Match Report
Preußen Münster went into the game 2nd in the table on 67 points; Rot-Weiss Essen sat 7th on 59 — an 8-point gap. Rot-Weiss Essen ranked just 13th in the league on five-round form despite their 7th table position. Per game in the league, Preußen Münster were scoring 1.79 and conceding 1.29, Rot-Weiss Essen 1.58 and 1.39, against a competition average of 1.4 goals per team per game.
Preußen-Stadion in Münster, capacity 15,050, 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 2-1.