National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Elversberg or Borussia M'gladbach that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Elversberg form and stats
Action has already taken place for Elversberg in DFB Pokal as they have defeated St. Pauli to reach the 2nd Round. Elversberg participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Elversberg are steadily winning Regionalliga: Südwest games and points here at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games. The trend of drawing games is also valid regardless of arena as Elversberg has four draws from their last four matches.
Elversberg drew their last game, 1-1 away at Freiburg II. A 2-2 draw away in the Regionalliga: Südwest before that, with Bahlinger SC the opponent.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Elversberg have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost one from one game. zero defeats by at least two goals.
The Elversberg manager H. Steffen has got the team scoring with 17 from 7 home games in the league. Elversberg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 7 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Oberneuland in order to reach 2nd Round of DFB Pokal. They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.2 wins, 2 draws and 2 losses. That’s the product of Borussia M'gladbach playing as the away team in the Bundesliga this season. M'gladbach has drawn their two previous away games.
Home advantage was not enough for M'gladbach in their previous game, as they lost their Bundesliga-match, hosting Hoffenheim, 1-2. Ahead of that match was the Bundesliga away draw versus Eintracht Frankfurt that ended 3-3.
As mentioned earlier, M'gladbach will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in one win (one by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and zero surprising defeats.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, Borussia M'gladbach are regular goalscorers on their travels. The opposition has been scoring high and low on M'gladbach's goalkeeper in away games this season, as they have let in 15 goals in 6 travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Koffi 8 goals |   L. Stindl 8 goals | I. Suero Fernández 6 goals |
Elversberg missing players
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
| Elversberg | Borussia M'gladbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 7 | ||
| 58 | 40 | Scored | S | 34 | 58 | ||
| 31 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 60% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 82% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 54% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 28% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.7 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.1 | 8.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.1 | 12.9 | ||
| 3.1 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.2 | 5 | ||
| 65% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 47% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Freiburg II | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| 2 | SV Steinbach | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | FSV Frankfurt | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Kickers Offenbach | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 5 | Elversberg | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | Ulm | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Homburg | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | Hessen Kassel | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Pirmasens | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Stuttgart II | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | Balingen | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 19 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 II | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim II | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Aalen | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Bahlinger SC | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | TuS RW Koblenz | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Bayern Alzenau | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 19 | Astoria Walldorf | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 20 | Teutonia WS | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 21 | Schott Mainz | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 33 | -19 | 12 |
| 22 | Eintracht Stadtallendorf | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -18 | 7 |
| 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 |
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