Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Schalke 04 II (8th, 57 pts) held a 24-point advantage over Bergisch Gladbach (21st, 33 pts). Bergisch Gladbach ranked 13th in the league on five-round form, well above their 21st table position. Per game in the league, Schalke 04 II were scoring 1.48 and conceding 1.4, Bergisch Gladbach 0.9 and 1.73, against a competition average of 1.37 goals per team per game.
Bergisch Gladbach's winless run stood at 8. The last-five ledger: Schalke 04 II 7/15, Bergisch Gladbach 1/15.
The venue was Sportanlage Ernst-Kuzorra-Weg in Gelsenkirchen, with room for 13,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 0-2.