Match Report
Saarbrücken went into the game 11th in the table on 45 points; Babelsberg sat 19th on 37 — an 8-point gap. On recent form Saarbrücken sat only 16th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 11th overall. Per game in the league, Saarbrücken were scoring 1.37 and conceding 1.63, Babelsberg 0.84 and 1.42, against a competition average of 1.26 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 4 Saarbrücken wins, 0 for Babelsberg, 1 draw, at 3 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 20% of the wins in this fixture. History points to goals: 60% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 60%.
Stadion Ludwigspark in Saarbrücken, capacity 35,303, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Saarbrücken: Marcel Ziemer (54'), Michael Petry (80') · Babelsberg: Matthias Kühne (72')