Match Report
20 points separated the sides: Schonnebeck 4th on 61, Kleve 16th on 41. Kleve ranked 1st in the league on five-round form, well above their 16th table position. Per game in the league, Kleve were scoring 1.26 and conceding 1.82, Schonnebeck 2.38 and 1.38, against a competition average of 1.73 goals per team per game.
Kleve had not won in 8 games. From the last five rounds, Kleve held 1 points of 15 and Schonnebeck 8.
6 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Kleve 2, draws 3, Schonnebeck 1, at 2.33 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 33% of the meetings went to the host. These meetings skew tight — only 33% saw more than two goals.
VolksBank-Arena an der Welbershöhe, capacity 6,000, hosted the game. Kleve led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 2-1 full-time score.