Match Report
14th against 12th, but level on points: Meppen U19 and Jena U19 both had 20. Jena U19 had been under-performing their position — 39th on five-round form against 12th in the table. Against a league average of 1.83 goals per team per game, Meppen U19 ran at 1.54 scored and 2.35 conceded, Jena U19 at 1.69 and 2.42.
Meppen U19 had been beaten in three straight games, having scored in 14 consecutive games. Jena U19 had lost three in a row, having scored in 6 consecutive games.
D. Piotrowski took charge of the match — our records show 29 games refereed with an average of 1.0 yellow cards per game. Hänsch-Arena in Meppen, capacity 16,500, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Meppen U19 led 3-1 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 5-1.