Dynamo Dresden vs Darmstadt 98 in DFB Pokal preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Germany DFB Pokal
Competition: Tue 22.December
Match begins: 19:45 (UTC)
Venue: Heinz-Steyer-Stadion (24000 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dynamo Dresden or Darmstadt 98 that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Dresden nor Darmstadt 98 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.

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Dynamo Dresden form and stats

Action has already taken place for Dresden in DFB Pokal as they have defeated Hamburger SV to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Dynamo Dresden's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 2nd round.

Dynamo Dresden have performed here at Heinz-Steyer-Stadion this season with 5 wins from 8 3. Liga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 2 games and lost 1.

Dresden enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Viktoria Koln's place. The match ended 4-2 with C. Daferner, P. Hosiner and P. Sohm (2) scoring. Previous to that game, a 3. Liga home match hosting Verl in a game that was won 4-1.

A goal frenzy last time out for Dresden, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Viktoria Koln. Fun stuff to watch!

A decent goal production from Dresden in their home games so far, with 14 goals from 8 league matches. From these home matches, Dresden have conceded only 5 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Magdeburg in order to reach 2nd Round of DFB Pokal. Darmstadt was sent out of DFB Pokal in the 2nd round last season.

Playing away, Darmstadt 98 have won 3 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.

183 minutes! That's how long the Darmstadt 98 goalkeeper Carl Klaus and his defense have shut out their league opponents.

Darmstadt won their last game, 2-0 versus Wurzburger Kickers played at home. Before that one, a nice away victory 4-0 at Greuther Fürth.

With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Darmstadt 98 are regular goalscorers on their travels. Darmstadt 98 have conceded 15 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

As for the last six games between these two teams, there's one Dresden victory, two draws and three Darmstadt 98 wins. Over/under statistics; three of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Darmstadt 98S. Dursun
S. Dursun
9 goals
Darmstadt 98T. Kempe
T. Kempe
7 goals
DresdenP. Hosiner
P. Hosiner
6 goals

Dynamo Dresden missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Dynamo Dresden Darmstadt 98
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 13   Played P   13 25
13 6   Won W   5 10
3 3   Drew D   2 6
9 4   Lost L   6 9
37 20   Scored S   26 51
26 13   Conceded C   25 41
96% 92%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 92%
68% 77%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 88%
48% 46%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   85% 80%
24% 23%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   62% 64%
12% 15%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   38% 32%
40% 46%   BTTS BTTS   77% 64%
32% 31%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 24%
32% 31%   Failed to Score F T   15% 20%
 
0 0   Corners for (avg) C F   0 0
0 0   Corners against (avg) C A   0 0
2 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.1 2
4 1   Red cards R C   2 4
 
8.8 10.2   Shots (avg) S (   11.6 10.7
3.3 3.4   Shots on Target (avg) S O   5.3 5
49% 49%   Goal Efficiency G E   39% 40%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 16 10 2 4 26 13 8 5 2 1 14 5 8 5 0 3 12 8 13 32
2 1860 München 17 7 6 4 35 19 9 3 4 2 21 11 8 4 2 2 14 8 16 27
3 Ingolstadt 15 8 3 4 20 16 8 6 1 1 12 5 7 2 2 3 8 11 4 27
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 17 7 5 5 30 27 8 4 2 2 14 11 9 3 3 3 16 16 3 26
5 Saarbrucken 15 7 4 4 26 20 8 4 2 2 16 10 7 3 2 2 10 10 6 25
6 Verl 14 7 3 4 27 19 7 3 2 2 15 10 7 4 1 2 12 9 8 24
7 Hallescher FC 16 7 3 6 23 26 8 3 2 3 11 10 8 4 1 3 12 16 -3 24
8 Hansa Rostock 16 6 5 5 22 18 8 4 2 2 14 8 8 2 3 3 8 10 4 23
9 Uerdingen 16 6 4 6 14 15 8 3 1 4 7 11 8 3 3 2 7 4 -1 22
10 Viktoria Koln 16 6 4 6 20 25 8 3 1 4 8 12 8 3 3 2 12 13 -5 22
11 Unterhaching 14 6 1 7 17 19 7 4 1 2 9 7 7 2 0 5 8 12 -2 19
12 Turkgucu-Ataspor 14 4 6 4 20 22 7 3 3 1 11 9 7 1 3 3 9 13 -2 18
13 Waldhof Mannheim 15 4 6 5 26 29 8 3 3 2 23 18 7 1 3 3 3 11 -3 18
14 VfB Lubeck 15 4 4 7 20 23 7 2 3 2 9 7 8 2 1 5 11 16 -3 16
15 Bayern München II 14 4 4 6 19 23 6 2 3 1 9 6 8 2 1 5 10 17 -4 16
16 Meppen 14 5 1 8 16 20 7 3 0 4 10 10 7 2 1 4 6 10 -4 16
17 Zwickau 13 4 3 6 14 16 7 1 1 5 5 9 6 3 2 1 9 7 -2 15
18 Kaiserslautern 16 2 9 5 14 22 8 1 5 2 6 9 8 1 4 3 8 13 -8 15
19 MSV Duisburg 16 3 6 7 19 28 8 1 2 5 8 17 8 2 4 2 11 11 -9 15
20 Magdeburg 15 3 5 7 13 21 7 2 2 3 6 8 8 1 3 4 7 13 -8 14
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Holstein Kiel 12 7 4 1 20 11 7 4 2 1 11 8 5 3 2 0 9 3 9 25
2 Bochum 13 7 2 4 24 14 7 4 2 1 15 4 6 3 0 3 9 10 10 23
3 Hamburger SV 12 7 2 3 25 16 7 4 1 2 15 8 5 3 1 1 10 8 9 23
4 Greuther Fürth 12 6 3 3 22 15 6 2 1 3 8 9 6 4 2 0 14 6 7 21
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 12 6 2 4 16 18 6 5 1 0 11 4 6 1 1 4 5 14 -2 20
6 Erzgebirge Aue 12 5 4 3 20 14 6 3 2 1 11 6 6 2 2 2 9 8 6 19
7 Heidenheim 13 5 4 4 17 16 7 4 3 0 11 4 6 1 1 4 6 12 1 19
8 Osnabruck 12 5 4 3 16 16 5 2 1 2 7 9 7 3 3 1 9 7 0 19
9 Hannover 96 13 5 2 6 15 14 6 4 1 1 11 4 7 1 1 5 4 10 1 17
10 Jahn Regensburg 13 4 5 4 17 17 7 3 2 2 11 9 6 1 3 2 6 8 0 17
11 Nurnberg 12 4 4 4 20 17 6 2 2 2 9 9 6 2 2 2 11 8 3 16
12 Karlsruher SC 12 5 1 6 18 17 5 2 0 3 8 7 7 3 1 3 10 10 1 16
13 Paderborn 12 4 3 5 16 15 6 3 1 2 11 9 6 1 2 3 5 6 1 15
14 Darmstadt 98 12 4 3 5 23 23 5 1 2 2 7 8 7 3 1 3 16 15 0 15
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 12 3 3 6 13 26 6 3 1 2 8 9 6 0 2 4 5 17 -13 12
16 Sandhausen 12 3 2 7 12 25 6 2 2 2 8 12 6 1 0 5 4 13 -13 11
17 St. Pauli 11 1 5 5 15 21 5 1 2 2 8 10 6 0 3 3 7 11 -6 8
18 Wurzburger Kickers 11 1 1 9 12 26 6 1 1 4 8 14 5 0 0 5 4 12 -14 4

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