Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Babelsberg & RB Leipzig face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Babelsberg 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.
Babelsberg form and stats
Babelsberg have not come this way in the DFB Pokal without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Greuther Furth.The total Regionalliga: Nordost stats playing at home this season for Babelsberg are 4-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
Babelsberg drew their last game, also a home match. Lokomotive Leipzig was the opponent, 1-1 the score.
A 1-1 draw away in the Regionalliga: Nordost before that, with Altglienicke the opponent.Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Babelsberg have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn one and lost zero from one game. zero defeats by at least two goals.
Babelsberg has scored 11 league goals at home this season, in 8 matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
RB Leipzig form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Sandhausen in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the final.The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 0 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats. Visiting Leipzig has seen their last two away games both end with a tied score and one point each.
Dominik Szoboszlai, Emil Forsberg, Yussuf Poulsen and Hugo Novoa Ramos scored in Leipzig's previous match, the home game against Greuther Furth that ended 4-1. Yussuf Poulsen, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.0. Poulsen scored one goal and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 2-3 defeat away at PSG before that.Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Leipzig given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with one win as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Eintracht Frankfurt.
Goals are few and far between in Leipzig's away league games. Only 2 goals from 4 travels. 4 goals have been conceded by Leipzig in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  D. Frahn 11 goals |  T. Schmidt 4 goals |   E. Forsberg 4 goals |
Babelsberg missing players
RB Leipzig missing players
| Babelsberg | RB Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 44 | 17 | Scored | S | 17 | 45 | ||
| 26 | 16 | Conceded | C | 21 | 39 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 7.3 | 5.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4 | ||
| 2.6 | 2.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.2 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 17.6 | 16.7 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.6 | ||
| 39% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 33% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BAK '07 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 5 | 14 | 34 |
| 2 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 35 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 20 | 4 | 25 | 30 |
| 3 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 29 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 6 | 18 | 30 |
| 4 | BFC Dynamo | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 30 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 16 | 30 |
| 5 | Altglienicke | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 29 |
| 6 | Babelsberg | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 8 | 27 |
| 7 | Luckenwalde | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 3 | 14 | 26 |
| 8 | Chemnitzer FC | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 23 |
| 9 | Energie Cottbus | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 22 | 22 |
| 10 | Chemie Leipzig | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 11 | Tennis Borussia | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -6 | 17 |
| 12 | Germania Halberstadt | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -7 | 16 |
| 13 | Lichtenberg | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC II | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 15 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Union Furstenwalde | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 39 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 21 | -16 | 12 |
| 16 | Tasmania Berlin | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | 35 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 22 | -21 | 11 |
| 17 | Auerbach | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 15 | 34 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 23 | -19 | 10 |
| 18 | FSV Optik Rathenow | 15 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 11 | -14 | 9 |
| 19 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 14 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 13 | 28 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | -15 | 9 |
| 20 | Eilenburg | 14 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 22 | -24 | 7 |
| 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 München | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 |
| 7 | FSV Mainz 05 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | TSG Hoffenheim | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Stuttgart | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Bochum | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 1 |