Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Osnabrück 1st with 80 points, Ingolstadt 12th with 49, 31 apart. Ingolstadt had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 4th in the league over the last five rounds against 12th overall. Scoring rates set the scale: Ingolstadt 1.71 scored and 1.47 conceded per game, Osnabrück 1.74 and 0.89, with the league averaging 1.6.
Defeat had followed defeat for Ingolstadt — five in succession. The five-game form split read 0/15 points for Ingolstadt against 7/15 for Osnabrück.
Across 9 recorded meetings, Ingolstadt have 3 wins to Osnabrück's 5, with 1 draw, at 2.78 goals per meeting.
Audi-Sportpark, capacity 15,200, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.
Goal scorers
Osnabrück: Julian Kania (83')
Key stats
Possession: Ingolstadt 53% · Osnabrück 47% · Total shots: 8-21 · On target: 2-6 · Corners: 4-10