Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Wehen Wiesbaden 4th with 70 points, Meppen 17th with 37, 33 apart. Meppen ranked 3rd in the league on five-round form, well above their 17th table position. Per game in the league, Wehen Wiesbaden were scoring 1.87 and conceding 1.34, Meppen 1.13 and 1.71, against a competition average of 1.46 goals per team per game.
Defeat had not touched Wehen Wiesbaden in 6 games, having scored in 7 consecutive games. The last-five ledger: Wehen Wiesbaden 13/15, Meppen 6/15.
The sides have met 9 times in the GioScore results database: 6 wins for Wehen Wiesbaden, 1 draw and 2 for Meppen, at 3.11 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 22% of those meetings. History points to goals: 67% of the meetings had three or more.
BRITA-Arena in Wiesbaden, capacity 74,649, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 1-1 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 1-2.