Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Saarbrücken & Karlsruher SC face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Saarbrücken form and stats
Saarbrücken drew their last game, 1-1 away at Ulm.
A 2-2 result against Elversberg before that, played at home in the Reg. Cup Saarland.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Karlsruher SC's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the 2nd round.1 win, 0 draws and 0 losses. That’s the product of Karlsruher SC playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
There were no winners in Karlsruher SC's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Hamburger SV. As mentioned above, Karlsruher SC drew the match against Hamburger SV. Manager Eichner brought on Zivzivadze to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Wanitzek got a match rating of 7.83 in that game, top player of the team. Wanitzek dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times.
Ahead of that match was the victory versus Osnabruck at their stadium, the result 3-2.As for goals scored and conceded in the league games away so far, Karlsruher SC has managed {3 goals} and let in 2 from 1 match.
Head 2 Head
Karlsruher SC have avoided a loss in the last 5 games (3-2-0) facing Saarbrücken.Top Goalscorers
  M. Wanitzek 2 goals |   K. Brünker 1 goals |  B. Zivzivadze 1 goals |
Saarbrücken missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Saarbrücken | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 10 | Won | W | 5 | 13 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 5 | 6 | ||
| 51 | 35 | Scored | S | 38 | 68 | ||
| 26 | 14 | Conceded | C | 22 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 64% | 79% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 36% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 38% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 69% | 64% | ||
| 36% | 43% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 8% | ||
| 5.2 | 5.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.3 | 5.1 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.8 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 10.4 | 11.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.2 | 13.3 | ||
| 4.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 5.3 | ||
| 50% | 56% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 39% | ||
| 8.2 | 7.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.6 | 12.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | 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 | Viktoria Koln | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 2 | Dynamo Dresden | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 4 | Hallescher FC | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Jahn Regensburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 7 | Freiburg II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 8 | Saarbrücken | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Unterhaching | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | MSV Duisburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Ulm | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Borussia Dortmund II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | VfB Lubeck | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 15 | Preuen Munster | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 16 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | Ingolstadt | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Verl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 19 | Arminia Bielefeld | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 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 | 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 Dusseldorf | 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 | Osnabruck | 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 |
