National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ingolstadt or Erzgebirge Aue that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Ingolstadt form and stats
Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.0-0-1 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Ingolstadt so far this season. Ingolstadt has three losses from their three previous games and the tension is increasing in the dressing room for both the manager R. Pätzold and the players.
The Ingolstadt crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Heidenheim here at Audi-Sportpark in a 2. Bundesliga match. Filip Bilbija (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.71/10. Bilbija scored one goal, hit one key pass, dribled passed the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 20 successful passes (of 25 total).
A 2. Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 0-3 away at Dynamo Dresden.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Ingolstadt have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found six games) they have won two times, drawn two and lost two.
Ingolstadt has scored 1 goal so far and conceded 2 goals from 1 home game. These are numbers from the league only.
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 0 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats.
The attacking players of Erzgebirge Aue have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 194 minutes. Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Erzgebirge Aue goalkeeper Martin Mannel is eager to challenge this, with his 245 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
There were no winners in Erzgebirge's previous match, a 2. Bundesliga home game that ended 0-0 vs St. Pauli. Midfielder Clemens Fandrich was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.45. Fandrich dribled passed the opponent 1 of 1 times.
A 0-0 draw at Nurnberg's stadium before that.We have checked recent matches where Erzgebirge have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 15 games were three victories, three draws and nine defeats.
Erzgebirge Aue has another fixture away, a 2. Bundesliga game, against Schalke 04 in just four days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
0 goals so far away for Erzgebirge Aue, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: four wins for Ingolstadt, four draws and two wins for Erzgebirge Aue. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  F. Bilbija 1 goals |
Ingolstadt missing players
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
| Ingolstadt | Erzgebirge Aue | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 7 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 39 | 20 | Scored | S | 7 | 26 | ||
| 28 | 11 | Conceded | C | 18 | 42 | ||
| 92% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 8% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 56% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 48% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 36% | ||
| 6 | 6.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.5 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 2 | 2.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 12.6 | 14.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.2 | 10.5 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.8 | 3.5 | ||
| 35% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 30% | ||
| 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 |