Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Villingen & Schalke 04 face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Villingen form and stats
Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.The home team returns to MS Technologie Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with CfR Pforzheim on their last time out; the Oberliga: Baden-Wurttemberg game ended 1-1.
Preceding that match was a Oberliga: Baden-Wurttemberg defeat to Backnang (1-2).Villingen are traveling soon after this match as the Oberliga: Baden-Wurttemberg match at Bissingen awaits in three days.
Schalke 04 form and stats
Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 3rd round.Playing away, Schalke 04 have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 0 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
It's the second away game in a row for Schalke 04, but there's smiles all around after the 3-0 victory versus Holstein Kiel in the 2. Bundesliga last time out. Midfield player Thomas Ouwejan was the top player of the team with a match rating of 8.84/10. Ouwejan hit the woodwork once, signed up for two assists, hit three key passes, dribled passed the opponent 3 of 3 times and had 23 successful passes (of 28 total).
The game before that, in the 2. Bundesliga, was lost at home, a 1-3 defeat against Hamburger SV.3 goals so far away for Schalke 04, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 0. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Last two meetings between the teams: Villingen won zero, Schalke 04 won two and zero draws. one game with over 2,5 goals, one match with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Terodde 3 goals |  M. Bülter 1 goals |
Villingen missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Villingen | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 1 | 6 | ||
| 9 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 5 | ||
| 6 | 4 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Scored | S | 8 | 40 | ||
| 22 | 11 | Conceded | C | 24 | 48 | ||
| 88% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 83% | 84% | ||
| 56% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 58% | 68% | ||
| 32% | 42% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 64% | ||
| 8% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 33% | 44% | ||
| 4% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 32% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 58% | 52% | ||
| 0.6 | 0.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 3.5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.2 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5.5 | ||
| 0.5 | 0.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 2 | 1.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.2 | 7.4 | ||
| 1.1 | 0.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2.1 | 2.4 | ||
| 89% | 144% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 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 | Karlsruher SC | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Jahn Regensburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 3 | Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | Werder Bremen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 7 | Heidenheim | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| 8 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Schalke 04 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Paderborn | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 13 | Erzgebirge Aue | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -3 | 1 |
| 15 | Ingolstadt | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -4 | 0 |
| 16 | Darmstadt 98 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Holstein Kiel | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -6 | 0 |