The referee team for the return leg was Christian Dingert; Benedikt Kempkes and Timo Gerach. 4thers was Alexander Sather, son of former long-serving FIFA Assistant Harald Sather, while Tobias Reichel was in the cellar.
The first half was goalless, which the ticker suggested was a fair reflection of the balance of play. The same ticker wished for a goal for Ingolstadt to make it more exciting, but the home side did better than that, scoring three times between minutes 53 and 66, to put them ahead in the tie. Nürnberg therefore had to find a goal to maintain their 2.Bundesliga status, and finally did so six minutes into added time.