Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Düren Merzenich & Bayern München face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Düren Merzenich and Bayern München should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Düren Merzenich form and stats
Ever since the Wegberg-Beeck game Düren Merzenich has been unbeatable here at Allianz Arena producing six straight wins.
A good away victory last time out for Merzenich, who won 2-0 against Fortuna Köln II. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against BCV Glesch / Paffendorf.
Bayern München form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the semi-finals.The visitors are W0-D0-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
München had fun at their own home (Allianz Arena) last time out, beating Hertha BSC 4-3. Robert Lewandowski (4) scored.
A crazy, crazy match with lots of goals last time out for Bayern München, as mentioned above. 7 goals in that one, will this match be as much fun? Robert Lewandowski certainly enjoyed Bayern München's last game versus Hertha BSC, appearing multiple times in the match report with four goals and the 4-3 victory. Late drama in the previous game, when Robert Lewandowski scored the winning goal three minutes into stoppage time to defeat Hertha BSC.
As mentioned earlier, München will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 16 wins (eleven by two or more goals winning margin), three draws and one surprising defeat.
The visitors will be packing their bags again in only two days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Arminia Bielefeld.
Bayern München have the goal stats of 1-4 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 5 goals |  S. Gnabry 3 goals | R. Lewandowski 2 goals |
Düren Merzenich missing players
Bayern München missing players
| Düren Merzenich | Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 11 | 24 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 53 | 33 | Scored | S | 36 | 78 | ||
| 25 | 15 | Conceded | C | 10 | 22 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 85% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 52% | ||
| 16% | 31% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 44% | ||
| 56% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 40% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 67% | 52% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 148 | 66 | Total Shots | T S | 207 | 411 | ||
| 70 | 35 | Shots on Target | S O | 82 | 169 | ||
| 59% | 74% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 44% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 2 | Augsburg | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| 3 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 4 | Bayern München | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 6 |
| 7 | Werder Bremen | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Stuttgart | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 9 | Union Berlin | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | Arminia Bielefeld | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Borussia M'gladbach | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -1 | 4 |
| 12 | Freiburg | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 6 | -3 | 4 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 |
| 14 | Bayer Leverkusen | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 15 | Wolfsburg | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 |
| 16 | Köln | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -9 | 0 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 12 | -14 | 0 |
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