Match Report
Spfr. Dorfmerkingen went into the game 15th in the table on 46 points; Rielasingen-Arlen sat 11th on 52 — a 6-point gap. Spfr. Dorfmerkingen ranked 7th in the league on five-round form, well above their 15th table position. Per game in the league, Spfr. Dorfmerkingen were scoring 1.39 and conceding 2.03, Rielasingen-Arlen 1.53 and 1.63, against a competition average of 1.75 goals per team per game.
Three consecutive draws preceded this one for Spfr. Dorfmerkingen. Rielasingen-Arlen had lost four in a row.
The match was played at Sportanlage Felsenstraße (Dorfmerkingen) in Dorfmerkingen. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Rielasingen-Arlen led 1-0 at the break, before 2 more goals closed it at 2-1.