Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Chemie Leipzig 8th with 50 points, Hansa Rostock II 17th with 28, 22 apart. Recent form flatters Hansa Rostock II's table spot — 9th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 17th. Scoring rates set the scale: Hansa Rostock II 1.35 scored and 1.91 conceded per game, Chemie Leipzig 1.18 and 1.18, with the league averaging 1.49.
The match was played at Volksstadion in Rostock. The referee was F. Lukawski, with 24 matches in our database and 2.5 yellows per game on average. On the scoreboard, it was 1-1 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-3.