Overview
- After nine Bundesliga matches Eintracht sit 10th with three wins, three draws and three losses, reflecting an uneven start to the season.
- Adi Hütter has returned as coach but results remain mixed, with a 93rd‑minute Jonathan Burkardt equaliser in Paderborn and a DFB‑Pokal win at HSV providing recent morale boosts.
- Defensive fragility is the main shortfall: the team has conceded about 20 goals, recorded only one clean sheet, and lacks a settled right‑back and depth in central defence.
- Sporting leadership has changed since Markus Krösche’s exit and the club plans to use the January window to add two defenders and potentially one forward, with Joti Chatzialexiou expected to take an early role in planning.
- Young players such as Niko Ilicevic, Younes Ebnoutalib and Jonathan Burkardt are delivering encouraging performances that ease pressure on the squad and could influence transfer choices and tactical decisions.