National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's VfL Wolfsburg or RB Leipzig that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither VfL Wolfsburg nor RB Leipzig as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
VfL Wolfsburg have not come this way in the DFB Pokal without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Makkabi. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the round of 16.VfL Wolfsburg have played 4 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-0-1 (wins-draws-losses).
In their previous game, the manager Kovač led his Wolfsburg to a defeat away at Augsburg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Volkswagen Arena. Midfielder Svanberg was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.73 (out of ten) in that game. Svanberg hit one key pass and had 54 successful passes (of 62 total).
Preceding that match was a Bundesliga defeat to Bayer Leverkusen (1-2).The VfL Wolfsburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 7 goals in 4 league matches. From these home matches, Wolfsburg have conceded only 3 goals.
RB Leipzig form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Wehen Wiesbaden in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. Nothing but glory last season for RB Leipzig, as they won the DFB Pokal.The visitors are W3-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
RB Leipzig won their last game, 6-0 versus FC Köln played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Leipzig was very dominant against FC Köln, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 6-0 (!) with Openda (2), Šeško, Baumgartner, Raum and Werner providing the goals. Midfielder Henrichs was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 9.02. Henrichs served one assist, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times and had 40 successful passes (of 47 total).
A home victory as expected against Crvena Zvezda ahead of that, in the Champions League.
The schedule is very tough for RB Leipzig now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A Bundesliga game at Mainz 05 is waiting in only four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Leipzig are regular goalscorers on their travels.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's one VfL Wolfsburg victory, four draws and five RB Leipzig wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, six matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  J. Older Wind 8 goals |   L. Openda 8 goals |  B. Šeško 3 goals |
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| VfL Wolfsburg | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 10 | 19 | ||
| 5 | 5 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 39 | 19 | Scored | S | 29 | 61 | ||
| 37 | 15 | Conceded | C | 13 | 25 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 32% | 15% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.6 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 14.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.1 | 6.2 | ||
| 30% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 39% | ||
| 12.8 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.2 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 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 |
