Match Report
The table gap was wide: 34 points between Balingen (15th, 51 pts) and Eintracht Stadtallendorf (22nd, 17 pts). Balingen had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 15th overall. Per game in the league, Balingen were scoring 1.21 and conceding 1.43, Eintracht Stadtallendorf 0.95 and 2.48, against a competition average of 1.51 goals per team per game.
Eintracht Stadtallendorf had been beaten in four straight games.
BIZERBA-Arena in Balingen, capacity 8,000, hosted the game. L. Satriano took charge of the match — our records show 11 games refereed with an average of 0.1 yellow cards per game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Eintracht Stadtallendorf led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 0-4.