Two months ago, the situation was very different. Eintracht were fifth in the table, just one point behind the Champions League places and had a comfortable lead over the clubs whose breath they are now feeling. Wolfsburg (then six points behind), Leverkusen (eleven) and Mainz (twelve) seemed to have almost said goodbye to the fight for Europe at the beginning of February.

What a fallacy. Because Eintracht is weakening and has been winless for weeks, the nice lead has melted. And the hope of hearing king-class music in Frankfurt again is not particularly great at the moment. In short, Eintracht is in the most difficult phase of this season.

The momentum of the first half of the season is gone. Although the team has convinced in the more than deserved draw against Bochum. But again, despite many opportunities, she did not manage to score a goal from the game. Again she had to rely on Randal Kolo Muani, who this time used a penalty to score goal number twelve of the season.

Only half the truth

The Frenchman has been Eintracht's stormy life insurance policy for weeks. From the other competitors there is still no danger of scoring. This makes Eintracht a predictable force at the moment. This does not bode well for the rest of the season.

We will have to wait even longer for the momentum of the injured Jesper Lindström – and probably also for resounding moments from Daichi Kamada. Since the Japanese returned from the World Cup in the desert, he has been running far behind his old form. With seven goals, the sensitive midfielder is still Frankfurt's second most successful scorer behind Kolo Muani. But that's only half the story. After all, his last goal was half an eternity ago.

Most recently, Kamada scored a goal in the 1-2 home defeat against Dortmund. That was on October 29. And since the ailing Lindström (seven goals this season) will no longer play a prominent role this season, Sebastian Rode is suddenly in demand behind Kolo Muani. Four goals this season for the fighter, who is anything but a goalscorer, are an outstanding haul for the Frankfurt captain – and yet show the great dilemma of Eintracht. It is and remains heavily dependent on Kolo Muani.