Match Report
In the standings it was Darmstadt 98 18th on 38 points, Alemannia Aachen 20th on 31 — separated by 7. Darmstadt 98 ranked 9th in the league on five-round form, well above their 18th table position. Per game in the league, Darmstadt 98 were scoring 0.84 and conceding 1.21, Alemannia Aachen 1.05 and 1.79, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
Alemannia Aachen entered with five losses in a row. Darmstadt 98 had banked 8 of the last 15 points on offer; Alemannia Aachen, 0.
The match was played at Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor in Darmstadt (capacity 16,500). It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.