Eintracht Frankfurt continued their scoring struggles with a goalless draw at Hanover, missing a chance to reclaim fourth place in the Bundesliga.

Frankfurt have not scored in their last five games since February 2 to move to 39 points in fifth place, behind Schalke, who won on Saturday.

Hanover had won their last five home matches but collected just one point in moving to 34.

Under steady snow throughout the game, the only chance of the entire first half went to Frankfurt in the 21st minute as Takashi Inui was fed a ball that he looped over Hanover goalkeeper Ron-Robert Zieler, but Christian Schulz was there to head clear of danger.

Hanover, who did not have a single shot on goal in the first half, nearly went ahead in the 46th minute but Frankfurt goalkeeper Kevin Trapp deflected Mame Biram Diouf’s shot from the edge of the box over his crossbar.

The hosts were close again two minutes later as Pirmin Schwegler stopped Didier Ya Konan’s shot from eight yards out at the line.

Frankfurt found the back of the net in the 49th minute but Alex Meier was ruled offside.

Meier had another chance 12 minutes later but his attempt went just over the crossbar from 17 yards out.

Hummels out

Borussia Dortmund central defender Mats Hummels will be out for several weeks after picking up an ankle injury in their 2-1 defeat by Schalke 04.

The injury means Hummels will also most likely to miss Germany’s 2014 World Cup qualifiers against Kazakhstan on March 22 and 26.

Hummels, a stalwart in the Dortmund defence, suffered a partial ligament tear when he twisted his right ankle and was taken off at half-time on Saturday.

Other result
Stuttgart vs Hamburg - 0-1