Match Report
The table read 11th (FSV Optik Rathenow, 37 pts) against 10th (Sparta Lichtenberg, 39 pts), 2 points apart. The last five rounds placed FSV Optik Rathenow 6th in the league for form — higher than their 11th in the standings. Against a league average of 1.89 goals per team per game, FSV Optik Rathenow ran at 1.37 scored and 1.57 conceded, Sparta Lichtenberg at 2.57 and 2.4.
FSV Optik Rathenow had not won in 5 games. Over the last five, FSV Optik Rathenow had taken 2 of 15 points to Sparta Lichtenberg's 10.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 0 FSV Optik Rathenow wins, 3 for Sparta Lichtenberg, 2 draws, at 3 goals per meeting. History points to goals: 60% of the meetings had three or more.
The match was played at Stadion Vogelgesang (capacity 5,000). Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.