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 | Hamburger SV | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 40 | 23 | 17 | 31 |
| 2 | Magdeburg | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 35 | 26 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | FC Koln | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 24 | 8 | 31 |
| 4 | Hannover | 18 | 9 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 30 |
| 5 | KaiserslauternKaiserslautern | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 28 | 4 | 29 |
| 6 | Karlsruher SCKarlsruher | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 33 | 2 | 29 |
| 7 | Elversberg | 18 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 27 | 6 | 28 |
| 8 | SC PaderbornSC Paderborn | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 26 | 4 | 28 |
| 9 | Fortuna DusseldorfDusseldorf | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 27 |
| 10 | SV Darmstadt 98Darmstadt | 18 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 38 | 31 | 7 | 25 |
| 11 | Nuremberg | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 33 | 31 | 2 | 25 |
| 12 | Hertha Berlin | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 28 | 1 | 25 |
| 13 | Schalke 04Schalke | 18 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 33 | -1 | 21 |
| 14 | Greuther Furth | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 25 | 35 | -10 | 20 |
| 15 | Preussen Munster | 18 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 24 | -4 | 19 |
| 16 | SSV UlmUlm | 18 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 17 | 22 | -5 | 14 |
| 17 | Eintracht BraunschweigBraunschweig | 18 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 36 | -20 | 14 |
| 18 | Jahn RegensburgJahn | 18 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 40 | -31 | 11 |
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