by Jasper Will
What to do this Weekend?
This Saturday, the 22nd of October, SV Waldhof Mannheim, the local football team, will encounter
Rot-Weiß Essen in the third division of the German soccer league. While Waldhof Mannheim is the
best at-home team in the third division right now, placed 8th in the regular table, RW Essen is only
12th in the current away table while being 14th in the regular table. After their 1:1 draw against
Dynamo Dresden, Essen is looking forward to get 3 points this Saturday, trying to keep their distance
to the relegation seats. Meanwhile, Mannheim lost their last match against SC Freiburg II (2:3) and
needs the win in order to stay close to the top of the table. The match will take place at the CarlBenz stadium in Mannheim at 14 pm.
In this particular matchup, Rot-Weiß Essen is, historically, the favoured team. While Essen won 6 of
the 14 encounters, Mannheim was only able to beat Essen four times. The teams also tied four
times. But, to be fair, the last time these two teams encountered each other was back in 2010,
when RW Essen won 2:0 and a lot has changed since then.
Where to get tickets
You can get tickets on the online website of SV Waldhof Mannheim. Unfortunately the Website is
only available in German. For seats the prices start at 19€ if you are a student and if not, they start at
23€. Otherwise you can book a ticket for a standing place, starting at 11€ for students or 13€ for
non-student visitors. There are still many tickets available.
Otherwise u can also get tickets at the “Waldhof Welt” in P7, 17 (Mo – Sa, 10 – 20 pm) or in the fan
shop at the stadium itself. The opening times of the fan shop can be looked up on the Waldhof
Mannheim website. The prices for tickets in the shops may differ from the online prices.
