Match Report
8 points and 3 places separated them: Osnabruck U19 7th with 9, Oberhausen U19 4th with 17. Osnabruck U19's recent output lagged their position: 136th on form over five rounds while 7th in the table. Scoring rates set the scale: Osnabruck U19 1.42 scored and 2.17 conceded per game, Oberhausen U19 1.58 and 1.92, with the league averaging 2.02.
The head-to-head ledger counts 5 games: 1 Osnabruck U19 win, 4 for Oberhausen U19, 0 draws, at 3.4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Three-plus goals is the norm here, arriving in 80% of the meetings, and both sides scored in 80%.
Sportpark Illoshöhe staged the fixture, a ground that holds 8,000. It was 0-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 0-0.