Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Victoria Hamburg 9th with 49 points, Rugenbergen 16th with 30, 19 apart. Rugenbergen had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 11th in the league over the last five rounds against 16th overall. Per game in the league, Victoria Hamburg were scoring 2.32 and conceding 1.97, Rugenbergen 1.35 and 2.47, against a competition average of 2.03 goals per team per game.
Victoria Hamburg had gone 5 games without a win.
The match was played at Stadion Hoheluft in Hamburg (capacity 8,000). On the scoreboard, Victoria Hamburg led 3-0 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 5-0.