Match Report
45 points for Energie Cottbus (17th), 39 for Fortuna Köln (19th): a 6-point gap. Energie Cottbus ranked 5th in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Per game in the league, Energie Cottbus were scoring 1.34 and conceding 1.53, Fortuna Köln 1 and 1.68, against a competition average of 1.29 goals per team per game.
Level finishes had become the habit for Fortuna Köln: three in a row.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 0 for Energie Cottbus, 3 for Fortuna Köln and 2 drawn, at 2.4 goals per meeting. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 60% of the meetings.
The venue was Stadion der Freundschaft in Cottbus, with room for 22,528 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 2-2 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 4-3.