National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ulm or Nürnberg that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
Ulm form and stats
Ulm was eliminated in the 2nd round last season in the DFB Pokal.When playing at home in the Regionalliga: Südwest, Ulm have managed 12 wins, 5 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 21 games.
The Ulm fans got no joy from their last match, a Regionalliga: Südwest game also here at Donaustadion: A 0-2 defeat against Homburg.
Before that game, the home loss against Homburg with the scoreline 0-2.The Ulm fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 40 goals in 21 league matches. From these home matches, Ulm have conceded only 19 goals.
Nürnberg form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 1st round.As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Nürnberg have produced an overall stat of 0-1-0 so far.
It's another away game for the visitors, as they travelled to Paderborn in their previous outing. The 2. Bundesliga match ended in a draw 2-2. Midfield player Mats Møller Dæhli was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.44/10. Dæhli scored one goal, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled passed the opponent 3 of 4 times. The draw against Paderborn came from a losing position. The Nürnberg manager R. Klauß brought on Manuel Schäffler as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Preceding that match was the 0-0 draw at home vs Erzgebirge Aue.Nürnberg have the goal stats of 2-2 (for/against) from 1 business trip in the league at this early stage of the season.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  M. Møller Dæhli 1 goals |  M. Schäffler 1 goals |
Ulm missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Ulm | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 9 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 4 | 7 | ||
| 43 | 19 | Scored | S | 18 | 37 | ||
| 25 | 11 | Conceded | C | 21 | 37 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 72% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 20% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 20% | ||
| 6.3 | 8.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 2.6 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.8 | 4.4 | ||
| 1.3 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 11.8 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.2 | 12.9 | ||
| 5.6 | 7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.7 | ||
| 33% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 29% | 32% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Freiburg II | 42 | 28 | 9 | 5 | 95 | 38 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 47 | 16 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 48 | 22 | 57 | 93 |
| 2 | Elversberg | 42 | 25 | 13 | 4 | 98 | 42 | 21 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 51 | 24 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 47 | 18 | 56 | 88 |
| 3 | Kickers Offenbach | 42 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 80 | 32 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 1 | 43 | 12 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 20 | 48 | 87 |
| 4 | Ulm | 42 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 75 | 40 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 19 | 21 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 21 | 35 | 79 |
| 5 | SV Steinbach | 42 | 21 | 11 | 10 | 84 | 47 | 21 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 51 | 20 | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 27 | 37 | 74 |
| 6 | FSV Frankfurt | 42 | 20 | 10 | 12 | 58 | 48 | 21 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 33 | 26 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 10 | 70 |
| 7 | Homburg | 42 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 73 | 53 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 44 | 30 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 29 | 23 | 20 | 68 |
| 8 | Stuttgart II | 42 | 19 | 8 | 15 | 82 | 55 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 51 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 9 | 31 | 23 | 27 | 65 |
| 9 | Bahlinger SC | 42 | 17 | 10 | 15 | 66 | 75 | 21 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 34 | 32 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 43 | -9 | 61 |
| 10 | TuS RW Koblenz | 42 | 15 | 11 | 16 | 57 | 61 | 21 | 10 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 5 | 11 | 29 | 38 | -4 | 56 |
| 11 | Teutonia WS | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 52 | 51 | 21 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 29 | 21 | 21 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 23 | 30 | 1 | 53 |
| 12 | Hessen Kassel | 42 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 57 | 71 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 27 | 31 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 30 | 40 | -14 | 53 |
| 13 | Aalen | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 49 | 60 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 25 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 25 | 35 | -11 | 52 |
| 14 | Pirmasens | 42 | 13 | 13 | 16 | 44 | 58 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 28 | 21 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 30 | -14 | 52 |
| 15 | Balingen | 42 | 14 | 9 | 19 | 51 | 60 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 24 | 27 | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 33 | -9 | 51 |
| 16 | Hoffenheim II | 42 | 13 | 11 | 18 | 59 | 76 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 9 | 26 | 34 | 21 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 33 | 42 | -17 | 50 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 II | 42 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 58 | 73 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 30 | 31 | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 28 | 42 | -15 | 49 |
| 18 | Astoria Walldorf | 42 | 14 | 5 | 23 | 64 | 79 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 35 | 33 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 46 | -15 | 47 |
| 19 | Sonnenhof Groaspach | 42 | 11 | 10 | 21 | 52 | 75 | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 32 | 46 | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 20 | 29 | -23 | 43 |
| 20 | Schott Mainz | 42 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 55 | 104 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 34 | 40 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 21 | 64 | -49 | 38 |
| 21 | Bayern Alzenau | 42 | 5 | 10 | 27 | 47 | 94 | 21 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 22 | 52 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 25 | 42 | -47 | 25 |
| 22 | Eintracht Stadtallendorf | 42 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 40 | 104 | 21 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 20 | 49 | 21 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 20 | 55 | -64 | 17 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Karlsruher SC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Nürnberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Paderborn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Erzgebirge Aue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Ingolstadt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Darmstadt 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Holstein Kiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |
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