Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Auerbach 4th with 51 points, FC Grimma 14th with 28, 23 apart. FC Grimma ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 14th table position. Per game in the league, Auerbach were scoring 1.7 and conceding 1.23, FC Grimma 1.57 and 2.43, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
FC Grimma had lost three in a row. From the last five rounds, Auerbach held 7 points of 15 and FC Grimma 1.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for Auerbach, 2 for FC Grimma and 1 drawn, at 3.8 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at VfB-Stadion (capacity 5,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Auerbach led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 4-1.