Week 5 brings us a match on Aug 20th, where Osnabrück will travel to Wiesbaden to battle Wehen Wiesbaden in a meeting of these two 3. Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 21 degrees, a perfect day for football. 6th placed Wehen Wiesbaden is fresh off their 5-1 win against Erzgebirge Aue. Thijmen Goppel struck first for Wehen Wiesbaden in the 6th minute, then Emanuel Taffertshofer added another in the 38th minute. Wehen Wiesbaden is looking for direction having 2 win and 1 losses in their last 10 matches, while osnabrück sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Bayreuth. Nollenberger scored the first goal for Bayreuth in the 82nd minute, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else At the end of 90 a dissapointed Osnabrück couldn’t manage to score, and Bayreuth took the shutout win. Osnabrück looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 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. Last season Wehen Wiesbaden won the head to head battle with 1 win and 1 draw.
Osnabrück is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Sven Kohler and Felix Higl each only have 1 goal in their last 5. Wehen Wiesbaden’s most prolific scorer has been Benedict Hollerbach. The German attacker has netted 3 goals over the last 5 matches.