Frankfurt remain on course for UCL qualification despite Augsburg draw
An exhausted Eintracht Frankfurt fought to a scoreless draw at Augsburg on Sunday, days after their Europa League quarter-final loss to Tottenham.
Augsburg, who have climbed the Bundesliga in the second-half of the season. were the better side but could not break down the heavy-legged visitors.
Augsburg peppered Frankfurt's goal from a series of corners to close the first-half but the visitors held firm.
The injection of Ansgar Knauff at half-time gave Frankfurt a boost and the former Borussia Dortmund winger went close on 70 minutes, only for Augsburg's Cedric Zesiger to deny him with a last-ditch intervention.
Despite the draw, Frankfurt tightened their grip on third, four points clear of fifth-placed Freiburg, and are on course for their highest league finish in three decades.
Finishing in the top four would mean Frankfurt qualify for the modern Champions League in just the second time in their history, with the first coming after winning the Europa League in 2022. They reached the final of the old European Cup in 1960.
The hard-fought draw continued Augsburg's remarkable record in the calendar year.
Augsburg have lost just one of their past 14 league games, conceding only seven goals in that run.