Match Report
5 points and 2 places separated them: Köln II 10th with 45, Fortuna Düsseldorf II 12th with 40. Köln II had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 6th in the league over the last five rounds against 10th overall. Against a league average of 1.54 goals per team per game, Köln II ran at 1.62 scored and 1.85 conceded, Fortuna Düsseldorf II at 1.38 and 1.71.
Köln II had lost three in a row.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 3 for Köln II, 4 for Fortuna Düsseldorf II and 2 drawn, at 3.56 goals per meeting. Only 22% of these meetings ended in a home win. Goals tend to flow: 67% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 56%.
Franz-Kremer-Stadion, capacity 14,944, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Fortuna Düsseldorf II led 1-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-2.
Goal scorers
Fortuna Düsseldorf II: Tom Barth (45'), Deniz Bindemann (83')