Match Report
Rot-Weiß Oberhausen went into the game 2nd in the table on 16 points; Sportfreunde Lotte sat 18th on 3 — a 13-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Rot-Weiß Oberhausen 2.29 scored and 0.71 conceded per game, Sportfreunde Lotte 0.86 and 1.57, with the league averaging 1.67.
Sportfreunde Lotte had been beaten in three straight games.
GioScore's database holds 7 meetings between the two: 4 for Rot-Weiß Oberhausen, 0 for Sportfreunde Lotte and 3 drawn, at 2.14 goals per meeting. History gives the home side just 14% of the wins in this matchup. More than two goals is the exception here — seen in 14% of meetings.
With 21 matches recorded and 1.8 yellow cards per game, H. Schröder was the man in the middle. Stadion Niederrhein staged the fixture, a ground that holds 21,318. On the scoreboard, it was 0-0 at the break, and no goals arrived after the restart: 0-0 the final score.