National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sandhausen or SC Freiburg that keep their silverware dream alive.
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Sandhausen form and stats
Sandhausen was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the DFB Pokal.Sandhausen have played 9 2. Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 3-2-4 (wins-draws-losses).
Sandhausen's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-4 versus Darmstadt 98. Sandhausen were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. Midfield player Mehlem got a match rating of 6.82 in that game, the max score being 10. Mehlem dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times.
In the preceding match a 2-1 victory visiting DSC Arminia Bielefeld.Sandhausen has scored 12 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 16 goals have been conceded.
SC Freiburg form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the final.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, SC Freiburg have produced an overall stat of 4-2-4 so far.
Freiburg lost away at Borussia Dortmund (1-5) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. SC Freiburg lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 1-5 beating and focus on this one.
Prior to that match, a home win 3-1 against Augsburg in the Bundesliga.A quick return to home after this game, as SC Freiburg are hosting Stuttgart in the Bundesliga only four days away.
The visiting SC Freiburg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 14 goals from 10 games. Freiburg have conceded 23 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding six meetings featuring these two squads are: one win for Sandhausen, two draws and three wins for SC Freiburg. Over 2,5 goals: four times; under 2,5 goals: two games.
Top Goalscorers
  V. Grifo 9 goals |  M. Gregoritsch 7 goals |   D. Kinsombi 6 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
SC Freiburg missing players
| Sandhausen | SC Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 4 | Lost | L | 4 | 4 | ||
| 35 | 20 | Scored | S | 17 | 46 | ||
| 41 | 20 | Conceded | C | 24 | 35 | ||
| 88% | 85% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 60% | ||
| 40% | 46% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 36% | 24% | ||
| 56% | 54% | BTTS | BTTS | 45% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 38% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 36% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 16% | ||
| 3.6 | 4.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 5.5 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 2.5 | 2.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12.9 | ||
| 4 | 4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.9 | ||
| 39% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 35% | ||
| 12.7 | 9.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.9 | 12 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 33 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 18 | 42 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 13 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 14 | 40 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 35 | 22 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 13 | 36 |
| 4 | Kaiserslautern | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 18 | 10 | 9 | 35 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 40 | 23 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 30 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 11 | 17 | 32 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 19 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 30 | 26 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 4 | 29 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 7 | 26 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 14 | 3 | 28 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 2 | 28 |
| 9 | St. Pauli | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 26 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 1 | 23 |
| 10 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 19 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 19 | -8 | 21 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 17 | 27 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -10 | 21 |
| 13 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 15 | -4 | 20 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 27 | 32 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 19 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 23 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 11 | 18 | -11 | 19 |
| 16 | Nurnberg | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 15 | -11 | 19 |
| 17 | Jahn Regensburg | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 35 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 11 | 19 | -14 | 19 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 23 | 37 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -14 | 18 |
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 40 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Köln | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Hoffenheim | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | Bochum | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -22 | 19 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 11 |
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