Japanese striker Naohiro Takahara continued his rich vein of form with his ninth league goal of the season as Eintracht Frankfurt boosted its survival hopes with a 2-0 win at home to Hannover 96 on Saturday.

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Frankfurt began the day second from bottom but Takahara put the home side in front after 58 minutes and Michael Thurk made the points safe to lift the team out of the drop zone and into 14th place in the table.

Riding high after a double in Frankfurt's 3-0 German Cup quarterfinal win over Kickers Offenbach on Tuesday, Takahara made a lively start and his header set up Alexander Meier, who had his effort blocked.