Match Report
Viktoria Herxheim went into the game 16th in the table on 33 points; Arminia Ludwigshafen sat 9th on 44 — an 11-point gap. Arminia Ludwigshafen ranked just 18th in the league on five-round form despite their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Viktoria Herxheim were scoring 1.32 and conceding 2.62, Arminia Ludwigshafen 1.97 and 1.85, against a competition average of 1.91 goals per team per game.
Viktoria Herxheim had been beaten in three straight games. Arminia Ludwigshafen entered with three losses in a row.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 3-1.