Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Eintracht Braunschweig & Borussia Dortmund face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Braunschweig nor Borussia Dortmund 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.
Eintracht Braunschweig form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the DFB Pokal for Eintracht Braunschweig, as the manager D. Meyer led his troops to eliminate Hertha BSC, and reach the 2nd Round. Braunschweig participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Eintracht Braunschweig at their home stadium (Eintracht-Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats. The Braunschweig manager D. Meyer might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Braunschweig's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-3 versus Greuther Fürth. Preceding that game was the away draw at Paderborn that finished 2-2.
Braunschweig are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 8 goals in 6 games. Eintracht Braunschweig have conceded 9 from these games.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated MSV Duisburg in order to reach 2nd Round of DFB Pokal. Borussia was sent out of DFB Pokal in the 3rd round last season.The visitors are W4-D1-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
It might be tough going out on the road again for Borussia, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-2 versus Union Berlin. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Werder Bremen at their stadium, the result 2-1.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Borussia given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed two matches with two wins as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won two of these games by at least two goals.
Borussia are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 12 times in 7 away games so far. 8 goals have been conceded by Borussia Dortmund in these games.
Head 2 Head
Last three meetings between the teams: Braunschweig won one, Borussia Dortmund won two and zero draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, zero matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 10 goals |   N. Proschwitz 5 goals |  F. Kaufmann 3 goals |
Eintracht Braunschweig missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 13 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Scored | S | 25 | 50 | ||
| 48 | 20 | Conceded | C | 15 | 34 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 52% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 60% | ||
| 16% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 38% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9 | 9.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.1 | 14 | ||
| 3.2 | 3.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 5.7 | ||
| 43% | 46% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 36% | ||
| 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 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 27 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 18 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Freiburg | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 13 |
| 15 | Köln | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 10 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -28 | 4 |