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