National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's SGS Essen W or Bayer Leverkusen W that keep their silverware dream alive.
SGS Essen W form and stats
Last season their Dfb Pokal Women adventure ended in the 2nd round.SGS Essen W's struggle is real here at Stadion Essen with only 6 points collected from 7 Bundesliga Women games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 1-3-3.
In their previous game, the manager Högner led his Essen to a defeat away at Hoffenheim W. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Stadion Essen.
Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Gutersloh W (2-3).The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how SGS Essen W have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found five games) they have won two times, drawn zero and lost three.
On the other hand, SGS Essen W have conceded 8 goals.
Bayer Leverkusen W form and stats
They also participated in Dfb Pokal Women last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Playing away, Bayer Leverkusen W have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the Bundesliga Women this season.
Bayer Leverkusen W play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to Turbine Potsdam W.
A 1-1 draw at SGS Essen W's stadium before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Werder Bremen W in just three days.
The travelling fans enjoy Leverkusen's attacking play in away games, having scored 13 goals in 7 league matches away. Bayer Leverkusen W are struggling defensively in their away games, having conceded 13 goals in these matches.
Head 2 Head
Head to head statistics (for the prior nine meetings): SGS Essen W won five games, two matches ended with a tie and Bayer Leverkusen W got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: six / threeTop Goalscorers
  V. Wieder 6 goals |  M. Nikolic 6 goals | M. Berentzen 4 goals |
SGS Essen W missing players
Bayer Leverkusen W missing players
| SGS Essen W | Bayer Leverkusen W | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 7 | 11 | ||
| 51 | 23 | Scored | S | 18 | 43 | ||
| 36 | 14 | Conceded | C | 31 | 49 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 68% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 16% | ||
| 4.9 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 2.2 | 2.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.9 | 4.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.4 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10 | 9.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 4.8 | ||
| 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 33% | ||
| 6.4 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 8.6 | 9.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 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 | Bayern Munich W | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 48 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 5 | 40 | 34 |
| 2 | Wolfsburg W | 13 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 26 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 32 |
| 3 | Hoffenheim W | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 38 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 10 | 21 | 31 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt W | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 30 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 28 |
| 5 | Turbine Potsdam W | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 36 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 15 | 27 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen W | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 20 | -4 | 20 |
| 7 | Freiburg W | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | -4 | 17 |
| 8 | Köln W | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 28 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 16 |
| 9 | SGS Essen W | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -4 | 12 |
| 10 | Werder Bremen W | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 34 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 25 | -28 | 11 |
| 11 | Carl Zeiss Jena W | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 5 | 47 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 23 | -42 | 5 |
| 12 | SC Sand W | 13 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 27 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 18 | -24 | 2 |
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