National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's TSG Hoffenheim or Holstein Kiel 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 TSG Hoffenheim and Holstein Kiel.
TSG Hoffenheim form and stats
Hoffenheim have reached this DFB Pokal stage through battling and winning against Viktoria Koln. TSG Hoffenheim participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 2nd round.TSG Hoffenheim have played 4 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 2-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). Hopes of three in a row are alive for Hoffenheim after consecutive victories at their own ground.
In their previous game, the manager S. Hoeneß led his Hoffenheim to a defeat in the Bundesliga match away at Bayern München. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at DnB NOR Arena. Hoffenheim were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. David Raum (midfield was the top team player in that game with a rating of 7.01/10. Raum hit three key passes.
Previous to that game, a Bundesliga home match hosting Köln in a game that was won 5-0.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Bundesliga game versus Hertha BSC in only three days. This game is also played here at DnB NOR Arena.
TSG Hoffenheim are an "over 2,5 goals" team alone here at DnB NOR Arena in their league games, having scored an impressive 10 goals in 4 matches. Hoffenheim's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 5 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Weiche Flensburg in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. Holstein Kiel's mission in DFB Pokal last season failed in the semi-finals.1-3-1 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Holstein Kiel in their 2. Bundesliga matches away.
There were no winners in Holstein's previous match, a 2. Bundesliga home game that ended 1-1 vs Darmstadt 98. Midfield player Alexander Mühling was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.21/10. Mühling scored one goal, hit five key passes, dribled past the opponent 4 of 5 times and had 33 successful passes (of 38 total).
Before that, Holstein travelled to Ingolstadt and returned home with a draw after the 2. Bundesliga game finished 1-1.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Holstein manager M. Rapp as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Hamburger SV.
Holstein are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 7 away goals from 5 games (in the league). Holstein have conceded 9 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  C. Baumgartner 3 goals |  J. Bruun Larsen 3 goals |   J. Mees 3 goals |
TSG Hoffenheim missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| TSG Hoffenheim | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 10 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 4 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 2 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Lost | L | 2 | 9 | ||
| 39 | 25 | Scored | S | 17 | 36 | ||
| 36 | 16 | Conceded | C | 16 | 41 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 84% | ||
| 60% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 70% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 20% | 20% | ||
| 60% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 70% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 20% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 10% | 24% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.9 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.1 | 5.3 | ||
| 4.4 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.6 | 4.5 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 12.5 | 13.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 13.1 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4.3 | ||
| 35% | 44% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 36% | ||
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | SC Freiburg | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 9 | 16 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 3 | 15 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 |
| 7 | FSV Mainz 05 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 9 | Köln | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 12 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | TSG Hoffenheim | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | Stuttgart | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 9 |
| 14 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 8 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Bochum | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -11 | 7 |
| 16 | Augsburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 1 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 22 |
| 2 | Schalke 04 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 22 |
| 3 | Nurnberg | 11 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 6 | 9 | 21 |
| 4 | Jahn Regensburg | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 19 |
| 5 | Paderborn | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 6 | Hamburger SV | 11 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 18 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 18 |
| 7 | Darmstadt 98 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 2 | 16 |
| 9 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 0 | 15 |
| 10 | Heidenheim | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -2 | 13 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | -4 | 11 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -6 | 11 |
| 15 | Holstein Kiel | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 9 | -10 | 10 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -12 | 8 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | -10 | 7 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 11 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 25 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 5 |
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