Match Report
The table gap was wide: 38 points between Bayer Leverkusen U19 (3rd, 48 pts) and Verl U19 (14th, 10 pts). Verl U19's recent output lagged their position: 39th on form over five rounds while 14th in the table. Per game in the league, Verl U19 were scoring 0.88 and conceding 2.96, Bayer Leverkusen U19 2.12 and 1.12, against a competition average of 1.83 goals per team per game.
Verl U19 had gone 15 games without a win. Bayer Leverkusen U19 carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. The five-game form split read 3/15 points for Verl U19 against 11/15 for Bayer Leverkusen U19.
With 18 matches recorded and 1.9 yellow cards per game, N. Musekamp was the man in the middle. The venue was SPORTCLUB Arena in Verl, with room for 5,001 spectators. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.