Match Report
The table gap was wide: 18 points between TSV Essingen (5th, 54 pts) and Göppinger SV (15th, 36 pts). On recent form TSV Essingen sat only 17th league-wide over the last five rounds, well short of their 5th overall. Per game in the league, Göppinger SV were scoring 1.56 and conceding 1.56, TSV Essingen 1.59 and 1.71, against a competition average of 1.73 goals per team per game.
Göppinger SV had not lost in 6 games, having scored in 9 consecutive games. TSV Essingen had drawn their last four. From the last five rounds, Göppinger SV held 11 points of 15 and TSV Essingen 4.
4 meetings are on record — 3 won by Göppinger SV, 1 by TSV Essingen, 0 drawn, at 2.5 goals per meeting. Playing at home matters in this fixture: 75% of the meetings went to the host. Only 25% of the meetings produced more than two goals.
The venue was Stadion SV Göppingen, with room for 4,500 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.