About Match
2 points and 8 places separate them: Hansa Rostock 3rd with 8, Meppen 11th with 6. Meppen rank 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 11th table position. Scoring rates set the scale: Hansa Rostock 2.75 scored and 2 conceded per game, Meppen 1.5 and 2.25, with the league averaging 1.65. Victory would move Hansa Rostock to 11 points and up to 2nd, with other results unchanged.
8 meetings are on record — 5 won by Hansa Rostock, 3 by Meppen, 0 drawn, at 3 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 13% of the meetings went to the host. History points to goals: 63% of the meetings had three or more.
Ostseestadion in Rostock, capacity 29,000, hosts the game.