Match Report
RW Essen U19 went into the game 4th in the table on 5 points; Duisburg U19 sat 2nd on 8 — a 3-point gap. Recent form told a different story for RW Essen U19: only 38th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 4th. Against a league average of 2.03 goals per team per game, RW Essen U19 ran at 1.4 scored and 2.6 conceded, Duisburg U19 at 2 and 0.25.
Duisburg U19 were unbeaten in 11.
The head-to-head ledger counts 6 games: 2 RW Essen U19 wins, 3 for Duisburg U19, 1 draw, at 2.5 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 67% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
Stadion Essen, capacity 20,650, hosted the game. The referee was N. Straeten, with 2 matches in our records. It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Duisburg U19: 3 goals with no recorded scorer