Having won just one game in eight so far this season, it's hard for Aberdeen fans to be optimistic about facing a team sitting mid-table in the Bundesliga.
But it's on nights like this that seasons can be turned around. And that's the hope Barry Robson and his players will be clinging on to as they prepare to face Eintracht Frankfurt in the Europa Conference League.
Little more than one year ago the German side lifted UEFA's second tier competition with that penalty shootout win over Rangers in Seville.
Now they will be fancied to go deep into the third tier tournament. The Dons embarked on a summer spending spree as Robson was backed after landing the job on a permanent basis, having turned the club around following Jim Goodwin's sacking.
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