National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Hansa Rostock or Heidenheim that keep their silverware dream alive.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Hansa Rostock form and stats
Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.When playing at home in the 2. Bundesliga, Hansa Rostock have managed 0 wins, 0 draws and suffered 1 defeat from 1 games.
It's back home for Rostock, who return with a good feeling about themselves after beating Hannover 96 away with the result 3-0. John Verhoek, Hanno Behrens and Nik Omladič found the net in that victory. Hanno Behrens (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.05/10. Behrens scored one goal and dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
Preceding that match was the home 2. Bundesliga game against Karlsruher SC that was lost 1-3.This is expected to be a close game, with Hansa Rostock perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Hansa Rostock as a small favourite), we find five games. Hansa Rostock has won four of these, drawn one and lost zero.
Early season league goal statistics from Hansa Rostock's 1 home game: 1 goal, 3 conceded.
Heidenheim form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 1st round.As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Heidenheim have produced an overall stat of 1-0-0 so far.
Two travels in a row for Heidenheim, whose manager F. Schmidt could celebrate last time after the 2. Bundesliga win against Ingolstadt. Patrick Mainka was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.53. The defender Mainka won 11 of 15 duels.
A 0-0 draw was the result before that, hosting Paderborn in the 2. Bundesliga.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Heidenheim playing away and similar expectations, we found 18 relevant matches. Results were three Heidenheim wins, eight draws and seven defeats.
Heidenheim have the goal stats of 2-1 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last six meetings between these two teams are: three wins for Rostock, zero draws and three wins for Heidenheim. Over 2,5 goals: three times; under 2,5 goals: three games.Top Goalscorers
  J. Verhoek 2 goals |  N. Omladič 1 goals |  H. Behrens 1 goals |
Hansa Rostock missing players
Heidenheim missing players
| Hansa Rostock | Heidenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 55 | 25 | Scored | S | 17 | 41 | ||
| 20 | 16 | Conceded | C | 19 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 52% | 46% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 44% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 24% | ||
| 5 | 6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.4 | 5.5 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 9.8 | 10.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.7 | 11.3 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
| 33% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 39% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Karlsruher SC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Paderborn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Erzgebirge Aue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Ingolstadt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Darmstadt 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Holstein Kiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
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