Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Elversberg & VfL Bochum 1848 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 Elversberg nor VfL Bochum 1848 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.
Elversberg form and stats
Elversberg have not come this way in the DFB Pokal without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Bayer Leverkusen. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.The home supporters can't complain about results here at URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde as Elversberg have scored 14 goals to get 12 points from 6 games. The overall stats in the 3. Liga are 4-0-2 (wins-draws-losses).
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper Nicolas Kristof not having conceded a league goal in 202 minutes.
It's back home for Elversberg, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Viktoria Koln away with the result 2-0. Fellhauer (2) found the net in that victory.
In the game before, a strong away win at Besseringen. A Reg. Cup Saarland game.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Osnabruck are coming to town in four days.
Goals decide football matches and Elversberg are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 6 league matches. From these home matches, Elversberg have conceded only 5 goals.
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Viktoria Berlin in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, VfL Bochum 1848 have produced an overall stat of 0-0-5 so far.
Bochum are travelling again after losing away to Stuttgart in their previous match (1-4). Zoller, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.3. Zoller scored one goal.
Before that, VfL Bochum 1848 secured a home win against Eintracht Frankfurt with the score 3-0.The visitors have scored 4 goals from 5 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Schnellbacher 7 goals |  J. Koffi 4 goals |  J. Rochelt 4 goals |
Elversberg missing players
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
| Elversberg | VfL Bochum 1848 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 20 | 9 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Lost | L | 8 | 13 | ||
| 66 | 27 | Scored | S | 22 | 39 | ||
| 19 | 10 | Conceded | C | 30 | 53 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 91% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 73% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 27% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 45% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 45% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 28% | ||
| 4.8 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 4.8 | ||
| 5.1 | 5.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.8 | 4 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.2 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.4 | 13.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.6 | 11.5 | ||
| 6.3 | 7.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 4.8 | ||
| 35% | 34% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 34% | 33% | ||
| 8.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.8 | 14.1 | ||
| 3.4 | 3.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.3 | 6.2 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | 1860 München | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Ingolstadt | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Freiburg II | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Saarbrucken | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -5 | 19 |
| 9 | Verl | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | VfB Oldenburg | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Viktoria Koln | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Osnabruck | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Borussia Dortmund II | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Meppen | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Zwickau | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Hallescher FC | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 10 |
| 19 | Erzgebirge Aue | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 20 | Bayreuth | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 9 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 19 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | TSG Hoffenheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Köln | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
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