Match Report
Meppen, 1st with 83 points, sat 38 points above VfB Lübeck (11th, 45). Meppen had been under-performing their position — 5th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Against a league average of 1.8 goals per team per game, VfB Lübeck ran at 1.59 scored and 1.79 conceded, Meppen at 3.03 and 1.03.
Defeat had not touched Meppen in 5 games, having scored in 15 consecutive games.
GioScore's database holds 6 meetings between the two: 2 for VfB Lübeck, 4 for Meppen and 0 drawn, at 2.17 goals per meeting. Home advantage is real in this fixture: whoever hosted won 67% of the meetings. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 33% of the meetings went over two goals.
The match was played at Stadion Lohmühle (capacity 17,869). Meppen led 3-1 at the break, and the second half added 2 goals for the 1-5 full-time score.
Goal scorers
VfB Lübeck: Antonio Verinac (45') · Meppen: Julian Ulbricht (28'), Mika Harald Stuhlmacher (8'), Oliver Issa Schmitt (36'), Julian Ulbricht (51'), Oliver Issa Schmitt (52')