Mehdi Mahdavikia will be in the first team line-up of Eintracht Frankfurt for Sunday's Bundesliga encounter against Hamburger SV, the daily Frankfurter Rundschau newspaper reported Thursday.
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The Iranian skipper will replace Eintracht defender Patrick Ochs who will have to sit out the match in Hamburg.
Hampered by a string of injuries and woeful performances during the season, the former HSV player has yet to fulfill Frankfurt's high expectations when they signed him to a three-year contract last summer.
One of the surprise teams of this Bundesliga season, Frankfurt is presently ranked 7th with 32 points out of 21 Bundesliga games.
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