Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Neustrelitz & Karlsruher SC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
Both sides have had enough rest since their last exertion in an official match. Let's look for an in-your-face game!
Neustrelitz form and stats
Neustrelitz are returning here after visiting Hertha Zehlendorf and winning with a 2-1 scoreline.
In the preceding match a 1-0 victory visiting Ludwigsfelder FC.Karlsruher SC form and stats
Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the quarter-finals.The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 0 wins, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
This game can not go any worse than the last one, the home loss versus Magdeburg with 2-3 on the scoreboard. Midfielder Wanitzek was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.82. Wanitzek scored one goal and hit five key passes.
It was a 2. Bundesliga defeat before that one as the away game against Paderborn wasn't a success with a 0-5 loss.Karlsruher SC have the goal stats of 0-5 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Wanitzek 1 goals |  M. Kaufmann 1 goals |
Neustrelitz missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Neustrelitz | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 41 | 22 | Scored | S | 19 | 41 | ||
| 18 | 8 | Conceded | C | 27 | 48 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 72% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 72% | ||
| 12% | 18% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 56% | ||
| 8% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 21% | 24% | ||
| 40% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 16% | ||
| 20% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 29% | 24% | ||
| 5.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5.2 | ||
| 3.1 | 3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.4 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 16 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 15.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.8 | ||
| 18% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 27% | 34% | ||
| 10.3 | 7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 15.7 | ||
| 3.9 | 1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 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 | Nürnberg | 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 | 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 |
