Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Saarbrücken 5th with 69 points, Meppen 17th with 37, 32 apart. Recent form flatters Meppen's table spot — 3rd league-wide over the last five rounds while sitting 17th. Per game in the league, Meppen were scoring 1.13 and conceding 1.71, Saarbrücken 1.68 and 1.03, against a competition average of 1.46 goals per team per game.
Meppen had been beaten in three straight games. Saarbrücken carried a 7-game unbeaten run into this, having scored in 11 consecutive games. Over the last five, Meppen had taken 3 of 15 points to Saarbrücken's 11.
5 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Meppen 1, draws 2, Saarbrücken 2, at 1.6 goals per meeting. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
Waldstadion Hauptplatz A in Meppen, capacity 1,000, hosted the game. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 1 second-half goal set the final 1-0.