About Match
Both sides bring 5 points into this one — Schwarz-Weiß Essen 13th, Germania Ratingen 11th. In league terms the two rates read 1.4/2.2 for Schwarz-Weiß Essen and 1.8/1.8 for Germania Ratingen (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.87. Three points here take Schwarz-Weiß Essen to 8 and up to 7th, overtaking Germania Ratingen, assuming other results stand.
Germania Ratingen have drawn five in a row.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Schwarz-Weiß Essen 3, draws 0, Germania Ratingen 3, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 67% of the meetings went to the host. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 33% of the meetings.
Uhlenkrugstadion in Essen stages the fixture, a ground that holds 9,950.