National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Ulm or Schalke 04 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.
Ulm form and stats
Ulm have not come this way in the DFB Pokal without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Erzgebirge Aue. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.Ulm are steadily winning Regionalliga: Südwest games and points here at VELTINS-Arena. 5 wins, 0 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 7 games.
Before that match, a Regionalliga: Südwest win away at Bayern Alzenau.
Goals decide football matches and Ulm are scoring many of them at home; 15 on target from 7 league matches. From these home matches, Ulm have conceded only 6 goals.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Schweinfurt in order to reach 2nd Round of DFB Pokal. They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Schalke 04 so far with only 2 points returning home. The records show 0-2-4 (win-draw-lose). The sun doesn’t shine and the birds do not sing for Schalke 04, who have now gone 29 games without a victory. The Borussia M'gladbach game was their last win and it’s been a dry spell since. Travelling has not been lucrative for the away team as they have returned home without a win in 17 away games in a row.
The attacking players of Schalke have been feeble for some time now, the team not scoring a league goal in the last 209 minutes.
Schalke might have something to prove in this game as they lost at home in their previous match. Arminia Bielefeld proved too strong as Schalke 04 slumped to a 0-1 defeat in front of their own fans at VELTINS-Arena. Preceding that, the 0-2 home loss versus Freiburg.
Again, the away team are huge favourites in this match and any other result would be an upset. We checked our Tipsway database for earlier, recent games with Schalke 04 given similar win odds in an away game. This check revealed one match with one win as expected, zero draws and zero surprise home wins. The favourites won one of these games by at least two goals.
The attacking power of Schalke when travelling is not overwhelming with 5 goals scored from 6 league matches away. There are big problems for the Schalke defense as they have conceded 23 goals in 6 away games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  J. Reichert 6 goals | F. Higl 4 goals |  T. Rühle 4 goals |
Ulm missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Ulm | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 11 | Won | W | 1 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 0 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Lost | L | 7 | 16 | ||
| 55 | 40 | Scored | S | 12 | 30 | ||
| 25 | 17 | Conceded | C | 33 | 61 | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 84% | 93% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 56% | 64% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 91% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 64% | 48% | ||
| 12% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 27% | 24% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 60% | ||
| 44% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 4% | ||
| 16% | 7% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 36% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.9 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.3 | 2.5 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 9.7 | 13 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 10.7 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 3.2 | ||
| 44% | 51% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 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 | Freiburg II | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 38 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 22 | 6 | 24 | 30 |
| 2 | SV Steinbach | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 33 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 19 | 30 |
| 3 | FSV Frankfurt | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 26 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 8 | 29 |
| 4 | Kickers Offenbach | 14 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 16 | 26 |
| 5 | Elversberg | 15 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 13 | 26 |
| 6 | Ulm | 15 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 25 |
| 7 | Homburg | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 25 |
| 8 | Hessen Kassel | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 15 | 19 | -2 | 20 |
| 9 | Pirmasens | 15 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 20 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | -7 | 20 |
| 10 | Stuttgart II | 13 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 19 |
| 11 | Balingen | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 19 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 II | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 11 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim II | 15 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 13 | -5 | 19 |
| 14 | Aalen | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 25 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 17 | -7 | 19 |
| 15 | Bahlinger SC | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 38 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 23 | -10 | 19 |
| 16 | TuS RW Koblenz | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 14 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 15 |
| 17 | Sonnenhof Großaspach | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 8 | -7 | 14 |
| 18 | Bayern Alzenau | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 17 | 29 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 9 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 19 | Astoria Walldorf | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 13 |
| 20 | Teutonia WS | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 12 |
| 21 | Schott Mainz | 13 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 19 | 38 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 33 | -19 | 12 |
| 22 | Eintracht Stadtallendorf | 15 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 21 | -18 | 7 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayer Leverkusen | 12 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 27 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 17 | 28 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 28 |
| 3 | Bayern München | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 19 | 27 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 13 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Union Berlin | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 27 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 9 | 21 |
| 6 | Wolfsburg | 12 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 21 |
| 7 | Stuttgart | 12 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 7 | 7 | 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 | Augsburg | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | -4 | 16 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 21 | 23 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 13 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Werder Bremen | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | -5 | 14 |
| 13 | Freiburg | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 11 | -6 | 14 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 8 | -1 | 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 |