Match Report
29 points separated the sides: Osnabrück 3rd on 73, Kickers Offenbach 12th on 44. Against a league average of 1.26 goals per team per game, Kickers Offenbach ran at 1.08 scored and 1.16 conceded, Osnabrück at 1.68 and 0.92.
Defeat had followed defeat for Kickers Offenbach — three in succession. Osnabrück were unbeaten in 12. Kickers Offenbach had banked 3 of the last 15 points on offer; Osnabrück, 9.
Across 5 recorded meetings, Kickers Offenbach have 2 wins to Osnabrück's 3, with 0 draws, at 1.8 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 100% of the meetings. Historically tight: 20% of the meetings went beyond two goals.
The match was played at Sparda-Bank-Hessen-Stadion in Offenbach (capacity 20,500). Half-time and full-time told different stories: Osnabrück led 2-1 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-5.
Goal scorers
Kickers Offenbach: M. Fetsch (26') · Osnabrück: Gaetano Manno (23'), Marcus Piossek (36'), Simon Zoller (87'), Yannic Thiel (88'), Gaetano Manno (75')