Match Report
The table read 9th (Eintracht Rheine, 44 pts) against 11th (Schermbeck, 40 pts), 4 points apart. Schermbeck had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.64 goals per team per game, Eintracht Rheine ran at 1.42 scored and 1.64 conceded, Schermbeck at 1.53 and 1.69.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Eintracht Rheine, 3 by Schermbeck, 2 drawn, at 2.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 20% of meetings won. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
The match was played at OBI-Arena (capacity 3,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Eintracht Rheine led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 3-1.