Match Report
3 points and 1 places separated them: Hallescher FC 17th with 40, Waldhof Mannheim 16th with 43. Recent form flatters Hallescher FC's table spot — 4th league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 17th. Per game in the league, Hallescher FC were scoring 1.32 and conceding 1.79, Waldhof Mannheim 1.34 and 1.58, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 9 meetings between the two: 3 for Hallescher FC, 5 for Waldhof Mannheim and 1 drawn, at 3.56 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 67% of the meetings. Expect goals on precedent — three or more in 89% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 67%.
The venue was ERDGAS Sportpark in Saale, with room for 15,057 spectators. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Waldhof Mannheim led 1-0 at the break, before 4 more goals closed it at 1-4.