Match Report
The table read 2nd (VfR Mannheim, 69 pts) against 3rd (Nöttingen, 58 pts), 11 points apart. The last five rounds placed VfR Mannheim no better than 9th for form, against 2nd in the standings. Against a league average of 1.73 goals per team per game, VfR Mannheim ran at 2.38 scored and 1 conceded, Nöttingen at 2.41 and 1.79.
Nöttingen had lost four in a row. From the last five rounds, VfR Mannheim held 10 points of 15 and Nöttingen 3.
The sides have met 5 times in the GioScore results database: 3 wins for VfR Mannheim, 1 draw and 1 for Nöttingen, at 2.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. The fixture trends low-scoring: over two goals in just 20% of the meetings.
The match was played at Rhein-Neckar-Stadion (capacity 8,000). It was 0-0 at the break, and the second half added 3 goals for the 0-3 full-time score.