National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Osnabrück or FC Köln that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both participants have had plentiful rest since their previous exertion in an official match. Let's look for an energetic game!
Osnabrück form and stats
Osnabrück was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the DFB Pokal.0 victories, 0 draws and 1 defeat. That’s what Osnabrück have to build on here at Bremer Brücke in the 2. Bundesliga.
Osnabrück travelled for their previous game, a trip to Paderborn that ended 1-1. Kleinhansl was "man of the match" with a rating of 8.42 out of 10. The defender Kleinhansl scored one goal, hit two key passes and won 9 of 11 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Karlsruher SC with the scoreline 2-3.Early season league goal statistics from Osnabrück's 1 home game: {2 goals}, 3 conceded.
FC Köln form and stats
FC Köln was sent out of DFB Pokal in the 1st round last season.The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 4 wins, 7 draws and 6 defeats.
Köln might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Bayern München proved too strong as FC Köln slumped to a 1-2 defeat in front of their own fans at RheinEnergieStadion.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus Bayern München.FC Köln have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 17 league away games 21 goals have been scored.
Head 2 Head
As for the last three games between these two teams, there's one Osnabrück victory, zero draws and two FC Köln wins. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  F. Kleinhansl 1 goals |  R. Tesche 1 goals |  E. Engelhardt 1 goals |
Osnabrück missing players
FC Köln missing players
| Osnabrück | FC Köln | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Won | W | 3 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 5 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Lost | L | 3 | 8 | ||
| 49 | 24 | Scored | S | 13 | 37 | ||
| 25 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 84% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 82% | 80% | ||
| 52% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 55% | 44% | ||
| 32% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 28% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 9% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 28% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.4 | 4.2 | ||
| 2 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.4 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 4.8 | ||
| 45% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 31% | ||
| 11.3 | 11.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.2 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 3.7 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hansa Rostock | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 4 | Karlsruher SC | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Magdeburg | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 9 | Greuther Furth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Osnabrück | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 13 | Elversberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 15 | Paderborn | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -5 | 1 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -2 | 0 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 18 | Kaiserslautern | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 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 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 92 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 53 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 54 | 71 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 34 | 22 | 5 | 7 | 83 | 44 | 17 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 55 | 17 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 39 | 71 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 64 | 41 | 17 | 13 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 23 | 66 |
| 4 | FC Union Berlin | 34 | 18 | 8 | 8 | 51 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 6 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 27 | 13 | 62 |
| 5 | Freiburg | 34 | 17 | 8 | 9 | 51 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 31 | 7 | 59 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 57 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 35 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 26 | 8 | 50 |
| 7 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 34 | 13 | 11 | 10 | 58 | 52 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 35 | 18 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 34 | 6 | 50 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 34 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 57 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 34 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 9 | 49 |
| 9 | FSV Mainz 05 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 54 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 30 | -1 | 46 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 52 | 55 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 18 | 17 | 1 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 37 | -3 | 43 |
| 11 | FC Köln | 34 | 10 | 12 | 12 | 49 | 54 | 17 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 21 | 34 | -5 | 42 |
| 12 | TSG Hoffenheim | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 48 | 57 | 17 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 20 | 28 | -9 | 36 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 10 | 6 | 18 | 51 | 64 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 26 | 28 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 36 | -13 | 36 |
| 14 | Bochum | 34 | 10 | 5 | 19 | 40 | 72 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 40 | -32 | 35 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 42 | 63 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 26 | 39 | -21 | 34 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 34 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 45 | 57 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 35 | -12 | 33 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 7 | 10 | 17 | 35 | 71 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 36 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 35 | -36 | 31 |
| 18 | Hertha BSC | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 69 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 18 | 42 | -27 | 29 |
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