National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Stuttgart or Freiburg that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Stuttgart and Freiburg.
Stuttgart form and stats
Action has already taken place for Stuttgart in DFB Pokal as they have defeated Hansa Rostock to reach the 2nd Round. Stuttgart was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the DFB Pokal.Stuttgart's struggle is real here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena with only 4 points collected from 6 Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 0-4-2. With seven home Bundesliga games in a row without a win, the Stuttgart fans could feel they are not getting value for their money. It remains to be seen whether this unfortunate streak, which started after the Sandhausen game long ago, can be stopped today.
Stuttgart are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Wolfsburg. In the match before that, Stuttgart hosted Union Berlin and drew the Bundesliga game 2-2.
The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Stuttgart have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found four games) they have won zero times, drawn three and lost one.
A decent goal production from Stuttgart in their home games so far, with 9 goals from 6 league matches. Stuttgart are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (12 from 6 played).
Freiburg form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Waldhof Mannheim in order to reach 2nd Round of DFB Pokal. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 2nd round.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Freiburg have produced an overall stat of 2-2-2 so far.
Freiburg go into this game after a win, the home game against Hertha BSC that ended 4-1. Preceding that game was the away Bundesliga victory against Schalke 04 with the score of 2-0.
We have checked recent matches where Freiburg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those ten games were two victories, five draws and three defeats.
Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Freiburg have scored 7 goals in 6 league games away. Freiburg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 11 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last ten meetings between these two teams are: six wins for Stuttgart, three draws and one win for Freiburg. Over 2,5 goals: nine times; under 2,5 goals: one game.Top Goalscorers
  S. Wamangituka 7 goals |   V. Grifo 6 goals |  S. Kalajdzic 5 goals |
Stuttgart missing players
Freiburg missing players
| Stuttgart | Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 56 | 35 | Scored | S | 21 | 47 | ||
| 35 | 24 | Conceded | C | 21 | 40 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 52% | 67% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 55% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 20% | ||
| 68% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 73% | 72% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 9% | 16% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 14.6 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.4 | 13.4 | ||
| 5.8 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.3 | 5.3 | ||
| 37% | 42% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 33% | ||
| 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 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 39 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 20 | 30 |
| 2 | Bayer Leverkusen | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 16 | 28 |
| 3 | RB Leipzig | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 4 | Wolfsburg | 13 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 20 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 24 |
| 5 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 8 | Borussia M'gladbach | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 22 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 15 | 2 | 18 |
| 9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 13 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 21 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | -1 | 17 |
| 10 | Freiburg | 13 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 20 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -3 | 17 |
| 11 | Augsburg | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 12 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 24 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 12 | -4 | 13 |
| 15 | Köln | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | -8 | 11 |
| 16 | Arminia Bielefeld | 13 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -14 | 10 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 13 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 12 | 26 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 13 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 36 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 23 | -28 | 4 |