Match Report
The table gap was wide: 20 points between Hertha BSC (9th, 48 pts) and Osnabrück (18th, 28 pts). On the form table Osnabrück stood 13th over the last five rounds, despite being 18th overall. Per game in the league, Osnabrück were scoring 0.91 and conceding 2.03, Hertha BSC 2.03 and 1.74, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
5 games without a win framed Osnabrück's arrival. Over the last five, Osnabrück had taken 1 of 15 points to Hertha BSC's 7.
Bremer Brücke in Osnabruck, capacity 16,667, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 2-1.