Match Report
The table read 16th (Kleve, 41 pts) against 10th (Schwarz-Weiß Essen, 44 pts), 3 points apart. The last five rounds placed Kleve 1st in the league for form — higher than their 16th in the standings. Scoring rates set the scale: Kleve 1.26 scored and 1.82 conceded per game, Schwarz-Weiß Essen 1.56 and 1.82, with the league averaging 1.73.
Kleve carried a 6-game unbeaten run into this. Schwarz-Weiß Essen arrived off three straight defeats. Recent form was uneven: 9/15 points for Kleve, 3/15 for Schwarz-Weiß Essen.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 0 for Kleve, 3 for Schwarz-Weiß Essen and 2 drawn, at 2.2 goals per meeting. Home advantage has meant little here: 40% of the meetings went to the host. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
VolksBank-Arena an der Welbershöhe staged the fixture, a ground that holds 6,000. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Kleve led 3-2 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 4-3.




