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.
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.
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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