Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Eintracht Braunschweig & Schalke 04 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.
Eintracht Braunschweig form and stats
Eintracht Braunschweig was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the DFB Pokal.0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Eintracht Braunschweig so far this season.
No payout for Eintracht Braunschweig in their previous match, an away game at Magdeburg that ended in defeat 1-2. Ujah, who usually plays near the opponent's goal, was the best performer for the team in that match, earning a rating of 7.8 (out of 10). Ujah scored one goal.
Preceding that match was a 2. Bundesliga defeat to Holstein Kiel (0-1).At Eintracht-Stadion, Eintracht Braunschweig has the goal stats of 0-1 (for/against) from 1 league fixture.
Schalke 04 form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
Schalke had fun at their own home (Eintracht-Stadion) last time out, beating Kaiserslautern 3-0. Lasme, Karaman and Terodde scored. Terodde has scored at least one goal for this side three games in a row. The know-how! Ouwejan was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.34. The defender Ouwejan served one assist, hit three key passes and won 4 of 6 duels.
Prior to that match, the Schalke 04 manager Reis faced defeat when travelling to Hamburger SV and losing 3-5.Schalke 04 have the goal stats of 3-5 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head statistics (for the former two meetings): Eintracht Braunschweig won zero games, zero matches ended with a draw and Schalke 04 have two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / zero.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Terodde 2 goals |   A. Ujah 1 goals |  K. Karaman 1 goals |
Eintracht Braunschweig missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Eintracht Braunschweig | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 9 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 30 | 16 | Scored | S | 16 | 40 | ||
| 43 | 14 | Conceded | C | 26 | 47 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 76% | 58% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 28% | ||
| 68% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 42% | 48% | ||
| 16% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 4.7 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.1 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 2.5 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.8 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.6 | 15.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 12.3 | ||
| 4 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.3 | ||
| 31% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 13.9 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.8 | 13.1 | ||
| 5.2 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 5.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hansa Rostock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Karlsruher SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Magdeburg | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Greuther Furth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Osnabruck | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Elversberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Paderborn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Kaiserslautern | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
