Match Report
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen went into the game 2nd in the table on 66 points; Fortuna Köln sat 1st on 70 — a 4-point gap. The last five rounds placed Fortuna Köln no better than 9th for form, against 1st in the standings. Against a league average of 1.54 goals per team per game, Rot-Weiß Oberhausen ran at 1.76 scored and 1.18 conceded, Fortuna Köln at 2.09 and 0.88.
Fortuna Köln had not lost in 15 games, having scored in 8 consecutive games. Rot-Weiß Oberhausen had banked 5 of the last 15 points on offer; Fortuna Köln, 11.
GioScore's database holds 11 meetings between the two: 1 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, 4 for Fortuna Köln and 6 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Whoever hosts gains little here: home teams have taken just 36% of the wins in this fixture. Shutting the other side out is rare here — both scored in 73% of the meetings.
The venue was Stadion Niederrhein, with room for 21,318 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Fortuna Köln led 2-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen: Matona-Glody Ngyombo (89') · Fortuna Köln: Hamadi Al Ghaddioui (15'), Timo Bornemann (75'), Adrian Stanilewicz (5')