He is the man for the special and surprising. The fact that Jesper Lindström has been training with his teammates again since the middle of the week is a good signal. Eintracht coach Oliver Glasner even attaches special importance to the return of his sorely missed winger. "He's not completely pain-free yet, but he'll be in the squad." And playing, the Frankfurt football coach immediately announced, the Dane will probably do the same. Not all the time, but it could be "ten to 15 minutes" against FC Augsburg. "Jesper can have an impact on our game," Glasner said on Thursday, two days before the home game against the Bavarian Swabians on Saturday (15.30 CET in the F.A.Z. live ticker for the Bundesliga and on Sky).

Ralf Weitbrecht

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The arena in Frankfurt's Stadtwald will be sold out, once again. Eintracht continues to mobilise the masses – even in tense sporting times. Every supporter sympathetic to Eintracht has long been aware that the last win in front of their own crowd was more than two months ago.

18 February: It was the day on which SV Werder Bremen was defeated 2-0 in the core business of the Bundesliga. With Lindström, the nimble Dane. Two weeks later, on 5 March, in a 2-2 draw at Wolfsburg, Lindström made his last competitive appearance for Eintracht. Since then, he has had to sit out with an ankle injury sustained in training. The fact that he is now available again to some extent has delighted Glasner. "Jesper is in a state of euphoria," said the Eintracht coach. In other words, the anticipation and enthusiasm to finally be able to contribute something to the well-being of the team again are currently particularly great after weeks of inactivity. Lindström wants to know again. "Even if it won't be a whole game for Jesper, we want to take this euphoria with us."

New momentum and new enthusiasm: Eintracht can use a good portion of everything. In tabular form, the Glasner team has slipped bit by bit in recent weeks. Looking back on the famous autumn, ninth place is a disappointment. The fact that the team has forgotten how to win in front of their own crowd since mid-February is not a glorious page for the Europa League winners. Glasner knows this, but on Thursday he looked at this negative series from a different angle. "We haven't lost a game at home since mid-February. Neither in the Bundesliga nor in the cup." It's all a question of perspective.

One thing is indisputable: Eintracht has been chasing its old form for a long time. In addition, very few goals have been scored recently. In the past few days of training, Glasner has therefore also and above all focused on his players getting back into the opponent's penalty area more dangerously. "We need to move forward faster, more determinedly, more consistently and in a more straightforward manner."

Penetrating from dangerous spaces into equally dangerous spaces: Oliver Glasner also spoke about this, thinking in particular of Mario Götze. In other words, the man who is predestined to stand for the unexpected because of his skills and potential. "We want to play and attack quickly in the spaces against Augsburg."

Götze has a special role to play here, as he is the one who can bring the ball to better-positioned teammates with one or a maximum of two contacts. "Mario scored two goals and contributed two assists in the fall," Glasner said. "Now he's dropped from the scoring list." Just like teammate and sideman Daichi Kamada, who may already be thinking about his new employer. Currently, the Japanese is linked with Benfica. It would be better if Kamada were again associated with consistently good performances in the Eintracht dress. There hasn't been one recently.

Against FC Augsburg, who are currently with 30 points and are far from being free of all relegation worries, Eintracht is making the next attempt to give their audience a victory for their visit to the stadium. "This game is very important to us," said the ambitious Frankfurt coach. There will be no major changes in the tactical orientation that Glasner had promised after the 0-4 defeat at Borussia Dortmund. The back four is not a model for Eintracht at the moment. She simply doesn't have the right players for that. So it remains defensively with the three-man chain - and offensively with solo entertainer Randal Kolo Muani, without whose many goals Eintracht would be even worse off.

It remains to be seen what enthusiasm Lindström's return can really trigger. Since Augsburg have been first-class, there have been ten games in Frankfurt in the past ten and a half years. With four home wins, three draws and three defeats, a balanced record, which does not make Eintracht the clear favorite. Only one thing is clear: Glasner's team must finally win a home game again.