Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rostocker FC & Heidenheim face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
This has all the signs of an engaging match with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well renewed since they last ran out on the pitch. Let's go!
Rostocker FC form and stats
The club members are hoping that Rostocker FC will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Staaken.
Previous to that game, a Oberliga: Nordost-Nord home match hosting Eintracht Mahlsdorf in a game that was won 2-1.Heidenheim form and stats
Heidenheim was sent out of DFB Pokal in the 2nd round last season.Playing away, Heidenheim have won 7 games, drawn 6 and suffered 4 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Heidenheim play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 3-2 victory visiting Jahn Regensburg. What a finish in the last match, as Heidenheim came back from being down 0-2 and secured a very satisfying victory through Kleindienst's goal in the 90th minute. The end of the last match, against Jahn Regensburg, was very satisfying as Kleindienst scored the winning goal deep into overtime. Defender Mainka was the best team player with a rating of 8.43. Mainka served one assist, hit two key passes and won 14 of 16 duels.
Before that, Heidenheim secured a home win against Sandhausen with the score 1-0.Heidenheim has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 26 goals from 17 games. Heidenheim have conceded 20 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Rostocker FC missing players
Heidenheim missing players
| Rostocker FC | Heidenheim | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 16 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 3 | 4 | ||
| 61 | 22 | Scored | S | 19 | 53 | ||
| 35 | 13 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 90% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 76% | ||
| 76% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 48% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 36% | ||
| 40% | 30% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 55% | 40% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Clean Sheets | C S | 27% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 20% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.8 | 5.4 | ||
| 0.8 | 1.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 3.8 | ||
| 0.3 | 0.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.6 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 3 | 5.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 14.2 | ||
| 1.5 | 3.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 161% | 71% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 37% | 42% | ||
| 1.7 | 3.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.6 | 11.4 | ||
| 0.9 | 2.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Heidenheim | 34 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 67 | 36 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 41 | 16 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 31 | 67 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 20 | 7 | 7 | 50 | 33 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 17 | 67 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 20 | 6 | 8 | 70 | 45 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 38 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 25 | 66 |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 60 | 43 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 38 | 19 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 17 | 58 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 10 | 8 | 55 | 39 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 31 | 28 | 16 | 58 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 34 | 16 | 7 | 11 | 68 | 44 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 5 | 46 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 22 | 24 | 24 | 55 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 56 | 53 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 28 | 3 | 46 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 61 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 29 | 32 | -3 | 46 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 34 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 47 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 26 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | -1 | 45 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 50 | 55 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 27 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 29 | -5 | 44 |
| 11 | Magdeburg | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 48 | 55 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 33 | -7 | 43 |
| 12 | Greuther Furth | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 47 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 28 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 31 | -3 | 41 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 12 | 5 | 17 | 32 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 18 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 14 | 23 | -16 | 41 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 34 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 32 | 49 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 17 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 14 | 32 | -17 | 39 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 34 | 9 | 9 | 16 | 42 | 59 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 22 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 19 | 37 | -17 | 36 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 50 | 62 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 28 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 22 | 33 | -12 | 34 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 8 | 7 | 19 | 34 | 58 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 17 | 30 | -24 | 31 |
| 18 | Sandhausen | 34 | 7 | 7 | 20 | 35 | 63 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 18 | 33 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 30 | -28 | 28 |
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