A beautiful Sunday afternoon at the Volksbank-Stadion was matched by the game between FSV Frankfurt and SV Darmstadt 98. A game full of chances and action, Zlatko Dedic's stunning second-half finish gave the hosts a well deserved lead. However, Jerome Gondorf's well-timed run and finish salvaged a point for the Lilies.

FSV Frankfurt continued their unbeaten streak in 2015 with an impressive comeback win against VfL Bochum, thanks to Edmund Kapllani's late double in the final ten minutes. That was enough to earn him a place in the starting eleven, as Zltako Dedic dropped to the bench. Benno Möhlmann also opted for Timm Golley and Tom Beugelsdijk over Odise Roshi and Hanno Balitsch.

Darmstadt also left it late, although Jan Rosenthal's ninety-second minute goal was enough to give them victory over promotion rivals Eintracht Braunschweig. Similarly to Kapllani, the goal gave the loanee a starting berth and he replaced Maurice Exslager. Leon Balogun came in for Sandro Sirigu in Dirk Schuster's only other change.

Both sides had chances from set-pieces in the beginning, although Beugelsdijk and Romain Bregerie both couldn't trouble the opposition defence with their tame headers.

There was a big blow for the visitors early on, however. Jerome Gondorf and Dominik Stroh-Engel both picked up bookings, their fifth of the season, which ruled them out of the crucial clash against Union Berlin next weekend.

The first chance of open play fell the way of the Volksbank-Stadion side, as some fine passing got Mario Engels free on goal. His shot was well-struck, but the ever reliable Christian Mathenia was on hand to parry the ball to safety.

It was a very promising first-half performance by Engels, Golley and Vincenzo Grifo who were causing the Darmstadt defence massive headaches. Mathenia produced three other top-class saves to deny the trio, before Kapllani's late effort was well tipped away and ensured the teams would go into the break level.

The vistiors made a change at half-time, which saw Stroh-Engel replaced by Ronny König; most likely due to their talisman's yellow card during the first period.

Further chances fell the way of Frankfurt after the break, but this time Mathenia wasn't required as they all slipped wide of the goal. Gondorf then nearly gave Darmstadt a shock lead, only for the sake of a few inches his thirty-yard curler would have crept under the bar instead of rattling it.

In the space of a few minutes, the game looked to have turned on it's head and Patrick Klandt was forced into an absolutely marvellous block from Marco Sailer's point blank volley.

From that resulting attack, however, the Bornheimer finally took a deserved lead. Dedic had only been on the pitch for four minutes when Grifo's slide rule pass sent him in on goal. The substitute didn't so much as lift his head and hammered home a quite emphatic finish from twelve yards, leaving Mathenia powerless to prevent it from rippling the back of the net.

That lead would only last ten minutes, as the troublesome Gondorf was rewarded for his persistence. A hopeful long ball up-field was flicked into his path by Rosnethal and the central-midfielder made no mistake from sixteen yards. He took the shot on first time and the ball flew past Klandt, who, despite getting a hand to the ball, was unable to turn it around the post.

The end of the game resembled more of a basketball game than that of a football match, but in spite of the late flurry of action neither team could find a winning goal.

A draw doesn't do much for either Frankfurt or Darmstadt and they both remained ninth and second, respectively. Schuster's side host Union on matchday 25, that has the makings of a 2. Bundesliga classic, while FSV will fancy their chances to continue their excellent form away to St. Pauli.