Match Report
3 points for Balingen (13th), 12 for Reutlingen (3rd): a 9-point gap. Per game in the league, Balingen were scoring 1.5 and conceding 2, Reutlingen 2.5 and 0.75, against a competition average of 1.73 goals per team per game.
Balingen arrived off four straight defeats. Reutlingen had won four straight. Over the last five, Balingen had taken 3 of 15 points to Reutlingen's 12.
The head-to-head ledger counts 4 games: 2 Balingen wins, 1 for Reutlingen, 1 draw, at 3.25 goals per meeting. 75% of the meetings finished with three goals or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
BIZERBA-Arena staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Balingen led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-2.
Goal scorers
Balingen: Ivo Colic (15') · Reutlingen: Konstantinos Markopoulos (89'), Ferdinand Schmidt (90' og)