Match Report
Sportfreunde Lotte (18th, 40 pts) visited Carl Zeiss Jena (14th, 46 pts) with 6 points between them. Carl Zeiss Jena had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 1st in the league over the last five rounds against 14th overall. Against a league average of 1.29 goals per team per game, Carl Zeiss Jena ran at 1.26 scored and 1.5 conceded, Sportfreunde Lotte at 0.82 and 1.21.
Carl Zeiss Jena's winless run stood at 8. Recent form was uneven: 2/15 points for Carl Zeiss Jena, 8/15 for Sportfreunde Lotte.
The venue was Ernst-Abbe-Sportfeld in Jena, with room for 12,990 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-1.




