Match Report
Borussia Dortmund II went into the game 18th in the table on 39 points; Rot-Weiß Erfurt sat 12th on 51 — a 12-point gap. Recent form flatters Borussia Dortmund II's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 18th. Scoring rates set the scale: Borussia Dortmund II 1.08 scored and 1.34 conceded per game, Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1.24 and 1.42, with the league averaging 1.33.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 3 Borussia Dortmund II wins, 4 for Rot-Weiß Erfurt, 0 draws, at 3.43 goals per meeting. 71% of these meetings ended in a home win. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 71% of the meetings. The last five meetings averaged 4.4 goals, well above the all-time 3.43.
Stadion Rote Erde in Dortmund, capacity 21,318, hosted the game. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.