Nurnberg & Hannover relegated from Bundesliga, Stuttgart set for play-off
Two relegations from the Bundesliga have been confirmed after Hannover and Nurnberg had their fate sealed on Saturday.
Hannover's relegation from the Bundesliga has been confirmed despite a 3-0 win over Freiburg and they will be joined in the second tier by Nurnberg.
Both sides knew their only hope of escaping the drop was upsetting the odds and securing the relegation play-off spot, but Stuttgart defeated Wolfsburg 3-0 to make 16th place theirs.
Nurnberg have looked doomed for most of the season after winning just three of their 33 league matches following promotion as runners-up in the Bundesliga last term.
Saturday's 4-0 hammering at home by Champions League hopefuls Borussia Monchengladbach showed the gulf in class. Josip Drmic, Thorgan Hazard and Denis Zakaria added to a Lukas Muhl own goal as Gladbach scored all four goals in the second half.
Although Stuttgart will finish in the bottom three regardless of their 3-0 victory, they have another opportunity to save themselves in the two-legged play-off against whichever side ends the season third in the second tier.
With two games to go in the 2.Bundesliga, that could be any one of Paderborn, Union Berlin, Hamburg, Heidenheim or St. Pauli.