Match Report
On paper the standings were lopsided — Waldhof Mannheim 1st with 88 points, Wormatia Worms 16th with 31, 57 apart. Against a league average of 1.43 goals per team per game, Waldhof Mannheim ran at 2.59 scored and 0.94 conceded, Wormatia Worms at 1 and 1.71.
Waldhof Mannheim had won seven straight, having scored in 9 consecutive games. Over the last five, Waldhof Mannheim had taken 15 of 15 points to Wormatia Worms's 6.
The match was played at Carl-Benz-Stadion in Mannheim (capacity 27,000). Waldhof Mannheim led 1-0 at the break — the second half brought no more goals and it finished 1-0.