Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Diefflen 9th with 55 points, Baumholder 17th with 35, 20 apart. Recent form told a different story for Diefflen: only 13th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 9th. Per game in the league, Baumholder were scoring 1.47 and conceding 2.18, Diefflen 2.03 and 2.16, against a competition average of 1.83 goals per team per game.
Baumholder had been beaten in seven straight games. Momentum sat with Diefflen, winners of their last four. Baumholder had banked 0 of the last 15 points on offer; Diefflen, 12.
On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-2.