Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Kaiserslautern & SC Freiburg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Kaiserslautern form and stats
Last season, Kaiserslautern's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 1st round.The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Kaiserslautern at their home stadium (Fritz-Walter-Stadion) is 1 win, 0 draws and 0 defeats.
The home team returns to Fritz-Walter-Stadion after drawing with Holstein Kiel on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Kraus, defender, was given a rating of 7.45/10 in that game, top of the team. Kraus won 4 of 8 duels.
Before that, Kaiserslautern had a 2. Bundesliga home game versus Hannover 96 which ended with a victory 2-1.Early season league goal statistics from Kaiserslautern's 1 home game: 2 goals, 1 conceded.
SC Freiburg form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the semi-finals.Playing away, SC Freiburg have won 7 games, drawn 5 and suffered 5 defeats in the Bundesliga this season.
SC Freiburg delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against RB Leipzig in their previous match; a DFB Pokal fixture. Schlotterbeck, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.34. Schlotterbeck hit one key pass and won 13 of 21 duels.
Freiburg are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 26 times in 17 away games so far. As opposed to that, SC Freiburg have seen the ball go into their own net 21 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings with these contenders: Kaiserslautern won three, SC Freiburg were winners in six and we saw one draw. three games with more than 2,5 goals, seven matches with less than 2,5 goals.Top Goalscorers
  K. Kraus 1 goals |  M. Wunderlich 1 goals |  T. Boyd 1 goals |
Kaiserslautern missing players
SC Freiburg missing players
| Kaiserslautern | SC Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 10 | Won | W | 8 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 3 | 5 | ||
| 55 | 35 | Scored | S | 25 | 47 | ||
| 23 | 14 | Conceded | C | 20 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 86% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 16% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 32% | ||
| 48% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 77% | 64% | ||
| 48% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 15% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 15% | 12% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.3 | 1.1 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13.1 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.7 | ||
| 5.2 | 6.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.7 | 4.4 | ||
| 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 41% | ||
| 9.9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 14 | ||
| 4 | 3.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jahn Regensburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Kaiserslautern | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Nurnberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hamburger SV | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Magdeburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Holstein Kiel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Greuther Furth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Karlsruher SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
| 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 | 34 | 24 | 5 | 5 | 97 | 37 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 48 | 15 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 49 | 22 | 60 | 77 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 3 | 9 | 85 | 52 | 17 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 52 | 28 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 33 | 24 | 33 | 69 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 80 | 47 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 39 | 23 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 41 | 24 | 33 | 64 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 72 | 37 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 43 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 35 | 58 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 50 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 17 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 25 | 27 | 6 | 57 |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 58 | 46 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 26 | 21 | 12 | 55 |
| 7 | Köln | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 52 | 49 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 52 |
| 8 | FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 50 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 33 | 11 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 17 | 34 | 5 | 46 |
| 9 | TSG Hoffenheim | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 58 | 60 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 24 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 24 | 36 | -2 | 46 |
| 10 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 54 | 61 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 33 | 27 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -7 | 45 |
| 11 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 45 | 49 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 25 | 27 | -4 | 42 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 43 | 54 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 18 | 33 | -11 | 42 |
| 13 | Bochum | 34 | 12 | 6 | 16 | 38 | 52 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 17 | 35 | -14 | 42 |
| 14 | FC Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -17 | 38 |
| 15 | Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 41 | 59 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 27 | -18 | 33 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 9 | 6 | 19 | 37 | 71 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 38 | -34 | 33 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 5 | 13 | 16 | 27 | 53 | 17 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 15 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 30 | -26 | 28 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 3 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 82 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 33 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 49 | -54 | 18 |
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