Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Rot-Weiss Essen & Arminia Bielefeld face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
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!
Rot-Weiss Essen form and stats
The home supporters saw a 1-1 draw versus Wiedenbruck in the Regionalliga: West last time out and are looking for a win here. Preceding that game was the away draw at TuS Haltern that finished 1-1.
Arminia Bielefeld form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Arminia Bielefeld have an excellent away record in the 2. Bundesliga so far with 9-7-1 from 17 games. Things are running smoothly for Arminia Bielefeld who hasn't tasted defeat in their last 16 matches, regardless of venue and tournament. Their last defeat was against St. Pauli. The away team travel with confidence. Not since the St. Pauli game have they lost an away game, meaning Bielefeld has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Arminia Bielefeld are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the 2. Bundesliga against Heidenheim. A home win before that, celebrating 3-0 vs Heidenheim.
Bielefeld has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 33 goals from 17 games. 18 goals have been conceded by Arminia Bielefeld in these games.
Head 2 Head
Rot-Weiss-Arminia Bielefeld H2H statistics last two meetings regardless of arena: Rot-Weiss Essen one win, Arminia Bielefeld zero wins, one draw. one of these two matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
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Rot-Weiss Essen missing players
Arminia Bielefeld missing players
| Rot-Weiss Essen | Arminia Bielefeld | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 12 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 7 | 12 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 1 | ||
| 42 | 19 | Scored | S | 17 | 42 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 14 | 20 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 67% | 80% | ||
| 76% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 52% | 55% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 36% | 45% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 24% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 55% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 48% | ||
| 20% | 27% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 24% | ||
| 6.6 | 6.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.4 | 4.3 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.8 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 241 | 108 | Total Shots | T S | 106 | 250 | ||
| 108 | 46 | Shots on Target | S O | 33 | 86 | ||
| 35% | 41% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 45% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 34 | 18 | 14 | 2 | 65 | 30 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 32 | 12 | 17 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 33 | 18 | 35 | 68 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 34 | 17 | 7 | 10 | 62 | 41 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 15 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 58 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 32 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 55 |
| 4 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 14 | 12 | 8 | 62 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 20 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 27 | 26 | 16 | 54 |
| 5 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 48 | 43 | 17 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 29 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 5 | 52 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 54 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 27 | 21 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 27 | 28 | 5 | 48 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 13 | 8 | 13 | 46 | 48 | 17 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 32 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 30 | -2 | 47 |
| 8 | Bochum | 34 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 53 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 37 | 30 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 2 | 46 |
| 9 | Greuther Fürth | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 46 | 45 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 44 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 13 | 11 | 43 | 45 | 17 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 23 | 26 | -2 | 43 |
| 11 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 53 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 32 | -3 | 43 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 11 | 10 | 13 | 50 | 56 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 32 | -6 | 43 |
| 13 | Osnabrück | 34 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 46 | 48 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 25 | 17 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 20 | 23 | -2 | 40 |
| 14 | St. Pauli | 34 | 9 | 12 | 13 | 41 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 14 | 17 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 36 | -9 | 39 |
| 15 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 56 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 29 | -11 | 37 |
| 16 | Nurnberg | 34 | 8 | 13 | 13 | 45 | 58 | 17 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 15 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 30 | 27 | -13 | 37 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 34 | 9 | 7 | 18 | 45 | 65 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 38 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 25 | 27 | -20 | 34 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 8 | 8 | 18 | 32 | 58 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 24 | 17 | 3 | 4 | 10 | 13 | 34 | -26 | 32 |
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