Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Osnabrück 3rd with 70 points, Bayreuth 20th with 32, 38 apart. Against a league average of 1.46 goals per team per game, Osnabrück ran at 1.84 scored and 1.29 conceded, Bayreuth at 1.03 and 2.13.
Osnabrück entered with eight wins in a row, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Osnabrück had banked 15 of the last 15 points on offer; Bayreuth, 6.
The match was played at Bremer Brücke in Osnabruck (capacity 16,667). On the scoreboard, Osnabrück led 1-0 at the break; 4 second-half goals set the final 2-3.