV Düsseldorf, who managed to present themselves on Tuesday with a 2-1 win over Sportfreunde Baumberg. On Wednesday, Union Nettetal in particular – before match day the gap to the first relegation zone was only four points – was about scoring points in Ratingen to defeat VfB Homberg, 1. .

But the plan went wrong, because Ratingen won their home match comfortably 4-0 after goals from Phil Spielmann, Yacine Merzagua and Tom Hirsch (2), all of which came after the break. Homberg and Monheim can now take one point from Nettetal on Thursday.

Homberg plays with relegated TuRU Düsseldorf, and Monheim must play against SSVg Velbert. 1. FC Kleve missed the almost certain rescue, TSV Meerbusch turned 0: 2 in Kleve into 2: 2.

Also interesting on Wednesday: at Hilden he was second behind Velbert. VfB Hilden received ETB SW Essen. And the guests from Uhlenkrug could not bring their drive to the end. Hilden turned the match around, won 2: 1, and defended second place. ETB dropped to fifth place due to the defeat.