National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FSV Mainz 05 or DSC Arminia Bielefeld 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 Mainz and DSC Arminia Bielefeld.
FSV Mainz 05 form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the DFB Pokal for Mainz, as the manager B. Svensson led his troops to eliminate Elversberg, and reach the 2nd Round. FSV Mainz 05 was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the DFB Pokal.3-1-1 (win-draw-lost) are the Bundesliga numbers at home for FSV Mainz 05 so far this season.
FSV Mainz 05's last game was hosting Augsburg and winning 4-1. The versatile forward Karim Onisiwo bested all the other players in that match and was awarded a match rating of 9.04 out of 10. Onisiwo scored one goal, signed up for two assists, hit four key passes and dribled past the opponent 6 of 9 times.
Heartbreak before that as Mainz lost 1-3 at Borussia Dortmund's place.The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Mainz matches with similar probabilities have ended with one win, one draw and zero defeats (from two games).
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Mainz as they are travelling to their away game against DSC Arminia Bielefeld in the Bundesliga. That match is four days after this one.
A decent goal production from FSV Mainz 05 in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 5 league matches. From these home matches, Mainz have conceded only 3 goals.
DSC Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Bayreuth in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.The visitors are W0-D2-L2 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
Bielefeld might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Borussia Dortmund proved too strong as DSC Arminia Bielefeld slumped to a 1-3 defeat in front of their own fans at SchücoArena. Fabian Klos, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 7.32. Klos scored one goal.
Before that, DSC Arminia Bielefeld travelled to Augsburg and returned home with a draw after the Bundesliga game finished 1-1.Looking at the earlier recent performances of Bielefeld when being an outsider away as they are today, we find six matches with the visitors losing two times, drawing four and winning zero games.
A new game in only four days for DSC Arminia Bielefeld, the Bundesliga home match versus FSV Mainz 05. Busy days.
The attacking power of Bielefeld when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. DSC Arminia Bielefeld's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 6 goals from these trips.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the previous six meetings between these two contenders are: one win for FSV Mainz 05, two draws and three wins for DSC Arminia Bielefeld. Over 2,5 goals: one time; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Burkardt 4 goals |  M. Ingvartsen 2 goals |   F. Klos 2 goals |
FSV Mainz 05 missing players
DSC Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| FSV Mainz 05 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 8 | Won | W | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 36 | 21 | Scored | S | 16 | 23 | ||
| 27 | 12 | Conceded | C | 24 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 84% | ||
| 68% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 46% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 38% | 40% | ||
| 5 | 3.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4.2 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.7 | 10.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.9 | 11.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.4 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 27% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 |
| 7 | FSV Mainz 05 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | TSG Hoffenheim | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Stuttgart | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Bochum | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 1 |
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