November 9th features a match where Rot-Weiss Essen plays host to Meppen in a meeting of these two closely matched 3. Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. 13th placed Rot-Weiss Essen is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Zwickau. Konnecke scored the first goal for Zwickau in the 4th minute, then in the 26th minute, Daniel Heber sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Felix Götze squeezing out at least the one point for Rot-Weiss Essen. Rot-Weiss Essen is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Meppen recorded a 0-3 loss against Wehen Wiesbaden. Ivan Prtajin struck first for Wehen Wiesbaden in the 5th minute, then John Iredale added another in the 11th minute on a feed from Johannes Wurtz In the end, Meppen couldn’t muster any offence and Wehen Wiesbaden ran away with the shutout win. Meppen looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season. Ron Berlinski has been the most prolific scorer on Rot-Weiss Essen in the last 5 matches with three goals.