International cups are a highlight for most teams. Both Sandhausen and Zlín are looking forward to this Tipsport Malta Cup fight to decide who advances from the Group Stage.
These are hectic days for the home side, as they had a match only three days ago in the Tipsport Malta Cup. This match was also played here. With two consecutive home games the intense schedule is somewhat softened. Still, Zlín have had more rest.
Sandhausen form and stats
Overall 2. Bundesliga results at home this season for Sandhausen are 3-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Sandhausen's previous fixture was a Tipsport Malta Cup game also played at their own arena, ending 3-0 vs Spartak Trnava. The home side are looking to repeat that performance.
Heartbreak before that as Sandhausen lost 2-4 at Hamburger SV's place.A decent goal production from Sandhausen in their home games so far, with 12 goals from 8 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded.
Zlín form and stats
Zlín have only collected 4 points from their away games in the Czech Liga, after 0-4-4 (8 played).
It's another away fixture for the visitors, as they travelled to Spartak Trnava in their previous outing. The Tipsport Malta Cup duel ended 1-1.
The fixture earlier was the Czech Cup-battle against Vyskov, a home defeat (0-1).
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Zlín as they have only managed to score 7 times from 8 away games in the league. In the opposite end, Zlín have conceded 14 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Kinsombi 6 goals |  C. Kinsombi 4 goals |  A. Esswein 3 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
Zlín missing players
| Sandhausen | Zlín | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 13 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 11 | 26 | ||
| 38 | 15 | Conceded | C | 16 | 42 | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 72% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 64% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 40% | ||
| 4 | 5.4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.1 | 5 | ||
| 5.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.9 | 5.9 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.7 | ||
| 37% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 20% | 23% | ||
| 13 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.1 | 10.1 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 27 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 36 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 17 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 10 | 34 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 33 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 21 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 13 | 33 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 29 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 29 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 28 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 13 | 26 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 26 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 26 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 30 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 25 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 12 | -6 | 21 |
| 10 | Greuther Furth | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 22 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -4 | 20 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -9 | 19 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 20 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | -10 | 19 |
| 13 | Karlsruher SC | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 26 | 30 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 14 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 15 | -8 | 18 |
| 15 | St. Pauli | 17 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 23 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 19 | -2 | 17 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 14 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 14 | -5 | 17 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 14 | 20 | -13 | 17 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 29 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -8 | 16 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Viktoria Plzen | 16 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | Slavia Praha | 16 | 12 | 1 | 3 | 51 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 37 | 37 |
| 3 | Sparta Praha | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 30 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Sigma Olomouc | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Hradec Kralove | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 0 | 23 |
| 6 | Mlada Boleslav | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 22 |
| 7 | Bohemians 1905 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 27 | 29 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | -2 | 22 |
| 8 | Slovacko | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 17 | -7 | 22 |
| 9 | Slovan Liberec | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 21 |
| 10 | Banik Ostrava | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 11 | 2 | 20 |
| 11 | Zbrojovka Brno | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 27 | 34 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 16 | -7 | 20 |
| 12 | Teplice | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 35 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 23 | -12 | 19 |
| 13 | Ceske Budejovice | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -13 | 18 |
| 14 | Jablonec | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Zlín | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 14 | -15 | 12 |
| 16 | Pardubice | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 13 | 39 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 26 | -26 | 10 |
