In a weekend match on Sat Aug 27th, in week 6, Bayreuth plays host to Rot-Weiss Essen in a meeting of these two evenly matched 3. Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 18 degrees, a perfect day for football. Bayreuth sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Zwickau. Konig struck first for Zwickau in the 10th minute on a feed from Patrick Göbel, then Dominic Baumann added another in the 25th minute on a feed from Nils Butzen At the end of 90 a dissapointed Bayreuth couldn’t manage to score, and Zwickau took the shutout win. Bayreuth looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 8 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 19th placed Rot-Weiss Essen, recorded a 2-2 draw against Ingolstadt. Felix Bastians scored the first goal for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 9th minute on a penalty shot, then Simon Engelmann added another in the 32nd minute on a feed from Isiah Young. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Rot-Weiss Essen’s top weapon lately has been Engelmann, who has three goals in the last five matches. Bayreuth is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Luke Hemmerich and Daniel Steininger each only have 1 goal in their last 5.