Week 24 features a match on Saturday Feb 25th, where Ingolstadt will host Rot-Weiss Essen in a meeting of these two 3. Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 0 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 9th placed Ingolstadt is fresh off their 4-3 win against Saarbrücken. Tobias Bech Kristensen scored the first goal for Ingolstadt in the 1st minute, but Luca Kerber got the equalizer for Saarbrücken in the 8th minute , but fortunately for Ingolstadt it didn’t end there. They added more goals to be able to earn themselves the win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while in their last match, 13th placed Rot-Weiss Essen, recorded a 2-0 shutout win against Borussia Dortmund II. Eisfeld scored the first goal for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 50th minute, then Björn Rother added another in the 86th minute In the end, Borussia Dortmund II couldn’t muster any offence and Rot-Weiss Essen ran away with the shutout win. Rot-Weiss Essen is looking for direction having 2 win and 2 losses in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on Saturday Aug 20th, Rot-Weiss Essen and Ingolstadt battled to a 2-2 draw. Felix Bastians struck first for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 9th minute on a penalty, then Engelmann added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Isiah Young.
Rot-Weiss Essen hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Felix Bastians and Jose Enrique Rios Alonso, and they each have 1 goal. Ingolstadt’s top weapon lately has been Tobias Bech Kristensen, who has three goals in the last 5 matches.