Their drab 0-0 draw with Brentford at Elland Road means the Whites have only won one of their last nine top flight games, five of which have been draws.
They have not scored in four PL games, the last being Anton Stach’s free-kick at Aston Villa. Including additional time, it is more than seven hours of football since Leeds found the back of the net – even longer for a goal in open play which came at Chelsea on 10 February.
Despite those statistics, Farke is confident his men will find their shooting boots and avoid the drop.
“We edge one point closer,” he said. “Right now we have to win five to seven points, this will do it. We need to win two games, or whatever, draw from now on.
“I’ll definitely take it because with 40 points you’ll definitely stay in the league. It’s not an easy cruise to the promised land.
“I expected a tough season. We’re on 33 points, in a quarter-final of the FA Cup.
“I’m very confident if we keep going with this mentality, we have enough to win the five to seven points we need.
“We have three home games and four chances on the road.”
With West Ham, who occupy the last relegation spot, losing at Aston Villa, Leeds are four points from safety.
The Whites have 33 points with seven fixtures to play, one above Nottingham Forest who won 3-0 at Tottenham who are now just a point in front of the Hammers.
Wolves and Burnley, who occupy the bottom two slots, both have to go to Elland Road in the relegation run in.
Like all PL managers Farke be hoping his players emerge from the international break with a clean bill of health. When they all return he needs to ignite a spark as recent performances, although solid, have lacked a cutting edge.
Brentford, chasing European football for the first time in their history, played Leeds the compliment of adapting their game by playing three centre-backs which effectively snuffed out Dominic Calvert-Lewin whose goals have dried up.
The sides cancelled each other out with defences dominating, the Leeds backline eventually getting to grips with 19-goal Igor Thiago who managed just one of two efforts Brentford got on target.
A nervous looking Leeds badly missed the thrust of the suspended Gabriel Gudmundsson down the left.
They huffed and puffed, had plenty of the ball, but never really looked like breaking down the visitors’ defence.
They lacked composure and imagination in and around the box even when Farke belatedly removed one of his defenders to go for a more attacking structure.
Despite getting plenty of crosses into the area Leeds were restricted to pot shots from range – the only one to really test goalkeeper Caoimhim Kelleher came after 34 minutes from Lukas Nmecha which skidded off the surface.