Match Report
On the table this was a mismatch: Uerdingen (3rd, 63 pts) held a 27-point advantage over Homberg (17th, 36 pts). Uerdingen ranked just 9th in the league on five-round form despite their 3rd table position. In league terms the two rates read 1.71/1.26 for Uerdingen and 1.5/1.79 for Homberg (scored/conceded per game); the competition average is 1.73.
Homberg's winless run stood at 6. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Uerdingen against 3/15 for Homberg.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Uerdingen win, 2 for Homberg, 2 draws, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. The fixture leans high-scoring: 80% of meetings brought at least three goals, and both sides scored in 60%.
The venue was Merkur Spiel-Arena, with room for 54,600 spectators. On the scoreboard, Uerdingen led 1-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 1-0 the final score.