Match Report
Hansa Rostock went into the game 17th in the table on 31 points; Kaiserslautern sat 13th on 39 — an 8-point gap. Kaiserslautern had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 5th in the league over the last five rounds against 13th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Hansa Rostock 0.88 scored and 1.68 conceded per game, Kaiserslautern 1.74 and 1.88, with the league averaging 1.55.
GioScore's database holds 8 meetings between the two: 4 for Hansa Rostock, 2 for Kaiserslautern and 2 drawn, at 2.38 goals per meeting.
Ostseestadion in Rostock, capacity 29,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, Kaiserslautern led 1-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 0-3.