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.
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
RB Leipzig form and stats
Last season, Leipzig's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 3rd round.36 points is a decent return from 16 Bundesliga games here at Olympiastadion Berlin for RB Leipzig. The data says 11 wins, 3 draws and 2 losses. On the other hand, in the DFB Pokal, RB Leipzig has performed like this (both home and away): 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses.
No payout for Leipzig in their previous match, an away game at Borussia Dortmund that ended in defeat 2-3. A strong away win before that one, visiting Werder Bremen (after extra-time) and winning 2-1.
The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how RB Leipzig have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found four matches with the results: Won two, drawn zero and lost two.
There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Leipzig, as the Bundesliga home game vs Wolfsburg is only three days away.
A decent goal production from Leipzig in their home games so far, with 27 goals from 16 league matches. From these home matches, Leipzig have conceded only 11 goals.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
Borussia was sent out of DFB Pokal in the 3rd round last season.8-2-6 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Borussia Dortmund in their Bundesliga matches away. The mentioned statistics is only from the league, looking at the DFB Pokal stats, they have 5 wins, 0 draws and 0 losses both home and away. Borussia have been producing wins at home as well, producing a total of five victories in a row regardless of arena. Momentum is building for Borussia in their away games, having won their two previous outings.
Borussia are travelling after their nice 3-2 home win in the Bundesliga against RB Leipzig. Prior to that match, a home win 5-0 against Holstein Kiel in the DFB Pokal.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found three similar matches played by Borussia Dortmund in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Borussia, zero draws and one defeat.
Borussia has another fixture away, a Bundesliga game, against Mainz 05 in just three days. A tough schedule for the visitors!
The Borussia Dortmund manager E. Terzic has got the team scoring on the road, with 32 away goals in 16 league matches. As for defending, Borussia rarely keep clean sheets as they have conceded 25 goals from these away matches. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for RB Leipzig, two draws and six wins for Borussia Dortmund. Over 2,5 goals: five times; under 2,5 goals: five games.Top Goalscorers
  E. Håland 25 goals |  J. Sancho 8 goals |   M. Sabitzer 7 goals |
RB Leipzig missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| RB Leipzig | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 44 | 17 | Scored | S | 25 | 57 | ||
| 24 | 10 | Conceded | C | 21 | 36 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 76% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 56% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.8 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 16.4 | 15.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.1 | 13.3 | ||
| 5.4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.2 | 5.3 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 49% | 43% | ||
| 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 | 32 | 23 | 5 | 4 | 92 | 40 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 59 | 19 | 16 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 52 | 74 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 32 | 19 | 7 | 6 | 57 | 28 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 27 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 17 | 29 | 64 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 32 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 57 | 32 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 13 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 27 | 19 | 25 | 60 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 32 | 18 | 4 | 10 | 69 | 44 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 58 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 31 | 15 | 11 | 5 | 62 | 47 | 15 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 29 | 15 | 56 |
| 6 | Bayer Leverkusen | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 51 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 14 | 16 | 51 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 59 | 52 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 46 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 32 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 47 | 41 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 30 | 17 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 24 | 6 | 46 |
| 9 | Stuttgart | 32 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 24 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 27 | 28 | 2 | 42 |
| 10 | Freiburg | 31 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 45 | 46 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 25 | -1 | 41 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 32 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 52 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 29 | -3 | 39 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 14 | 34 | 50 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 23 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 27 | -16 | 35 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 32 | 9 | 6 | 17 | 32 | 49 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | -17 | 33 |
| 14 | Werder Bremen | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 34 | 51 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 24 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 27 | -17 | 31 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 30 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 38 | 49 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 21 | 26 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | -11 | 30 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 31 | 8 | 6 | 17 | 23 | 51 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 12 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 29 | -28 | 30 |
| 17 | Köln | 31 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 32 | 56 | 15 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 29 | -24 | 29 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 31 | 2 | 7 | 22 | 20 | 80 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 51 | -60 | 13 |