Match Report
The table gap was wide: 25 points between Nürnberg II (4th, 61 pts) and Rain / Lech (17th, 36 pts). Nürnberg II ranked just 14th in the league on five-round form despite their 4th table position. Per game in the league, Rain / Lech were scoring 1.05 and conceding 2.05, Nürnberg II 2.13 and 1.45, against a competition average of 1.66 goals per team per game.
Nürnberg II entered with four losses in a row. The five-game form split read 9/15 points for Rain / Lech against 1/15 for Nürnberg II.
Georg-Weber-Stadion in Rain staged the fixture, a ground that holds 3,400. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break; 3 second-half goals set the final 2-1.