Match Report
The table read 14th (Bayreuth, 7 pts) against 3rd (Illertissen, 14 pts), 7 points apart. Illertissen had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 3rd in the table. Against a league average of 1.58 goals per team per game, Bayreuth ran at 1.71 scored and 1.86 conceded, Illertissen at 1.75 and 1.25.
Defeat had not touched Illertissen in 5 games, having scored in 11 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Bayreuth 7/15, Illertissen 13/15.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 2 for Bayreuth, 4 for Illertissen and 1 drawn, at 3.29 goals per meeting.
The match was played at Hans-Walter-Wild-Stadion (capacity 21,500). Bayreuth led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 2-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Bayreuth: Erijon Shaqiri (31'), Kelvin Onuigwe (57') · Illertissen: Odin Redier (52'), Nino Cassaniti (65')