National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's RB Leipzig or Borussia Dortmund that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither RB Leipzig nor Borussia Dortmund 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.
RB Leipzig form and stats
RB Leipzig are steadily winning Bundesliga games and points here at Red Bull Arena. 9 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 13 games.
RB Leipzig haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 190 minutes ago. Gvardiol scored that one.
The Leipzig crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-3 to Mainz 05 here at Red Bull Arena. Midfielder Szoboszlai was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.8 (out of ten) in that game. Szoboszlai hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 56 successful passes (of 67 total).
Prior to that, an away loss at Bochum in the Bundesliga.There will be little rest for RB Leipzig after this match as they are travelling to Hertha BSC for a Bundesliga game in only three days.
Goals decide football matches and RB Leipzig are scoring many of them at home; 28 on target from 13 league matches.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Borussia was sent out of DFB Pokal in the round of 16 last season.Playing away, Borussia Dortmund have won 7 games, drawn 1 and suffered 6 defeats in the Bundesliga this season.
Borussia Dortmund play their second straight away game, having lost the previous one 2-4 to FC Bayern München. A stark raving crazy game with masses of goals last time out for Borussia Dortmund, as mentioned above. 6 goals in total, will this fixture be as refreshing? It's worrying for Borussia that their goalie Kobel managed six saves in the FC Bayern München game, but still were unable to save them from a defeat. Midfield player Bellingham was the top player of the team with a match rating of 7.35/10. Bellingham hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 5 of 5 times and had 44 successful passes (of 51 total).
That result followed a home victory 6-1 versus Köln in the Bundesliga.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Borussia Dortmund in our archives, and the results are: 2 wins for Borussia Dortmund, 0 draws and 3 defeats.
A new game in only three days for Borussia Dortmund, the Bundesliga home match versus Union Berlin. Busy days.
Borussia Dortmund has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 21 goals from 14 games. Borussia have conceded 23 goals in these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings involving these sides: RB Leipzig won three, Borussia Dortmund were winners in six and we saw one draw. eight games with more than 2,5 goals, two matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  C. Nkunku 12 goals |   J. Brandt 8 goals |  T. Werner 7 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| RB Leipzig | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 8 | 17 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 5 | ||
| 59 | 37 | Scored | S | 30 | 65 | ||
| 30 | 14 | Conceded | C | 23 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 88% | ||
| 80% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 68% | ||
| 44% | 40% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 20% | 13% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 40% | ||
| 56% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 13% | 12% | ||
| 4.1 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.9 | 5.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.5 | 10.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.8 | 15.4 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 6.4 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 40% | ||
| 8.7 | 8.1 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 13.2 | ||
| 3.3 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.7 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | FC Bayern München | 26 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 76 | 29 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 43 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 16 | 47 | 55 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 26 | 17 | 2 | 7 | 57 | 35 | 12 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 36 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 22 | 53 |
| 3 | Union Berlin | 26 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 13 | 51 |
| 4 | SC Freiburg | 26 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 39 | 35 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 22 | 11 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 24 | 4 | 47 |
| 5 | RB Leipzig | 26 | 13 | 6 | 7 | 49 | 33 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 28 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 45 |
| 6 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 26 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 47 | 37 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 22 | 10 | 41 |
| 7 | Bayer 04 Leverkusen | 26 | 12 | 4 | 10 | 48 | 40 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 27 | 18 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 8 | 40 |
| 8 | Mainz 05 | 26 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 43 | 36 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 7 | 40 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 26 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 46 | 34 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 12 | 12 | 39 |
| 10 | Borussia M'gladbach | 26 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -4 | 32 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 26 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 40 | 50 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 23 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 17 | 27 | -10 | 31 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 26 | 8 | 5 | 13 | 34 | 47 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 30 | -13 | 29 |
| 13 | Köln | 26 | 6 | 10 | 10 | 33 | 44 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 14 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | 30 | -11 | 28 |
| 14 | Bochum | 26 | 8 | 2 | 16 | 28 | 57 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 18 | 21 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 36 | -29 | 26 |
| 15 | Hoffenheim | 26 | 7 | 4 | 15 | 35 | 46 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 23 | 13 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 25 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 26 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 49 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 20 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 29 | -18 | 22 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 26 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 21 | 48 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 31 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 17 | -27 | 21 |
| 18 | VfB Stuttgart | 26 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 29 | 45 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 13 | 0 | 5 | 8 | 13 | 29 | -16 | 20 |
