Week 5 brings us a match on Aug 20th, where Ingolstadt will travel to Essen to battle Rot-Weiss Essen in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched 3. Liga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 23 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, 20th placed Rot-Weiss Essen, recorded a 0-1 loss against Borussia Dortmund II. Fink scored the first goal for Borussia Dortmund II in the 22nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Rot-Weiss Essen couldn’t muster any offence and Borussia Dortmund II ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 7 points in their last 10 matches, while 2nd placed Ingolstadt is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Saarbrücken. Ingolstadt had 12 on net, and Saarbrücken had 8, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. Ingolstadt is looking for direction having earned 16 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Ingolstadt is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Patrick Schmidt and Merlin Rohl each having 2 goals in their last 5. Rot-Weiss Essen’s most prolific scorer has been Ron Berlinski. The German attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.