FRANKFURT AM MAIN (Interstat) — Younes Ebnoutalib scored in the 77th minute and Eintracht Frankfurt defeated FC Koln 1-0 on Friday at Deutsche Bank Park. Noel Aseko Nkili, who played 19 minutes, assisted the goal after coming on as a substitute. Frankfurt improved to 1-1 in the competition and 2-1 across all competitions. Koln dropped to 2-3-1 in the competition and 2-3-2 across all competitions. Eintracht Frankfurt’s Maximilian Gotze and Loic Brassier received yellow cards in the 24th and 39th minutes. Koln’s Isak Johannesson and Borna Sosa were booked in the 45th and 90+4th minutes. Koln made three substitutions in the 68th minute and two more in the 84th. Frankfurt substituted Gotze and Nnamdi Collins in the 71st and Jonathan Burkardt in the 82nd. Frankfurt was coming off a 6-0 loss at RB Leipzig and a 4-0 win over Braunschweig. The visitors could not find an equalizer after Ebnoutalib’s late breakthrough, and Frankfurt held on for the home victory.