National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sandhausen or Karlsruher SC that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Sandhausen nor Karlsruher SC 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.
Sandhausen form and stats
Sandhausen have reached this DFB Pokal stage through battling and winning against Schwarz-Wei Rehden. Sandhausen participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 1st round.3-1-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Sandhausen so far this season.
Sandhausen lost their last game at Paderborn after a 0-3 scoreline. Esswein, a natural forward, was the top performer for the team in that game, earning a rating of 7.03 (out of 10). Esswein hit one key pass and dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
Before that, Sandhausen had a 2. Bundesliga home game versus Magdeburg which ended with a victory 1-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Sandhausen as they are travelling to their away game against Jahn Regensburg in the 2. Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
Sandhausen has scored 7 league goals at home this season, in 6 matches.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Neustrelitz in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Playing away, Karlsruher SC have won 2 games, drawn 1 and suffered 3 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
The manager Eichner was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium Wildparkstadion. Karlsruher suffered a 1-2 loss to Darmstadt 98. Which player has bagged at least one goal three matches in a row for the away side? The correct answer is Schleusener and that is quite the feat! Nebel got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, top player of the team. Nebel hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 3 times and had 24 successful passes (of 30 total).
Ahead of that match was the victory versus DSC Arminia Bielefeld at their stadium, the result 2-1.After this away game Karlsruher SC return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Fortuna Düsseldorf. That game is only four sleeps after this.
Karlsruher has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 10 goals from 6 games. Karlsruher SC have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Sandhausen three wins, one draw and Karlsruher SC six victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Kinsombi 5 goals |   M. Wanitzek 5 goals |  F. Schleusener 5 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Sandhausen | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 11 | ||
| 36 | 20 | Scored | S | 25 | 44 | ||
| 31 | 13 | Conceded | C | 25 | 44 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 92% | ||
| 52% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 64% | 62% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 31% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 24% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 28% | ||
| 4.5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.9 | 6.1 | ||
| 6.3 | 5.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.1 | 3.9 | ||
| 3 | 3.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.9 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.6 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.3 | 14.3 | ||
| 3.9 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 36% | 37% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 36% | ||
| 13.5 | 10.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.4 | 13.5 | ||
| 4.6 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Darmstadt 98 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
