National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's VfB Lübeck or FSV Mainz 05 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.
VfB Lübeck form and stats
VfB Lübeck have reached this DFB Pokal stage through battling and winning against Hansa Rostock.A nice win for VfB Lübeck last time playing, versus Schwarz-Wei Rehden. That was also a home game and the match ended 4-0 with Grupe, Plume, Farrona-Pulido and Drinkuth scoring for the victors. As mentioned above, VfB Lübeck "killed" Schwarz-Wei Rehden in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
A strong away win before that one, visiting Teutonia Hamburg and winning 2-0.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Lübeck as they are travelling to their away game against Weiche Flensburg in the Regionalliga: Nord. That match is four days after this one.
FSV Mainz 05 form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Erzgebirge Aue in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the round of 16.The away team have been very comfortable on their travels so far, racking up 4 wins, 0 draws and only 2 losses in the Bundesliga.
FSV Mainz 05 play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Werder Bremen. Stach got a match rating of 7.64 in that game, top player of the team. Stach served one assist and hit two key passes.
A draw for FSV Mainz 05 before that, at their own venue hosting RB Leipzig (1-1).The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Köln in just three days.
FSV Mainz 05 are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 9 times in 6 away games so far. Mainz have conceded 8 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Wolfgang Drinkuth 6 goals |  T. Grupe 5 goals | M. Facklam 3 goals |
VfB Lübeck missing players
FSV Mainz 05 missing players
| VfB Lübeck | FSV Mainz 05 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 11 | Won | W | 7 | 10 | ||
| 9 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 56 | 30 | Scored | S | 22 | 35 | ||
| 18 | 6 | Conceded | C | 20 | 31 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 69% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 92% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 62% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 77% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 38% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 46% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 52% | ||
| 52% | 54% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 8% | 24% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.2 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.9 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.2 | 1.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 1.9 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 10.8 | 11.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.3 | 12.8 | ||
| 4.6 | 4.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| 47% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 31% | ||
| 7.3 | 6.3 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 12.3 | 10.8 | ||
| 2.7 | 2.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.1 | 3.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Union Berlin | 10 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 12 | 23 |
| 2 | Bayern München | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 22 | 19 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 1 | 18 |
| 4 | TSG Hoffenheim | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 17 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 4 | 17 |
| 6 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 16 |
| 7 | Köln | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 16 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 16 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 15 |
| 10 | RB Leipzig | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 2 | 15 |
| 11 | FSV Mainz 05 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 8 | -2 | 15 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | -5 | 13 |
| 13 | VfL Wolfsburg | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -6 | 10 |
| 14 | Stuttgart | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 7 | -2 | 8 |
| 15 | Hertha BSC | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -3 | 8 |
| 16 | Bayer Leverkusen | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 21 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | -7 | 8 |
| 17 | Schalke 04 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 24 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 15 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -14 | 6 |
| 18 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 27 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 15 | -18 | 4 |
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