National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Eintracht Frankfurt or Darmstadt 98 that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Eintracht Frankfurt and Darmstadt 98.
Eintracht Frankfurt form and stats
Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.6-1-3 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for Eintracht Frankfurt so far this season.
The Eintracht regulars enjoyed the previous game, watching their team host Hertha BSC and win 3-0. The host team have an in-form goalscorer in Muani, having found the net in three matches in a row. Muani, who plays in attack, was the top performer for the team in that fixture, receiving a rating of 8.65 (out of 10). Muani scored two goals.
1-1 away at Bayern München before that.With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (24 in 10 games), Eintracht Frankfurt's attacking play is working. 13 goals have been conceded.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
Darmstadt's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the 1st round.Darmstadt 98's travelling support has been rewarded for their time and money so far this season, having witnessed Darmstadt 98 collect 20 points from their 9 away matches in the 2. Bundesliga. 6 victories and 2 draws have created these points (and only 1 defeat).
The Darmstadt 98 goalkeeper Marcel Schuhen is collecting clean sheets like a laundry worker. It's been 228 league minutes without conceding a goal, and counting.
It's the second away game in a row for Darmstadt 98, but there's smiles all around after the 4-0 victory versus Sandhausen last time out. As mentioned above, Darmstadt was the only team on the pitch versus Sandhausen in their previous game, winning 4-0. This could be a tougher task. Attacker Tietz got a player rating of 8.45 in the game. "Man of the match" Tietz signed up for two assists and hit three key passes.
Before that, Darmstadt 98 secured a home win against Jahn Regensburg with the score 2-0.Darmstadt 98 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 16 times in 9 away games so far.
Head 2 Head
Eintracht Frankfurt-Darmstadt 98 H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Eintracht two wins, Darmstadt 98 two wins, zero draws. one of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).
Top Goalscorers
  R. Kolo Muani 9 goals |  D. Kamada 7 goals |  J. Lindstrøm 7 goals |
Eintracht Frankfurt missing players
Darmstadt 98 missing players
| Eintracht Frankfurt | Darmstadt 98 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 7 | Won | W | 7 | 17 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | ||
| 51 | 25 | Scored | S | 24 | 47 | ||
| 30 | 7 | Conceded | C | 12 | 19 | ||
| 96% | 89% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 89% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 78% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 44% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 27% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 8% | ||
| 68% | 56% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 44% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 11% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 4 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.7 | 14.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.8 | 14.7 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
| 40% | 48% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 36% | ||
| 10.8 | 12.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.6 | 10.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 40 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Köln | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Hoffenheim | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Bochum | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -22 | 19 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 11 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 32 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | St. Pauli | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 21 |
| 13 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Nurnberg | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 18 |
