Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Karlsruher SC 5th with 55 points, Osnabrück 18th with 28, 27 apart. Osnabrück had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 13th in the league over the last five rounds against 18th overall. Per game in the league, Karlsruher SC were scoring 2 and conceding 1.41, Osnabrück 0.91 and 2.03, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
Karlsruher SC arrived on a run of three straight wins, having scored in 7 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 4 Karlsruher SC wins, 0 for Osnabrück, 3 draws, at 2.86 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 14% of meetings won. In 71% of the meetings, both sides found the net.
Wildparkstadion in Karlsruhe staged the fixture, a ground that holds 28,762. It was 1-1 at the break, and the second half added 1 goal for the 2-1 full-time score.