Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen (4th, 50 pts) held a 30-point advantage over Düren Merzenich (16th, 20 pts). Rot-Weiß Oberhausen's recent output lagged their position: 12th on form over five rounds while 4th in the table. Per game in the league, Düren Merzenich were scoring 0.87 and conceding 2, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 1.83 and 1.4, against a competition average of 1.53 goals per team per game.
Düren Merzenich had been beaten in five straight games. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen entered with three losses in a row. Recent form was uneven: 0/15 points for Düren Merzenich, 6/15 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.
GioScore's database holds 4 meetings between the two: 1 for Düren Merzenich, 2 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen and 1 drawn, at 3.25 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 75% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 75%.
The venue was Westkampfbahn, with room for 5,000 spectators. On the scoreboard, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen led 3-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 1-4.
Goal scorers
Düren Merzenich: Mykhaylo Ponamarov (68') · Rot-Weiß Oberhausen: Moritz Stoppelkamp (23'), Nico Klass (6'), Timur Mehmet Kesim (11'), Eric Gueye (48')