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.
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.
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
  S. Dursun 9 goals |  T. Kempe 7 goals |   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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