National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's VfL Bochum 1848 or Borussia Dortmund that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Bochum nor Borussia Dortmund as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
VfL Bochum 1848 participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the quarter-finals.VfL Bochum 1848 have played 9 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 5-1-3 (wins-draws-losses).
A nice win for Bochum last time playing, versus Hoffenheim. That was also a home game and the match ended 5-2 with Förster, Hofmann, Broschinski, Mašović and Asano scoring for the victors. A goal frenzy last time out for VfL Bochum 1848, with a total of 7 goals in the match against Hoffenheim. Fun stuff to watch! Antwi-Adjei (midfield) was the top team player in that game with a rating of 8.3/10. Antwi-Adjei signed up for three assists, hit five key passes and dribled past the opponent 4 of 6 times.
Prior to that, an away loss at Mainz 05 in the Bundesliga.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Bochum as they are travelling to their away game against Bayern München in the Bundesliga. That match is three days after this one.
A decent goal production from VfL Bochum 1848 in their home games so far, with 17 goals from 9 league matches. Bochum have conceded 17 from these games.
Borussia Dortmund form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the round of 16.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, Borussia Dortmund have produced an overall stat of 5-0-5 so far.
Borussia Dortmund won their last game, 5-1 versus SC Freiburg played at home. As you can tell from the results above, Borussia Dortmund was very dominant against SC Freiburg, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-1 (!) with Reyna, Schlotterbeck, Haller, Adeyemi and Brandt providing the goals. Guerreiro was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 8.15. The defender Guerreiro signed up for three assists, hit five key passes and won 2 of 4 duels.
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Bayer Leverkusen.Borussia have another fixture that requires travelling in just three sleeps, a Bundesliga fixture vs Werder Bremen. A hard itinerary for the visiting team!
Borussia Dortmund find the net regularly in their away games. 14 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Borussia Dortmund have conceded 17 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Statistics for the former ten meetings featuring these two squads are: two wins for Bochum, four draws and four wins for Borussia Dortmund. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Hofmann 6 goals |   Y. Moukoko 6 goals |  G. Reyna 5 goals |
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
Borussia Dortmund missing players
| VfL Bochum 1848 | Borussia Dortmund | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 15 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 3 | 2 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | ||
| 15 | 6 | Lost | L | 7 | 7 | ||
| 29 | 20 | Scored | S | 30 | 59 | ||
| 56 | 26 | Conceded | C | 25 | 33 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 88% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 77% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 68% | ||
| 40% | 31% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 15% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 36% | ||
| 56% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 67% | 60% | ||
| 12% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 13% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 20% | 16% | ||
| 4.7 | 6.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.2 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 3.8 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 12.7 | 14.9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14.1 | 14.7 | ||
| 4.3 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.9 | ||
| 27% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 39% | ||
| 13.8 | 12.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.2 | 12.6 | ||
| 5.5 | 5.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.4 | 4.9 | ||
| 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 | 19 | 11 | 7 | 1 | 56 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 28 | 8 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 28 | 10 | 38 | 40 |
| 2 | Union Berlin | 19 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 19 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 15 | 10 | 39 |
| 3 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 12 | 1 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 24 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 37 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 39 | 24 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 22 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 15 | 36 |
| 5 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 40 | 26 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 13 | 14 | 35 |
| 6 | SC Freiburg | 19 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 30 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 7 | VfL Wolfsburg | 19 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 38 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 12 | 12 | 29 |
| 8 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 31 | 37 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 21 | -6 | 27 |
| 9 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 10 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 13 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 26 |
| 10 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 30 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 18 | -1 | 24 |
| 11 | Köln | 19 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 29 | 31 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 21 | -2 | 23 |
| 12 | Mainz 05 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | -4 | 23 |
| 13 | Augsburg | 19 | 6 | 3 | 10 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 18 | -9 | 21 |
| 14 | Hoffenheim | 19 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 28 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 14 | 18 | -8 | 19 |
| 15 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 24 | 46 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 29 | -22 | 19 |
| 16 | Stuttgart | 19 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 22 | 34 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 21 | -12 | 16 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 20 | 35 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 17 | -15 | 14 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 41 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 16 | -27 | 11 |
