National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's DSC Arminia Bielefeld or Hamburger SV that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
Bielefeld have reached this DFB Pokal stage through battling and winning against Bochum.3 victories, 2 draws and 2 defeats. That’s what DSC Arminia Bielefeld have to build on here at SchücoArena in the 3. Liga.
Nothing to worry about in defence for DSC Arminia Bielefeld, as their goalkeeper Jonas Thomas Kersken has completely shut out the opponents for 250 minutes in the 3. Liga.
A nice win for Bielefeld last time playing, versus Ingolstadt. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Oppie, Klos, Biankadi and Mizuta scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, DSC Arminia Bielefeld "killed" Ingolstadt in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A strong away win before that one, visiting MSV Duisburg and winning 1-0.There will be little rest for Bielefeld after this match as they are travelling to Rot-Weiss Essen for a 3. Liga game in only four days.
The DSC Arminia Bielefeld manager Kniat has got the team scoring with 16 from 7 home games in the league. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the DSC Arminia Bielefeld defense is not exactly impregnable. 12 goals conceded from 7 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Hamburger SV form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rot-Weiss Essen in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal.There's been little loot from Hamburger SV's travels as they have only collected 6 points from 6 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Hamburger SV only have 1 win to counter their 2 defeats and 3 draws.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Kaiserslautern in their previous outing. The match ended in a draw 3-3. An inspired comeback made the scores level in Hamburger's duel with Kaiserslautern. It looked bad at 1-3 but the team were not done and fought back to 3-3 after Muheim found the equalizer. Glatzel, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.42. Glatzel scored two goals and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Hamburger SV secured a home win against SpVgg Greuther Fürth with the score 2-0.After this away game Hamburger SV return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Magdeburg. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy Hamburger SV's attacking play in away games, having scored 9 goals in 6 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hamburger have conceded 10 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Hamburger SV have managed a streak of 4 consecutive games without defeat (2-2-0) when playing DSC Arminia Bielefeld.The games between these clubs have sometimes been a bit rough, having seen 6 sending-offs from the last ten encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  R. Glatzel 8 goals |  L. Bénes 6 goals |   F. Klos 5 goals |
DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players
Hamburger SV missing players
| DSC Arminia Bielefeld | Hamburger SV | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 16 | 25 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 7 | 8 | ||
| 46 | 28 | Scored | S | 29 | 51 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Conceded | C | 33 | 45 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 88% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 72% | ||
| 60% | 69% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 44% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 12% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 12% | 8% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 5 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.7 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 3 | ||
| 10.3 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.7 | 13.6 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 53% | 49% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | ||
| 8.8 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 12.3 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 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 | Jahn Regensburg | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 28 |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 28 |
| 3 | Ulm | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 23 |
| 4 | Erzgebirge Aue | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 21 |
| 5 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -3 | 21 |
| 6 | Viktoria Koln | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Sandhausen | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 19 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund II | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 0 | 19 |
| 9 | Verl | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 29 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 18 |
| 10 | Unterhaching | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 18 |
| 11 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 12 | Ingolstadt | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 3 | 17 |
| 13 | 1860 München | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 17 |
| 14 | Preuen Munster | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 15 | Saarbrucken | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 14 |
| 16 | VfB Lubeck | 13 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -8 | 12 |
| 17 | Waldhof Mannheim | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -9 | 12 |
| 18 | Hallescher FC | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 27 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -9 | 11 |
| 19 | Freiburg II | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -11 | 8 |
| 20 | MSV Duisburg | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | -9 | 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 | St. Pauli | 11 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 13 | 23 |
| 2 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 21 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 19 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 24 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 18 |
| 7 | Elversberg | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 8 | Nurnberg | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -1 | 18 |
| 9 | Hertha BSC | 11 | 5 | 0 | 6 | 22 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 2 | 15 |
| 10 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 1 | 15 |
| 11 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 15 |
| 12 | Paderborn | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 13 | -3 | 15 |
| 13 | Magdeburg | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 18 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -1 | 12 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 11 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 12 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 17 | 25 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -8 | 10 |
| 17 | Osnabruck | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | -16 | 6 |
| 18 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 11 | -15 | 5 |
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