Match Report
In the standings it was Energie Cottbus 2nd on 72 points, Hansa Rostock 5th on 67 — separated by 5. Per game in the league, Energie Cottbus were scoring 1.89 and conceding 1.34, Hansa Rostock 1.95 and 1.29, against a competition average of 1.6 goals per team per game.
Energie Cottbus's unbeaten run stood at 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 10 games: 7 Energie Cottbus wins, 1 for Hansa Rostock, 2 draws, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 30% of the wins in this fixture. 3.4 goals per game in the last five meetings marks a step up from the historical 2.2.
F. Prigan officiated: 46 games logged, averaging 1.3 yellow cards each. Stadion der Freundschaft staged the fixture, a ground that holds 22,528. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.
Key stats
Possession: Energie Cottbus 61% · Hansa Rostock 39% · Total shots: 6-7 · On target: 0-2 · Corners: 6-3