National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's VfL Bochum 1848 or SC Freiburg that keep their silverware dream alive.
It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for VfL Bochum 1848 and SC Freiburg.
VfL Bochum 1848 form and stats
VfL Bochum 1848 was eliminated in the 3rd round last season in the DFB Pokal.VfL Bochum 1848 have played 12 Bundesliga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 6-3-3 (wins-draws-losses).
The Bochum crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 0-1 to RB Leipzig here at Vonovia Ruhrstadion. Defender Leitsch got the top score of the team in the match with a rating of 7.45/10. Leitsch won 6 of 10 duels.
1-1 away at Stuttgart before that.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for VfL Bochum 1848, as the Bundesliga home game vs Greuther Furth is only three days away.
VfL Bochum 1848 are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 17 goals in 12 games. VfL Bochum 1848 have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
SC Freiburg form and stats
Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 2nd round.The visitors are W5-D3-L4 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
Impressive finishing from Höler, Grifo and Schade secured the home win 3-0 against Hertha BSC in their previous game. Grifo got a match rating of 8.11 in that game, top player of the team. Grifo scored one goal, hit the woodwork once, hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).
Before that one, a nice away victory 2-1 at Augsburg.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Freiburg manager Streich as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against RB Leipzig.
SC Freiburg has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 18 goals from 12 games. 14 goals have been conceded by SC Freiburg in these games.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last seven matches): Bochum four wins, two draws and SC Freiburg one victory. As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Polter 7 goals |   V. Grifo 5 goals |  L. Höler 5 goals |
VfL Bochum 1848 missing players
SC Freiburg missing players
| VfL Bochum 1848 | SC Freiburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 9 | 7 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 10 | 3 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 33 | 25 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 40 | 18 | Conceded | C | 16 | 27 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 85% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 88% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 43% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 24% | ||
| 16% | 14% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 12% | ||
| 52% | 57% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 20% | 29% | Clean Sheets | C S | 31% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 21% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 16% | ||
| 3.8 | 4.1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 5 | ||
| 5.6 | 5.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.8 | ||
| 1.4 | 0.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.7 | 0.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 12.9 | 14.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.9 | 14 | ||
| 4.5 | 5.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 5.2 | ||
| 29% | 33% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 35% | 35% | ||
| 14.4 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.7 | 13.8 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 3.9 | ||
| 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 | 24 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 75 | 26 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 38 | 15 | 49 | 58 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 24 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 64 | 37 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 39 | 18 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 25 | 19 | 27 | 50 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 63 | 39 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 33 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 44 |
| 4 | RB Leipzig | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 50 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 34 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 16 | 14 | 22 | 40 |
| 5 | SC Freiburg | 24 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 26 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 18 | 14 | 13 | 40 |
| 6 | Hoffenheim | 24 | 12 | 4 | 8 | 47 | 36 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 27 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 20 | 23 | 11 | 40 |
| 7 | FC Union Berlin | 24 | 10 | 7 | 7 | 32 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 0 | 37 |
| 8 | Köln | 24 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 36 | 38 | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 16 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 9 | Mainz 05 | 24 | 10 | 4 | 10 | 35 | 29 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 11 | 22 | 6 | 34 |
| 10 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 24 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 33 | 36 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 16 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -3 | 31 |
| 11 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 24 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 25 | 34 | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 23 | -9 | 29 |
| 12 | Wolfsburg | 24 | 8 | 4 | 12 | 26 | 37 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 17 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 20 | -11 | 28 |
| 13 | Borussia M'gladbach | 24 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 32 | 48 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 27 | -16 | 27 |
| 14 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 22 | 32 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 16 | -10 | 25 |
| 15 | Augsburg | 24 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 26 | 41 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 22 | -15 | 23 |
| 16 | Hertha BSC | 24 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 25 | 54 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 23 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 31 | -29 | 23 |
| 17 | Stuttgart | 24 | 4 | 7 | 13 | 28 | 45 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 19 | 24 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | -17 | 19 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 24 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 62 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 18 | 12 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 10 | 44 | -40 | 14 |
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