Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Werder Bremen II 1st with 90 points, Blumenthaler SV 7th with 42, 48 apart. Scoring rates set the scale: Blumenthaler SV 2.37 scored and 2.63 conceded per game, Werder Bremen II 7.1 and 0.57, with the league averaging 2.5.
Defeat had followed defeat for Blumenthaler SV — three in succession. Werder Bremen II entered with 15 wins in a row, having scored in 15 consecutive games. Blumenthaler SV had banked 2 of the last 15 points on offer; Werder Bremen II, 15.
BZA Burgwallstadion in Bremen staged the fixture, a ground that holds 10,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Werder Bremen II led 6-0 at the break, before 7 more goals closed it at 0-13.