It was the German international's first game back from injury and he now faces another spell on the sidelines.
"I'm afraid I have a torn muscle in the groin area," said the 31-year-old after the game.
Metzelder recently revealed that he expects to leave Die Knappen at the end of the season.
Restore Data
| Team | P | W | D | L | F | A | GD | PTS | |
| 1 | Fortuna DusseldorfDusseldorf | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 17 |
| 2 | Magdeburg | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | SC PaderbornSC Paderborn | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 16 |
| 4 | Karlsruher SCKarlsruher | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 16 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 11 | 15 |
| 6 | Hannover | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 7 | FC Koln | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 12 |
| 8 | Elversberg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 5 | 12 |
| 9 | Hertha Berlin | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 14 | -1 | 11 |
| 10 | Greuther Furth | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 10 |
| 11 | Nuremberg | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 10 |
| 12 | KaiserslauternKaiserslautern | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Schalke 04Schalke | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 19 | -3 | 8 |
| 14 | SSV UlmUlm | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 11 | -2 | 7 |
| 15 | Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -10 | 7 |
| 16 | SV Darmstadt 98Darmstadt | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Preussen Munster | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 16 | -5 | 5 |
| 18 | Jahn RegensburgJahn | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 19 | -18 | 4 |
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