Match Report
The table gap was wide: 39 points between Lokomotive Leipzig (1st, 72 pts) and ZFC Meuselwitz (16th, 33 pts). The last five rounds placed Lokomotive Leipzig no better than 9th for form, against 1st in the standings. Per game in the league, ZFC Meuselwitz were scoring 1.29 and conceding 1.79, Lokomotive Leipzig 1.91 and 0.88, against a competition average of 1.5 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched ZFC Meuselwitz in 5 games, having scored in 11 consecutive games.
The head-to-head ledger counts 8 games: 2 ZFC Meuselwitz wins, 5 for Lokomotive Leipzig, 1 draw, at 3.38 goals per meeting. This has been a host's fixture — the home side won 63% of the meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 63% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 75%.
The match was played at bluechip-Arena (capacity 5,260). Lokomotive Leipzig led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-1.
Goal scorers
Lokomotive Leipzig: Stefan Maderer (25')