Match Report
Chemie Leipzig went into the game 16th in the table on 35 points; Budissa Bautzen sat 14th on 41 — a 6-point gap. On the form table Budissa Bautzen stood 5th over the last five rounds, despite being 14th overall. Against a league average of 1.42 goals per team per game, Chemie Leipzig ran at 0.62 scored and 1.5 conceded, Budissa Bautzen at 0.91 and 1.38.
Budissa Bautzen had been beaten in six straight games. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Chemie Leipzig against 0/15 for Budissa Bautzen.
The match was played at Alfred-Kunze-Sportpark in Leipzig (capacity 4,999). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-0.