Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Lokomotive Leipzig & Bayer Leverkusen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
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!
Lokomotive Leipzig form and stats
Lokomotive Leipzig are yet to win a home game, having collected 1 point from their first two Regionalliga: Nordost games here at Bruno-Plache-Stadion.
Defensively the home team are doing well, with their goalkeeper not having conceded a league goal in 180 minutes.
Lokomotive drew their last game, also a home match. Carl Zeiss Jena was the opponent, 0-0 the score.
Before that match, a Regionalliga: Nordost win away at FSV Optik Rathenow.The manager A. Civa will start preparations for the next game as soon this is finished, as the hosts are going to Auerbach in only one day.
Early season league goal statistics from Lokomotive Leipzig's 2 home games: 1 goal, 4 conceded.
Bayer Leverkusen form and stats
Leverkusen's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the 3rd round.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Bayer Leverkusen have produced an overall stat of 6-5-6 so far.
Bayer Leverkusen lost away at Borussia Dortmund (1-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Midfielder Karim Bellarabi was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 7.15. Bellarabi hit two key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 38 successful passes (of 44 total).
Prior to that match, the Bayer Leverkusen manager G. Seoane faced defeat when travelling to Borussia Dortmund and losing 1-3.As mentioned earlier, Leverkusen will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in two wins (two by two or more goals winning margin), zero draws and one surprising defeat.
Bayer Leverkusen are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 17 games (in the league). Leverkusen have conceded 17 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Nattermann 2 goals |  R. Berger 1 goals |
Lokomotive Leipzig missing players
Bayer Leverkusen missing players
| Lokomotive Leipzig | Bayer Leverkusen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 1 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 7 | 12 | ||
| 51 | 26 | Scored | S | 7 | 31 | ||
| 32 | 13 | Conceded | C | 17 | 38 | ||
| 92% | 86% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 79% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 55% | 72% | ||
| 64% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 36% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 12% | ||
| 64% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 20% | ||
| 12% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 55% | 36% | ||
| 4.2 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 3 | 2.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.3 | 4.1 | ||
| 2 | 2.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 9.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 13.9 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 45% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 13% | 23% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | BFC Dynamo | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 2 | BAK '07 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 9 |
| 3 | Luckenwalde | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| 4 | Altglienicke | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| 5 | Chemnitzer FC | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 6 | Germania Halberstadt | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 7 | Babelsberg | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 |
| 8 | Tasmania Berlin | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 9 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 |
| 10 | Chemie Leipzig | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | -1 | 4 |
| 11 | Hertha BSC II | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | -3 | 4 |
| 12 | Union Furstenwalde | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 3 |
| 14 | Tennis Borussia | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -2 | 3 |
| 15 | Energie Cottbus | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 1 |
| 17 | Lichtenberg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 18 | Eilenburg | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 19 | FSV Optik Rathenow | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 20 | Auerbach | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 7 | -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 | 6 | 4 | 99 | 44 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 64 | 21 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 35 | 23 | 55 | 78 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 19 | 8 | 7 | 60 | 32 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 31 | 19 | 28 | 65 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 20 | 4 | 10 | 75 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 40 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 35 | 26 | 29 | 64 |
| 4 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 61 | 37 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 32 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 21 | 24 | 61 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 69 | 53 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 37 | 20 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 32 | 33 | 16 | 60 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 10 | 10 | 53 | 39 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 34 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 52 |
| 7 | Union Berlin | 34 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 50 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 7 | 50 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 64 | 56 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 32 | 37 | 8 | 49 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 56 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 1 | 45 |
| 10 | Freiburg | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 52 | 52 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 29 | 0 | 45 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 30 | -2 | 43 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 56 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 30 | -17 | 39 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 36 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 15 | 29 | -18 | 36 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 8 | 11 | 15 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 26 | -11 | 35 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 52 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 23 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -26 | 35 |
| 16 | Köln | 34 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 60 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 20 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | -26 | 33 |
| 17 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 36 | 57 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 20 | 29 | -21 | 31 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 86 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 17 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 11 | 52 | -61 | 16 |