Eintracht Frankfurt is still waiting for the first win of the season in the Bundesliga and goes to the Europa League group game at Royal Antwerp without the hoped-for sense of achievement.

The Hessians came on Saturday against 1. FC Köln only to a 1: 1 (1: 1) and remain with five points in the lower half of the table.

In front of 24,000 spectators, Ellyes Skhiri gave the guests the lead in the 14th minute, which Rafael Borré (45 + 6) equalized.

Eintracht started out committed, but was caught off guard early on.

After preliminary work by Jonas Hector, Skhiri hit the far corner with a direct shot.

At that time, the Hessians had to change for the first time in a game that was tough on both sides with many injuries.

Right-back Erik Durm retired after a painful head hit in a clash with Florian Kainz and was replaced by Danny da Costa (11th).

The lead played into the cards for FC, which has established itself in the upper table region with nine points for the time being.

The team of coach Steffen Baumgart acted calmly and hardly allowed anything on the defensive.

In the front, Anthony Modeste and Sebastian Andersson caused unrest again and again.

Frankfurt tried it consistently on the outside, but found no gap in the guest defense for a long time.

Most of the time there was a lack of precision on the last pass.

There were also technical inadequacies.

Chances remained rare, although coach Oliver Glasner in Borré and Sam Lammers had for the first time this season a double top.

The courage to take a more offensive approach was only rewarded in the lush stoppage time of the first half.

After a low cross from Filip Kostic into the back of the defense, Borré completed with a low shot.

It was the first national league for the Colombian international.

After 54 minutes, luck for Eintracht: A goal from Cologne's winger Florian Kainz was withdrawn by the video assistant because the template provider Modeste was previously offside.

Not only in this scene, the assignment in the defense of the Hessians was missing, but now at least acted more powerfully and came up with chances themselves.

However, Martin Hinteregger (69th) failed with a full shot at FC goalkeeper Timo Horn.

The home side's efforts continued into the final stages, but the necessary punch was lacking.

Cologne defended self-sacrificingly and did not take a point undeservedly in the end.