Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Dynamo Dresden & VfB Stuttgart face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Dynamo Dresden form and stats
Last season, Dresden's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 2nd round.The story so far in the 3. Liga for Dynamo Dresden at their home stadium (DDV-Stadion) is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The Dynamo Dresden crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 3-4 to 1860 München here at DDV-Stadion. A goal frenzy last time out for Dynamo Dresden, with a total of 7 goals in the match against 1860 München. Fun stuff to watch!
Preceding that match was a Play-offs 2/3 defeat to Kaiserslautern (0-2).Early season league goal statistics from Dynamo Dresden's 1 home game: 3 goals, 4 conceded.
VfB Stuttgart form and stats
VfB Stuttgart was sent out of DFB Pokal in the 2nd round last season.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VfB Stuttgart so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 1-8-8 (win-draw-lose).
Stuttgart won their last game, 2-1 versus Köln played at home. The end of the last match, against Köln, was very satisfying as Endo scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Attacker Kalajdžić got a player rating of 7.8 in the game. "Man of the match" Kalajdžić scored one goal, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
Before that, VfB Stuttgart secured a home win against Köln with the score 2-1.The attacking power of Stuttgart when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 17 league matches away. VfB Stuttgart's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 27 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the former five meetings involving these two squads are: two wins for Dresden, one draw and two wins for VfB Stuttgart. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  D. Borkowski 2 goals |  M. Schäffler 1 goals |
Dynamo Dresden missing players
VfB Stuttgart missing players
| Dynamo Dresden | VfB Stuttgart | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Won | W | 2 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 8 | Lost | L | 5 | 10 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 31 | 21 | Conceded | C | 16 | 43 | ||
| 80% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 92% | ||
| 60% | 60% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 88% | ||
| 36% | 27% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 33% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 17% | 36% | ||
| 52% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 12% | ||
| 40% | 47% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 32% | ||
| 5.1 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3 | 4.3 | ||
| 5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 11.5 | 12.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.5 | 14.2 | ||
| 4 | 4.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 21% | 20% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 28% | ||
| 14.2 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.8 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elversberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Zwickau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Osnabruck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Saarbrucken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Freiburg II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Meppen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | VfB Oldenburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Bayreuth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | MSV Duisburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Verl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Viktoria Koln | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 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 | 5 | 5 | 97 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 60 | 77 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 85 | 52 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 33 | 69 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 33 | 64 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 35 | 58 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 57 |
| 6 | Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 55 |
| 7 | Köln | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 52 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 60 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 36 | -2 | 46 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 61 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -7 | 45 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 49 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | -4 | 42 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 33 | -11 | 42 |
| 13 | Bochum | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 35 | -14 | 42 |
| 14 | Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -17 | 38 |
| 15 | VfB Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -18 | 33 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 71 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 38 | -34 | 33 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -26 | 28 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 82 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 49 | -54 | 18 |
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