Overview
- SAT.1 and Joyn will show every playoff live for free, with Sky providing pay-TV coverage.
- The first legs are scheduled for May 21 at 20:30 for the Bundesliga tie and May 22 at 20:30 for 2. Bundesliga vs. 3. Liga, with the second leg of the lower-tier tie on May 26.
- Wolfsburg, Heidenheim and St. Pauli are tied on 26 points for Bundesliga’s 16th place, including Wolfsburg’s trip to St. Pauli at the Millerntor and Heidenheim’s game against Mainz.
- Arminia Bielefeld occupies 16th in the 2. Bundesliga, though Fürth, Düsseldorf, Braunschweig, Dresden and even Magdeburg could still drop into the playoff slot.
- In the 3. Liga, MSV Duisburg holds third on goal difference ahead of Rot-Weiss Essen, while the playoff gives the third-tier club home first, uses no away-goal rule, and has recently favored lower-league winners.