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For Frankfurt, the task is simple: avoid defeat and they will be in the quarter-finals to face either Tottenham Hotspur or AZ Alkmaar.

Form in Europe this season should provide them with plenty of belief, considering Frankfurt have won their last three at Deutsche-Bank Park without conceding – their best run in over 30 years.

The only goals Toppmoller’s men conceded at home during the league phase could be put down to complacency more than anything against Viktoria Plzen, when they drew 3-3 despite leading by two goals heading into the final four minutes.

However, RFS, Slavia Prague and Ferencvaros were no match for the Bundesliga side, and contributed to a fifth-place finish in the league phase.

Also, when winning the first leg away from home, Frankfurt have advanced to the next round on all seven previous occasions, giving the home support more reasons to be confident.

Positive statistics are much needed at the moment, because Frankfurt’s league form has fallen off a cliff in recent weeks.

No home team has won a Bundesliga match in the past two matchdays, and Frankfurt were beaten on both weekends, 4-1 against Bayer Leverkusen, and 2-1 on Sunday versus Union Berlin.

Eintracht led after an hour, but conspired to throw those three points away against a Union side that had lost three in a row heading into the fixture, with Hugo Ekitike also missing a 95th-minute penalty that would have salvaged a point.

They are still in the top four, but are just one point above Freiburg following three successive defeats, as they were the last away team to lose a game in the German top flight – 4-0 at Bayern on February 23.

Keeping up their 100% record at home to Dutch clubs will help to alleviate those domestic issues though, in what will be a first meeting against a club from the Netherlands here since the 1980-81 season, when Frankfurt beat Utrecht 3-1.