Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — TSV Essingen 5th with 54 points, Hollenbach 16th with 35, 19 apart. Recent form told a different story for TSV Essingen: only 17th in the league over the last five rounds despite sitting 5th. Per game in the league, Hollenbach were scoring 1.65 and conceding 2.03, TSV Essingen 1.59 and 1.71, against a competition average of 1.73 goals per team per game.
TSV Essingen carried a 10-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for Hollenbach, 1 draw and 1 for TSV Essingen, at 3.2 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 60% of the meetings produced three or more.
Half-time and full-time told different stories: TSV Essingen led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.