Verl vs Union Berlin in DFB Pokal preview: Key statistics and predictions

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Competition: Germany DFB Pokal
Date: Wed 05.February
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: SPORTCLUB Arena (5001 seats)

National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Verl or Union Berlin that keep their silverware dream alive.

There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Bundesliga game only four days ago. That game was also an away game, at Borussia Dortmund. 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.

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Verl form and stats

Action has already taken place for Verl in DFB Pokal as they have defeated Augsburg and Holstein Kiel to reach the 3rd Round.

Verl are steadily winning Regionalliga: West games and points here at SPORTCLUB Arena. 7 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 10 games. Ever since the Alemannia Aachen game Verl has been unbeatable here at SPORTCLUB Arena producing four straight wins.

A nice win for Verl last time playing, versus Lippstadt 08. That was also a home game and the match ended 1-0 with Z. Janjić scoring for the victors. A 1-1 draw away in the Regionalliga: West before that, with Rodinghausen the opponent.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Verl as they are travelling to their away game against Bonner SC in the Regionalliga: West. That match is three days after this one.

Verl have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at SPORTCLUB Arena with 19 goals in 10 league matches. Verl have only conceded 8 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Union Berlin form and stats

The traveling awayteam has defeated Freiburg and Germania Halberstadt in order to reach 3rd Round of DFB Pokal. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 2nd round.

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Union Berlin so far with only 5 points returning home. The records show 1-2-7 (win-draw-lose). Three consecutive losses in away matches means Union Berlin are growing more and more desperate for a good performance on the road.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Union Berlin, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 0-5 versus Borussia Dortmund. A home win before that, celebrating 2-0 vs Augsburg.

Union Berlin lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 0-5 beating and focus on this one.

There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Union Berlin manager U. Fischer as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Werder Bremen.

The attacking power of Union Berlin when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. Union Berlin have conceded 21 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Verl zero wins, one draw and Union Berlin one victory. As for goals, one match ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VerlZ. Janjić
Z. Janjić
11 goals
VerlA. Yildirim
A. Yildirim
10 goals
Union BerlinS. Andersson
S. Andersson
8 goals

Verl missing players

Union Berlin missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Verl Union Berlin
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
25 15   Played P   11 25
16 9   Won W   2 11
5 3   Drew D   2 3
4 3   Lost L   7 11
54 27   Scored S   12 37
25 17   Conceded C   22 36
96% 93%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
88% 87%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   91% 92%
48% 47%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   64% 60%
36% 27%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   36% 28%
24% 13%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   18% 12%
52% 53%   BTTS BTTS   73% 60%
36% 33%   Clean Sheets C S   0% 24%
16% 20%   Failed to Score F T   27% 16%
 
5.3 5.1   Corners For (avg) C F   3.1 3.6
4.3 4.2   Corners Against (avg) C A   5.2 4.8
1.6 1.9   Yellow Cards (avg) Y C   2.6 1.9
1 1   Red Cards R C   2 3
 
