About Match
Sportfreunde Lotte go into the game 18th in the table on 3 points; Schalke 04 II sit 9th on 12 — a 9-point gap. Scoring rates set the scale: Sportfreunde Lotte 0.67 scored and 1.67 conceded per game, Schalke 04 II 2 and 2.22, with the league averaging 1.67. A win here leaves Sportfreunde Lotte on 6 points and up to 17th, other results permitting.
Sportfreunde Lotte enter with four losses in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 2 Sportfreunde Lotte wins, 5 for Schalke 04 II, 0 draws, at 4.14 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 71% of the meetings. History points to goals: 86% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 71%.
FRIMO Stadion in Lotte stages the fixture, a ground that holds 7,474.