Match Report
VfR Mannheim (9th, 11 pts) visited Mainz 05 II (16th, 6 pts) with 5 points between them. VfR Mannheim ranked 4th in the league on five-round form, well above their 9th table position. Per game in the league, Mainz 05 II were scoring 1 and conceding 2.25, VfR Mannheim 1.13 and 1, against a competition average of 1.55 goals per team per game.
VfR Mannheim arrived off three consecutive draws.
The match was played at Rasenplatz 1 auf dem WOLFGANG FRANK CAMPUS (capacity 1,000). With 38 matches recorded and 1.2 yellow cards per game, J. Boike was the man in the middle. VfR Mannheim led 1-0 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-2 full-time score.
Goal scorers
Mainz 05 II: Andre Gitau (47') · VfR Mannheim: Alexander Esswein (16'), Pasqual Pander (84')