Match Report
The table read 1st (Lokomotive Leipzig, 72 pts) against 5th (Rot-Weiß Erfurt, 61 pts), 11 points apart. Lokomotive Leipzig had been under-performing their position — 9th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, Lokomotive Leipzig ran at 1.91 scored and 0.88 conceded, Rot-Weiß Erfurt at 2 and 1.38.
Across 6 recorded meetings, Lokomotive Leipzig have 4 wins to Rot-Weiß Erfurt's 1, with 1 draw, at 1.83 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 33% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 17% of the meetings.
With 8 matches recorded and 0.0 yellow cards per game, L. Pilz was the man in the middle. The venue was Bruno-Plache-Stadion, with room for 12,300 spectators. Lokomotive Leipzig led 2-1 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 2-1.
Goal scorers
Lokomotive Leipzig: Filip Kusić (40'), Farid Abderrahmane (36') · Rot-Weiß Erfurt: M. Wolf (14')