It's the DFB Pokal: Magdeburg and Darmstadt 98 face off

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Competition: Germany DFB Pokal
Competition: Sun 13.September
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: MDCC-Arena (27250 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Magdeburg or Darmstadt 98 that keep their silverware dream alive.

It's no vacation for neither Magdeburg nor Darmstadt 98 as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Magdeburg form and stats

Last season, Magdeburg's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 1st round.

When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Magdeburg have managed 6 wins, 6 draws and suffered 7 defeats from 19 games.

The Magdeburg crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-3 to Darmstadt 98 (after extra-time) here at MDCC-Arena in a DFB Pokal match. Before that, Magdeburg drew at home versus Preuen Munster.

A disaster for the home team in their last match (vs Darmstadt 98 (after extra-time)) as a comfortable lead 2-0 was completely ruined into a loss 2-3.

A decent goal production from Magdeburg in their home games so far, with 31 goals from 19 league matches. On the other hand, Magdeburg have conceded 24 goals.

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.

The visitors are W6-D4-L7 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.

Darmstadt play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Magdeburg (after extra-time). Ahead of that match was the victory versus Stuttgart at their stadium, the result 3-1.

An amazing comeback from Darmstadt 98 last time out, trailing 0-2 before rallying an inspired fight which eventually led to M. Honsak scoring the winning goal in the 100th minute. M. Honsak came off the bench to score the winning goal in the match against Magdeburg (after extra-time) last time out, making the manager M. Anfang feel like a tactical genius.

Darmstadt have scored 19 goals on their travels this season, from 17 away games in the league. Darmstadt have conceded 25 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Magdeburg - Darmstadt 98 2-2 played earlier this season. As for the last four games between these two teams, there's zero Magdeburg victories, zero draws and four Darmstadt 98 wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.

Magdeburg missing players

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Magdeburg Darmstadt 98
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   13 25
5 2   Won W   6 13
10 6   Drew D   3 8
10 7   Lost L   4 4
35 21   Scored S   23 47
36 25   Conceded C   20 27
96% 100%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 88%
80% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   92% 80%
40% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   77% 64%
32% 33%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   46% 44%
16% 20%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   15% 16%
68% 73%   BTTS BTTS   69% 56%
16% 7%   Clean Sheets C S   8% 32%
20% 20%   Failed to Score F T   23% 24%
 
5.2 5.7   Corners for (avg) C F   4.4 5.4
4.3 4   Corners against (avg) C A   4.7 5.1
2.4 2   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   1.4 1.6
1 0   Red cards R C   1 2
 
200 122   Total Shots T S   132 261
67 43   Shots on Target S O   48 100
39% 42%   Goal Efficiency G E   42% 36%

  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 II 38 19 8 11 76 60 19 11 4 4 42 28 19 8 4 7 34 32 16 65
2 Wurzburger Kickers 38 19 7 12 71 60 19 11 2 6 36 26 19 8 5 6 35 34 11 64
3 Eintracht Braunschweig 38 18 10 10 64 53 19 10 5 4 35 26 19 8 5 6 29 27 11 64
4 Ingolstadt 38 17 12 9 61 40 19 7 7 5 32 24 19 10 5 4 29 16 21 63
5 MSV Duisburg 38 17 11 10 68 48 19 11 6 2 37 20 19 6 5 8 31 28 20 62
6 Hansa Rostock 38 17 8 13 54 43 19 11 4 4 31 16 19 6 4 9 23 27 11 59
7 Meppen 38 16 10 12 69 57 19 8 2 9 35 32 19 8 8 3 34 25 12 58
8 1860 München 38 16 10 12 63 54 19 9 6 4 35 22 19 7 4 8 28 32 9 58
9 Waldhof Mannheim 38 13 17 8 52 47 19 5 9 5 25 27 19 8 8 3 27 20 5 56
10 Kaiserslautern 38 14 13 11 59 54 19 7 9 3 27 18 19 7 4 8 32 36 5 55
11 Unterhaching 38 12 15 11 50 53 19 5 9 5 23 25 19 7 6 6 27 28 -3 51
12 Viktoria Koln 38 14 9 15 65 71 19 8 4 7 31 30 19 6 5 8 34 41 -6 51
13 Uerdingen 38 12 12 14 40 54 19 5 6 8 21 30 19 7 6 6 19 24 -14 48
14 Magdeburg 38 10 17 11 49 42 19 6 6 7 31 24 19 4 11 4 18 18 7 47
15 Hallescher FC 38 12 10 16 64 66 19 6 7 6 36 32 19 6 3 10 28 34 -2 46
16 Zwickau 38 11 11 16 56 61 19 8 5 6 38 29 19 3 6 10 18 32 -5 44
17 Chemnitzer FC 38 11 11 16 54 60 19 8 6 5 28 21 19 3 5 11 26 39 -6 44
18 Preuen Munster 38 9 13 16 49 62 19 7 6 6 27 30 19 2 7 10 22 32 -13 40
19 Sonnenhof Groaspach 38 8 8 22 33 67 19 3 4 12 17 41 19 5 4 10 16 26 -34 32
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 38 5 8 25 40 85 19 3 3 13 16 33 19 2 5 12 24 52 -45 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 Arminia Bielefeld 34 18 14 2 65 30 17 9 7 1 32 12 17 9 7 1 33 18 35 68
2 Stuttgart 34 17 7 10 62 41 17 12 2 3 36 15 17 5 5 7 26 26 21 58
3 Heidenheim 34 15 10 9 45 36 17 11 4 2 32 13 17 4 6 7 13 23 9 55
4 Hamburger SV 34 14 12 8 62 46 17 10 4 3 35 20 17 4 8 5 27 26 16 54
5 Darmstadt 98 34 13 13 8 48 43 17 7 9 1 29 18 17 6 4 7 19 25 5 52
6 Hannover 96 34 13 9 12 54 49 17 6 8 3 27 21 17 7 1 9 27 28 5 48
7 Erzgebirge Aue 34 13 8 13 46 48 17 11 3 3 32 18 17 2 5 10 14 30 -2 47
8 Bochum 34 11 13 10 53 51 17 6 8 3 37 30 17 5 5 7 16 21 2 46
9 Greuther Fürth 34 11 11 12 46 45 17 7 3 7 23 23 17 4 8 5 23 22 1 44
10 Sandhausen 34 10 13 11 43 45 17 5 8 4 20 19 17 5 5 7 23 26 -2 43
11 Holstein Kiel 34 11 10 13 53 56 17 5 6 6 23 24 17 6 4 7 30 32 -3 43
12 Jahn Regensburg 34 11 10 13 50 56 17 8 4 5 29 24 17 3 6 8 21 32 -6 43
13 Osnabrück 34 9 13 12 46 48 17 6 4 7 26 25 17 3 9 5 20 23 -2 40
14 St. Pauli 34 9 12 13 41 50 17 8 6 3 24 14 17 1 6 10 17 36 -9 39
15 Karlsruher SC 34 8 13 13 45 56 17 5 7 5 26 27 17 3 6 8 19 29 -11 37
16 Nurnberg 34 8 13 13 45 58 17 3 7 7 15 31 17 5 6 6 30 27 -13 37
17 Wehen Wiesbaden 34 9 7 18 45 65 17 4 4 9 20 38 17 5 3 9 25 27 -20 34
18 Dynamo Dresden 34 8 8 18 32 58 17 5 4 8 19 24 17 3 4 10 13 34 -26 32

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