National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Schalke 04 or Hertha BSC 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.
Schalke 04 form and stats
Action has already taken place for Schalke 04 in DFB Pokal as they have defeated Drochtersen / Assel and Arminia Bielefeld to reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Schalke 04's DFB Pokal journey ended in the quarter-finals.Overall Bundesliga stats at home this season for Schalke 04 are 5-4-1 (wins-draw-losses).
Schalke 04 haven't scored a league goal since they found the net 212 minutes ago. M. Gregoritsch scored that one.
Schalke 04 manager D. Wagner and his team return home after a 0-0 draw away versus Hertha BSC in the Bundesliga. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Bayern München (0-5).
The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Schalke 04 handle that role? We have found twelve games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The win/draw/lost stats in these games are Wsix-Dthree-Lthree.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Paderborn are coming to town in four days.
The Schalke 04 fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 10 league matches. Schalke 04 have conceded 11 in these home matches.
Hertha BSC form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Dynamo Dresden and Eichstatt in order to reach 3rd Round of DFB Pokal. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 3rd round.The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 3 wins, 3 draws and 4 defeats. It could be a hat trick of victories away for Hertha BSC, as they have won on their previous two travels.
Hertha BSC's last game was the home draw against Schalke 04 (0-0). Preceding that game was the away Bundesliga victory against Wolfsburg with the score of 2-1.
We have checked recent matches where Hertha BSC have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those five games were Wtwo-Done-Ltwo.
A quick return to home after this game, as Hertha BSC are hosting Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga only four days away.
Hertha BSC are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 13 away goals from 10 games (in the league). Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Hertha BSC have conceded 16 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Schalke 04 won five, Hertha BSC won three and two draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Serdar 7 goals |  A. Harit 6 goals |  B. Raman 4 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
Hertha BSC missing players
| Schalke 04 | Hertha BSC | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 10 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 9 | ||
| 45 | 18 | Scored | S | 24 | 39 | ||
| 33 | 16 | Conceded | C | 18 | 39 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 80% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 85% | 76% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 72% | ||
| 40% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 54% | 52% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 28% | ||
| 5.3 | 6.1 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 3.5 | 3.4 | ||
| 4.9 | 4.3 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.9 | ||
| 1.6 | 1.6 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.5 | 1.9 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red Cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 323 | 165 | Total Shots | T S | 122 | 254 | ||
| 128 | 61 | Shots on Target | S O | 52 | 88 | ||
| 35% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 46% | 43% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 23 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 26 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 13 | 28 | 40 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 55 | 22 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 33 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 22 | 13 | 33 | 39 |
| 3 | Borussia M'gladbach | 19 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 36 | 21 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 26 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 9 | 15 | 38 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 51 | 28 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 31 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 36 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 22 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 15 | 12 | 8 | 34 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 26 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 5 | 34 |
| 7 | Hoffenheim | 19 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 9 | -1 | 30 |
| 8 | Freiburg | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 10 | 16 | 1 | 24 |
| 10 | Wolfsburg | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 20 | 23 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 11 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Union Berlin | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 16 | -4 | 23 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 31 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 22 | -7 | 23 |
| 13 | Hertha BSC | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 24 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 16 | -10 | 23 |
| 14 | Köln | 19 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 23 | 38 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 12 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 26 | -15 | 20 |
| 15 | Mainz 05 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 13 | 27 | 44 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 7 | 16 | 27 | -17 | 18 |
| 16 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 24 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 22 | -20 | 17 |
| 17 | Paderborn | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 23 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 13 | 23 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 17 | -17 | 15 |
| 18 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 19 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 40 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 25 | -22 | 15 |