National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Kaiserslautern or FC Köln that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Kaiserslautern and FC Köln.
Kaiserslautern form and stats
Kaiserslautern have reached this DFB Pokal stage through battling and winning against TuS RW Koblenz.Kaiserslautern are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Fritz-Walter-Stadion. 4 wins, 1 draw and 1 defeat is the summary from 6 games.
The home regulars saw a 3-3 draw versus Hamburger SV last time out and are looking for a victory here. Opportunity lost for Kaiserslautern in the Hamburger SV match as a lead 3-1 was lost and what looked like a victory ended in a draw. The attacking player Ritter was announced as "man of the match" for Kaiserslautern with a rating of 7.81/10. Ritter scored one goal, hit two key passes and had 19 successful passes (of 22 total).
Heartbreak before that as Kaiserslautern lost 3-4 at Fortuna Düsseldorf's place.The match schedule is unforgiving for Kaiserslautern as they have a new game in only four days, a 2. Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. SpVgg Greuther Fürth are visiting.
Kaiserslautern are showing their attacking force in their league home games this season, scoring more than 2,5 goals per game on average (16 goals in 6 games). With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Kaiserslautern defense is not exactly impregnable. 10 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
FC Köln form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Osnabruck in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal.The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 4 defeats.
There might be some fixture complaints from FC Köln as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous match, 0-6 against RB Leipzig. Köln lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-6 beating and focus on this one. It's not a good sign for FC Köln that their goalie Schwäbe pulled off seven saves in the RB Leipzig game, but still couldn't stop a beating.
Before that, Köln secured a home win against Borussia Mönchengladbach with the score 3-1.After this away game FC Köln return home for a Bundesliga game against Augsburg. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Köln are seemingly not capable of scoring regularly on their travels in the league. They have only managed {2 goals} from 5 away games. FC Köln are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 2 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Kaiserslautern have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (1-3-0) when playing FC Köln.The games between these sides sometimes lean towards being rough and physical, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten duels.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Ache 6 goals |  B. Tomiak 4 goals |  M. Ritter 3 goals |
Kaiserslautern missing players
FC Köln missing players
| Kaiserslautern | FC Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 44 | 19 | Scored | S | 23 | 40 | ||
| 38 | 16 | Conceded | C | 26 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 72% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 54% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 16% | ||
| 64% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 16% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 6.5 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.4 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 13.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 5.4 | ||
| 33% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 30% | ||
| 11.7 | 14.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 12 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Elversberg | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Nurnberg | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Paderborn | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Magdeburg | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Osnabruck | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -16 | 6 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -15 | 5 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 27 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 19 | 25 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 4 | 27 | 23 |
| 3 | VfB Stuttgart | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 21 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 21 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 18 | 20 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -6 | 13 |
| 9 | VfL Wolfsburg | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 11 | -4 | 9 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -4 | 9 |
| 13 | Heidenheim | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | -9 | 7 |
| 14 | Darmstadt 98 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 30 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 18 | -17 | 7 |
| 15 | FC Union Berlin | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 7 | 10 | -8 | 6 |
| 16 | Bochum | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 16 | -15 | 5 |
| 17 | FC Köln | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -14 | 4 |
| 18 | Mainz 05 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 14 | -15 | 3 |
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