Match Report
Werder Bremen II, 18th on 31 points, faced a 21-point deficit to Carl Zeiss Jena (11th, 52). Werder Bremen II had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Per game in the league, Werder Bremen II were scoring 1.03 and conceding 1.63, Carl Zeiss Jena 1.29 and 1.55, against a competition average of 1.37 goals per team per game.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 0 Werder Bremen II wins, 3 for Carl Zeiss Jena, 4 draws, at 2.86 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 29% of those meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 71% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 86%.
Weserstadion Platz 11 in Bremen staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,500. Werder Bremen II led 2-0 at the break, and the second half added 4 goals for the 2-4 full-time score.