On the 19th of September, Rot-Weiss Essen will play host to Saarbrücken in a meeting of these two 3. Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 12 degrees, a perfect day for football. Rot-Weiss Essen sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Osnabrück. Ba-Muaka Simakala struck first for Osnabrück in the 35th minute on a feed from Haktab Traorè, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Rot-Weiss Essen couldn’t muster any offence and Osnabrück ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while 3rd placed Saarbrücken is fresh off their 6-0 blowout win against Bayreuth. Jacob struck first for Saarbrücken in the 21st minute on a feed from Richard Neudecker, then Sebastian Jacob added another in the 35th minute on a feed from Gunther-Schmidt At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bayreuth couldn’t manage to score, and Saarbrücken took the shutout win. Saarbrücken should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 18 points in their last 10 matches.
This match will be the first time these two teams face eachother this season.
Jacob has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored 5 goals for Saarbrücken. Rot-Weiss Essen’s most prolific scorer has been Felix Bastians. The German defender has netted two goals over the last five matches.