Match Report
Energie Cottbus, 1st with 70 points, sat 54 points above Germania Halberstadt (17th, 16). On recent form Energie Cottbus sat only 6th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 1st overall. Against a league average of 1.48 goals per team per game, Germania Halberstadt ran at 0.85 scored and 2.21 conceded, Energie Cottbus at 1.91 and 0.82.
Germania Halberstadt had gone 9 games without a win. Energie Cottbus were unbeaten in 6. Germania Halberstadt had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Energie Cottbus, 11.
Friedensstadion in Halberstadt staged the fixture, a ground that holds 5,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Energie Cottbus led 3-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-3.