In this 26th week match, on Sat Mar 11th, Waldhof Mannheim will travel to Bayreuth to battle Bayreuth in a clash of the 3. Liga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. Bayreuth is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Rot-Weiss Essen. Felix Herzenbruch struck first for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 61st minute, then Björn Rother added another in the 68th minute In the end, Bayreuth couldn’t muster any offence and Rot-Weiss Essen ran away with the shutout win. Bayreuth is looking for direction having 4 win and 6 losses in their last 10 matches, while waldhof Mannheim is fresh off their 2-1 win against Elversberg. Julian Riedel scored the first goal for Elversberg on an own goal in the 12th minute, then Fridolin Wagner tied it up for Waldhof Mannheim in the 71st minute on a feed from Alexander Rossipal But luckily in the 72nd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Adrien Lebeau. Waldhof Mannheim should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches.
On Saturday Sep 3rd, Waldhof Mannheim hosted Bayreuth at the Carl-benz-stadion in their last match together. Waldhof Mannheim won by a score of 2 to 1. Nollenberger struck first for Bayreuth in the 15th minute, then in the 17th minute, Adrien Lebeau sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Martinovic But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 86th minute on a goal by Pascal Sohm.
For Waldhof Mannheim, their top scorers are Martinovic and Fridolin Wagner, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Christoph Fenninger has been the most effective weapon for Bayreuth lately. The German attacker has netted three goals in his last 5 matches.