National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Carl Zeiss Jena or Köln that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Carl Zeiss Jena form and stats
Carl Zeiss Jena participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Carl Zeiss Jena have played 1 Regionalliga: Nordost games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 0-0-1 (wins-draws-losses). Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Zeiss, their manager D. Kunert and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.
An away draw last time out for Carl Zeiss Jena, facing Lokomotive Leipzig in a game that ended 0-0.
Preceding that match was a Regionalliga: Nordost defeat to Altglienicke (1-2).Carl Zeiss Jena has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Köln form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 5 wins, 4 draws and 8 defeats.
Köln have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Timo Horn. It's been 180 minutes since they last conceded in Bundesliga.
Köln play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 5-1 victory visiting Holstein Kiel. Midfield player Florian Kainz was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.7/10. Kainz signed up for two assists, hit six key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times. As you can tell from the results above, Köln was very dominant against Holstein Kiel, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Rafael Czichos, Sebastian Andersson (2), Jonas Hector and Ellyes Skhiri providing the goals.
Preceding that game was the away Play-offs 1/2 victory against Holstein Kiel with the score of 5-1.The attacking power of Köln when travelling is not overwhelming with 14 goals scored from 17 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Köln have conceded 29 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Zeiss one win, zero draws and Köln four victories. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  W. Dedidis 1 goals |
Carl Zeiss Jena missing players
Köln missing players
| Carl Zeiss Jena | Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 46 | 27 | Scored | S | 19 | 39 | ||
| 37 | 20 | Conceded | C | 20 | 38 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 60% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 68% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 64% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 16% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 24% | ||
| 3.9 | 3.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.5 | ||
| 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 7.9 | 6.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 14 | ||
| 3.4 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 45% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BFC Dynamo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | BAK '07 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Luckenwalde | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Altglienicke | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Chemnitzer FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Germania Halberstadt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Babelsberg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Tasmania Berlin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Chemie Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC II | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 12 | Union Furstenwalde | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Tennis Borussia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Energie Cottbus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Lichtenberg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Eilenburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | FSV Optik Rathenow | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Auerbach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -6 | 0 |
| 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 | 34 | 24 | 6 | 4 | 99 | 44 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 55 | 78 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 65 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 75 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 29 | 64 |
| 4 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 61 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 53 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 16 | 60 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 52 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 50 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 56 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 37 | 8 | 49 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 45 |
| 10 | Freiburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 30 | -2 | 43 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 30 | -17 | 39 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 29 | -18 | 36 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -11 | 35 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -26 | 35 |
| 16 | Köln | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | -26 | 33 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 57 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -21 | 31 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 86 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 52 | -61 | 16 |