Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Eintracht Braunschweig 2nd with 67 points, Viktoria Köln 13th with 48, 19 apart. On the form table Viktoria Köln stood 8th over the last five rounds, despite being 13th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Eintracht Braunschweig 1.7 scored and 0.97 conceded per game, Viktoria Köln 1.11 and 1.43, with the league averaging 1.38.
Recent form was uneven: 12/15 points for Eintracht Braunschweig, 5/15 for Viktoria Köln.
The match was played at Eintracht-Stadion in Braunschweig (capacity 23,325). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.