Match Report
Aalen, 20th on 31 points, faced a 45-point deficit to Osnabrück (1st, 76). On recent form Osnabrück sat only 13th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Per game in the league, Osnabrück were scoring 1.47 and conceding 0.82, Aalen 1.18 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Osnabrück entered with five wins in a row. Osnabrück had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Aalen, 6.
9 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Osnabrück 4, draws 3, Aalen 2, at 2.33 goals per meeting.
The venue was osnatel ARENA in Osnabrück, with room for 16,667 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Osnabrück led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-0.