1) It’s in their hands
Starting with the obvious, Frankfurt are third going into the final three matches of the season with a six-point cushion on fifth. If they win at seventh-placed Mainz on Matchday 32, Eintracht will be all but over the line, given their vastly superior goal difference over the chasing pack.
Failing that, they can seal the deal at home to lowly, but almost mathematically safe St. Pauli on the penultimate weekend which, in turn, would render their final-day trip to fourth-in-the-table Freiburg academic – at least for them.
