Match Report
The table gap was wide: 17 points between Eintracht Braunschweig (2nd, 67 pts) and Meppen (10th, 50 pts). On recent form Eintracht Braunschweig sat only 6th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 2nd overall. In league terms the two rates read 1.3/1.62 for Meppen and 1.7/0.97 for Eintracht Braunschweig (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.38.
Meppen had not won in 12 games. Four consecutive wins preceded this game for Eintracht Braunschweig, having scored in 6 consecutive games. Meppen had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Eintracht Braunschweig, 13.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 3 for Meppen, 2 for Eintracht Braunschweig and 0 drawn, at 4.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 80% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 100% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 60%.
The match was played at Hänsch-Arena in Meppen (capacity 16,500). Meppen led 2-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 3-2 full-time score.