National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FC Union Berlin or St. Pauli that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Berlin nor St. Pauli 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.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
Last season, FC Union Berlin's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 2nd round.FC Union Berlin are steadily winning Bundesliga games and points here at Stadion An der Alten Försterei. 7 wins, 3 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 12 games.
A nice win for Berlin last time playing, versus Mainz 05. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-1 with Haraguchi, Becker and Awoniyi scoring for the victors. Becker, a natural forward, was the top player for the team in that game, earning a rating of 8.43 (out of 10). Becker scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 4 times.
A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-1 away at Arminia Bielefeld.The manager Fischer will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Wolfsburg in only four days.
FC Union Berlin has scored 17 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Berlin have conceded 13 in these home matches.
St. Pauli form and stats
St. Pauli's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the 1st round.5-3-5 is the win-draw-loss statistic for St. Pauli in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
Two away matches in a row for St. Pauli, whose manager Schultz could celebrate last time after the win against Ingolstadt. Burgstaller, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 8.02. Burgstaller scored one goal, hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-3 loss hosting Hannover 96 before that.After this away game Pauli return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Karlsruher SC. That game is only four sleeps after this.
The travelling fans enjoy St. Pauli's attacking play in away games, having scored 20 goals in 13 league matches away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Pauli have conceded 23 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): FC Union Berlin six wins, two draws and St. Pauli two victories. As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), five games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() G. Burgstaller 17 goals | ![]() T. Awoniyi 10 goals | ![]() D. Kyereh 7 goals |
FC Union Berlin missing players
St. Pauli missing players
| FC Union Berlin | St. Pauli | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 7 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Scored | S | 23 | 49 | ||
| 35 | 17 | Conceded | C | 28 | 41 | ||
| 92% | 83% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 79% | 84% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 71% | 68% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 12% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 20% | ||
| 4 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 5.2 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 10.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.2 | ||
| 35% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 37% | ||
| 12.2 | 11.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.7 | 12.9 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.4 | 4.5 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 75 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 49 | 58 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 64 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 27 | 50 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 44 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 40 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 40 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | FC Union Berlin | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 37 |
| 8 | Köln | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 34 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | Bochum | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -9 | 29 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Borussia M'gladbach | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -16 | 27 |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 25 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -15 | 23 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 31 | -29 | 23 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 19 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 44 | -40 | 14 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Werder Bremen | 24 | 13 | 6 | 5 | 47 | 33 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 14 | 45 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 49 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 25 | 16 | 19 | 44 |
| 3 | St. Pauli | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 48 | 35 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 13 | 44 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 24 | 10 | 11 | 3 | 44 | 24 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 14 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 20 | 41 |
| 5 | Schalke 04 | 24 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 46 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 18 | 41 |
| 6 | Nurnberg | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 34 | 32 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 2 | 39 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 24 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 30 | 30 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 0 | 39 |
| 8 | Paderborn | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 33 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 12 | 8 | 33 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 24 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 41 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 5 | 33 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 42 | 37 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 32 |
| 11 | Holstein Kiel | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 30 | 38 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 20 | -8 | 31 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -9 | 31 |
| 13 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 28 | 32 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 27 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 7 | 5 | 12 | 23 | 32 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -9 | 26 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 24 | 6 | 8 | 10 | 26 | 41 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -15 | 26 |
| 16 | Hansa Rostock | 24 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 27 | 38 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | -11 | 25 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 24 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 48 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 25 | -25 | 16 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 24 | 3 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 45 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 26 | -23 | 15 |
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