243 137   Total Shots T S   130 316
116 64   Shots on Target S O   41 113
39% 33%   Goal Efficiency G E   29% 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 Rodinghausen 22 16 3 3 53 16 10 7 3 0 24 8 12 9 0 3 29 8 37 51
2 Rot-Weiss Essen 21 14 2 5 37 22 10 6 0 4 18 13 11 8 2 1 19 9 15 44
3 Verl 19 13 4 2 43 14 10 7 2 1 19 8 9 6 2 1 24 6 29 43
4 Rot-Wei Oberhausen 18 11 5 2 35 17 11 8 2 1 23 11 7 3 3 1 12 6 18 38
5 Alemannia Aachen 22 9 6 7 37 31 12 6 4 2 24 14 10 3 2 5 13 17 6 33
6 Koln II 21 9 5 7 34 26 12 5 2 5 19 15 9 4 3 2 15 11 8 32
7 Borussia M'gladbach II 20 10 2 8 44 40 10 7 0 3 27 16 10 3 2 5 17 24 4 32
8 Sportfreunde Lotte 20 9 3 8 32 29 10 5 2 3 18 11 10 4 1 5 14 18 3 30
9 Borussia Dortmund II 21 8 5 8 34 32 12 6 1 5 21 20 9 2 4 3 13 12 2 29
10 Fortuna Koln 19 7 5 7 17 20 9 2 2 5 6 10 10 5 3 2 11 10 -3 26
11 Schalke 04 II 20 7 4 9 26 23 10 4 3 3 14 8 10 3 1 6 12 15 3 25
12 Bonner SC 19 6 3 10 24 32 8 2 3 3 13 14 11 4 0 7 11 18 -8 21
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf II 20 6 3 11 27 37 10 3 1 6 11 17 10 3 2 5 16 20 -10 21
14 Wuppertaler SV 21 5 5 11 26 44 10 3 1 6 12 18 11 2 4 5 14 26 -18 20
15 TuS Haltern 18 5 3 10 22 38 9 2 2 5 11 20 9 3 1 5 11 18 -16 18
16 Wattenscheid 09 13 4 4 5 20 16 6 1 1 4 8 9 7 3 3 1 12 7 4 16
17 Lippstadt 08 18 4 4 10 18 37 9 2 3 4 8 17 9 2 1 6 10 20 -19 16
18 Homberg 21 4 4 13 20 40 10 2 2 6 12 20 11 2 2 7 8 20 -20 16
19 Bergisch Gladbach 21 4 2 15 15 50 9 1 2 6 7 20 12 3 0 9 8 30 -35 14
  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 20 13 3 4 58 23 10 7 1 2 33 9 10 6 2 2 25 14 35 42
2 RB Leipzig 20 12 5 3 53 25 10 6 3 1 28 12 10 6 2 2 25 13 28 41
3 Borussia Dortmund 20 11 6 3 56 28 10 7 3 0 36 10 10 4 3 3 20 18 28 39
4 Borussia M'gladbach 20 12 3 5 38 23 10 8 1 1 26 12 10 4 2 4 12 11 15 39
5 Bayer Leverkusen 20 10 4 6 31 24 10 4 4 2 15 10 10 6 0 4 16 14 7 34
6 Schalke 04 20 9 7 4 31 26 10 5 4 1 16 11 10 4 3 3 15 15 5 34
7 Hoffenheim 20 10 3 7 31 31 11 5 1 5 17 22 9 5 2 2 14 9 0 33
8 Freiburg 19 8 5 6 29 26 9 4 2 3 12 11 10 4 3 3 17 15 3 29
9 Augsburg 20 7 5 8 33 39 10 5 2 3 21 17 10 2 3 5 12 22 -6 26
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 20 7 4 9 32 31 10 5 3 2 21 14 10 2 1 7 11 17 1 25
11 Wolfsburg 19 6 6 7 20 23 10 3 4 3 11 12 9 3 2 4 9 11 -3 24
12 Union Berlin 20 7 2 11 23 32 10 6 0 4 14 11 10 1 2 7 9 21 -9 23
13 Hertha BSC 20 6 5 9 24 34 10 3 2 5 11 18 10 3 3 4 13 16 -10 23
14 Köln 19 6 2 11 23 38 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 2 1 7 11 26 -15 20
15 Mainz 05 20 6 0 14 28 47 10 3 0 7 12 20 10 3 0 7 16 27 -19 18
16 Werder Bremen 20 4 5 11 25 46 9 1 2 6 8 22 11 3 3 5 17 24 -21 17
17 Fortuna Düsseldorf 20 4 4 12 19 41 10 3 2 5 9 16 10 1 2 7 10 25 -22 16
18 Paderborn 19 4 3 12 23 40 10 2 1 7 13 23 9 2 2 5 10 17 -17 15

Union Berlin:
Germany:
Table
  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 20 13 3 4 58 23 10 7 1 2 33 9 10 6 2 2 25 14 35 42
2 RB Leipzig 20 12 5 3 53 25 10 6 3 1 28 12 10 6 2 2 25 13 28 41
3 Borussia Dortmund 20 11 6 3 56 28 10 7 3 0 36 10 10 4 3 3 20 18 28 39
4 Borussia M'gladbach 20 12 3 5 38 23 10 8 1 1 26 12 10 4 2 4 12 11 15 39
5 Bayer Leverkusen 20 10 4 6 31 24 10 4 4 2 15 10 10 6 0 4 16 14 7 34
6 Schalke 04 20 9 7 4 31 26 10 5 4 1 16 11 10 4 3 3 15 15 5 34
7 Hoffenheim 20 10 3 7 31 31 11 5 1 5 17 22 9 5 2 2 14 9 0 33
8 Freiburg 19 8 5 6 29 26 9 4 2 3 12 11 10 4 3 3 17 15 3 29
9 Augsburg 20 7 5 8 33 39 10 5 2 3 21 17 10 2 3 5 12 22 -6 26
10 Eintracht Frankfurt 20 7 4 9 32 31 10 5 3 2 21 14 10 2 1 7 11 17 1 25
11 Wolfsburg 19 6 6 7 20 23 10 3 4 3 11 12 9 3 2 4 9 11 -3 24
12 Union Berlin 20 7 2 11 23 32 10 6 0 4 14 11 10 1 2 7 9 21 -9 23
13 Hertha BSC 20 6 5 9 24 34 10 3 2 5 11 18 10 3 3 4 13 16 -10 23
14 Köln 19 6 2 11 23 38 9 4 1 4 12 12 10 2 1 7 11 26 -15 20
15 Mainz 05 20 6 0 14 28 47 10 3 0 7 12 20 10 3 0 7 16 27 -19 18
16 Werder Bremen 20 4 5 11 25 46 9 1 2 6 8 22 11 3 3 5 17 24 -21 17
17 Fortuna Düsseldorf 20 4 4 12 19 41 10 3 2 5 9 16 10 1 2 7 10 25 -22 16
18 Paderborn 19 4 3 12 23 40 10 2 1 7 13 23 9 2 2 5 10 17 -17 15

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