National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Borussia Mönchengladbach or Heidenheim 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 Borussia Mönchengladbach and Heidenheim.
Borussia Mönchengladbach form and stats
Action has already taken place for Mönchengladbach in DFB Pokal as they have defeated Bersenbruck to reach the 2nd Round.When playing at home in the Bundesliga, Borussia Mönchengladbach have managed 1 win, 1 draw and suffered 3 defeats from 5 games.
The Borussia Mönchengladbach club members enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Heidenheim and win 2-1. Midfield player Pléa got a match rating of 7.53 in that game, the max score being 10. Pléa scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 25 successful passes (of 31 total).
A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 1-3 away at FC Köln.There will be little rest for Borussia Mönchengladbach after this match as they are travelling to Freiburg for a Bundesliga game in only four days.
Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 9 goals have been conceded.
Heidenheim form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rostocker FC in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal.0 wins, 1 draw and 4 losses. That’s the product of Heidenheim playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season.
Heidenheim are travelling again after losing away to Borussia Mönchengladbach in their previous match (1-2). Defender Föhrenbach was the best team player with a rating of 7.32. Föhrenbach hit two key passes and won 1 of 6 duels.
Preceding that, the 2-5 home loss versus Augsburg.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. Heidenheim have conceded 12 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the last two meetings): Borussia Mönchengladbach won one game, one match ended with a draw and Heidenheim managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: one / one.
Top Goalscorers
  E. Dinkci 5 goals |  J. Beste 4 goals |   A. Pléa 3 goals |
Borussia Mönchengladbach missing players
Heidenheim missing players
| Borussia Mönchengladbach | Heidenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 6 | 9 | ||
| 44 | 17 | Scored | S | 27 | 51 | ||
| 39 | 16 | Conceded | C | 23 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Failed to Score | F T | 14% | 16% | ||
| 5.5 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 5.8 | ||
| 6 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 13.6 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.4 | 14.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 5.6 | ||
| 32% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 36% | ||
| 14.7 | 12.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12.4 | ||
| 5.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 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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