Match Report
The table gap was wide: 34 points between Energie Cottbus (1st, 71 pts) and Luckenwalde (15th, 37 pts). Against a league average of 1.49 goals per team per game, Energie Cottbus ran at 2 scored and 1.09 conceded, Luckenwalde at 1.47 and 1.79.
Energie Cottbus entered with four wins in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games. 5 games without a win framed Luckenwalde's arrival. Energie Cottbus had banked 13 of the last 15 points on offer; Luckenwalde, 1.
The match was played at Stadion der Freundschaft in Cottbus (capacity 22,528). With 11 matches recorded and 2.8 yellow cards per game, F. Butterich was the man in the middle. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Luckenwalde led 1-0 at the break, before 5 more goals closed it at 3-3.