Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Holstein Kiel & Bayern München face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There haven't been much time to rest for the hosts, as they played a 2. Bundesliga match only four days ago. That game was an away game at St. Pauli, so at least Holstein are thankful to return home in this one. Game on!
It's time to recharge all electronic entertainment devices for Bayern München, who are travelling more than 800 kilometers to play this game.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
Action has already taken place for Holstein Kiel in DFB Pokal as they have defeated Rielasingen-Arlen to reach the 2nd Round. Last season, Holstein's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 2nd round.4-2-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Holstein Kiel so far this season.
Holstein Kiel drew their last game, 0-0 away at St. Pauli. Preceding that match was a 2. Bundesliga defeat to Osnabruck (1-2).
The match schedule is unforgiving for Holstein Kiel as they have a new game in only four days, a 2. Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Karlsruher SC are visiting.
The Holstein fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 12 goals in 8 league matches. Holstein Kiel have conceded 10 in these home matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.
Bayern München form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Duren Merzenich in order to reach 2nd Round of DFB Pokal. Nothing but glory last season for Bayern München, as they won the DFB Pokal.Bayern München have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 5-1-2 from 8 games.
Bayern München are travelling again after losing away to Borussia M'gladbach in their previous match (2-3). A home win before that, celebrating 5-2 vs Mainz 05.
Leading 2-0 was not enough for München in their fight with Borussia M'gladbach last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 2-3 loss.
As mentioned earlier, Bayern München will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 16 wins (eleven by two or more goals winning margin), three draws and one surprising defeat.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Freiburg in just four days.
With an average of more than two away goals per league game away, München are regular goalscorers on their travels. Bayern München's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 14 goals from these trips. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 20 goals |   A. Mühling 6 goals |  T. Müller 6 goals |
Holstein Kiel missing players
Bayern München missing players
| Holstein Kiel | Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 9 | 19 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 2 | ||
| 45 | 21 | Scored | S | 31 | 73 | ||
| 33 | 15 | Conceded | C | 18 | 32 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 85% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 36% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 56% | ||
| 20% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 64% | 77% | BTTS | BTTS | 85% | 76% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 11.1 | 12.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 15.9 | ||
| 4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 6.3 | ||
| 47% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 46% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 12 | 29 |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 23 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 10 | 28 |
| 3 | Greuther Furth | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 29 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 27 |
| 4 | Bochum | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 15 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 26 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 14 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 2 | 26 |
| 6 | Erzgebirge Aue | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 23 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 22 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 15 | 7 | 1 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 22 |
| 8 | Osnabruck | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 22 |
| 9 | Heidenheim | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 16 | -1 | 22 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 19 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 1 | 18 |
| 13 | Paderborn | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 18 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 16 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 20 | -18 | 12 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 14 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 9 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 14 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 33 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 14 | -18 | 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 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 46 | 24 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 28 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 22 | 33 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 14 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 25 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 16 | 31 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 14 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 28 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 25 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 24 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 14 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 15 | 4 | 24 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 23 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 11 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 0 | 20 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -1 | 20 |
| 10 | Augsburg | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | -3 | 19 |
| 11 | Stuttgart | 14 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 18 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -1 | 16 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 26 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -4 | 15 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 16 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -7 | 14 |
| 15 | Köln | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 22 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -9 | 11 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 24 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -15 | 10 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 14 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 14 | 31 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 18 | -17 | 6 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 14 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 8 | 39 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 26 | -31 | 4 |