National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stuttgart or Borussia M'gladbach that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s a hectic schedule for the away team, as they were in action only four days ago in the Bundesliga. That game was also an away game, at Union Berlin. It will be interesting to see if they are fully ready and rested for this match, and/or if some changes in the lineup is necessary.
Stuttgart form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the DFB Pokal for Stuttgart, as the manager P. Matarazzo led his troops to eliminate Freiburg and Hansa Rostock, and reach the 3rd Round. Stuttgart was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the DFB Pokal.Stuttgart's results here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena in the Bundesliga have been very modest with 1 victory, 5 draws and 3 defeats.
Stuttgart's last game was hosting Mainz 05 and winning 2-0. A Bundesliga defeat was the result before that one, 1-2 away at Freiburg.
There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Stuttgart as they are travelling to their away game against Bayer Leverkusen in the Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
Stuttgart has scored 13 league goals at home this season, in 9 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Stuttgart defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 9 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Borussia M'gladbach form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Oberneuland and Elversberg in order to reach 3rd Round of DFB Pokal. M'gladbach's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the 2nd round.3-4-2 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Borussia M'gladbach in their Bundesliga matches away. Two points from the last two away games for Borussia M'gladbach, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Borussia M'gladbach are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Union Berlin. A home win before that, celebrating 4-2 vs Borussia Dortmund.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Köln in just three days.
The M'gladbach manager M. Rose has got the team scoring on the road, with 18 away goals in 9 league matches. For M'gladbach, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only -1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: two - two - six (Stuttgart wins - draws - Borussia M'gladbach wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Wamangituka 11 goals |   L. Stindl 9 goals |  S. Kalajdzic 6 goals |
Stuttgart missing players
Borussia M'gladbach missing players
| Stuttgart | Borussia M'gladbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Drew | D | 5 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 4 | ||
| 49 | 23 | Scored | S | 31 | 57 | ||
| 33 | 19 | Conceded | C | 19 | 35 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 77% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 88% | ||
| 60% | 54% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 75% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 54% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 75% | 60% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 42% | 36% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 23% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 24% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 4% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 2 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 15.7 | 15.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.1 | 12.5 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.8 | 5.2 | ||
| 32% | 32% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 44% | ||
| 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 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 57 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 34 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 31 | 45 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 19 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 15 | 38 |
| 3 | Wolfsburg | 19 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 30 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 13 | 11 | 11 | 35 |
| 4 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 38 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 17 | 11 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 10 | 33 |
| 5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 32 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 8 | 13 | 32 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 38 | 27 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 32 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 36 | 29 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 18 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 18 | 7 | 32 |
| 8 | Union Berlin | 19 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 34 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 21 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 29 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 19 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 19 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 35 | 29 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 6 | 25 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 27 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 14 | -3 | 22 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 29 | 34 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -5 | 22 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 19 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 20 | 30 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 17 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -10 | 22 |
| 14 | Köln | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 32 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 13 | -14 | 18 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 25 | 35 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 14 | 16 | -10 | 17 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 19 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 15 | 32 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 10 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 16 | -17 | 17 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 40 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | -22 | 10 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 49 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 30 | -34 | 8 |
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