National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Waldhof Mannheim or FC Union Berlin 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.
Waldhof Mannheim form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the DFB Pokal for Mannheim, as the manager P. Glöckner led his troops to eliminate Eintracht Frankfurt, and reach the 2nd Round. Mannheim participated in DFB Pokal the last season, where they reached the 1st round.Waldhof Mannheim are steadily winning 3. Liga games and points here at Carl-Benz-Stadion. 4 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 7 games.
A draw after 90 minutes last time out for Mannheim, who played 1-1 against Zwickau. That match was also played at this venue (Carl-Benz-Stadion).
A 0-0 draw away in the 3. Liga before that, with Eintracht Braunschweig the opponent.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Waldhof Mannheim, as the 3. Liga home game vs Saarbrucken is only three days away.
Goals decide football matches and Mannheim are scoring many of them at home; 14 on target from 7 league matches. Waldhof Mannheim have only conceded 6 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
FC Union Berlin form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Turkgucu-Ataspor in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 2nd round.The visitors are W1-D2-L1 on the road this term. That's in the Bundesliga.
Berlin has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to VfB Stuttgart for a Bundesliga game that ended a draw (1-1). Grischa Prömel got a match rating of 7.43 in that game, top player of the team. Prömel dribled past the opponent 1 of 1 times and had 39 successful passes (of 41 total).
It was a Europa Conference League defeat before that one as the away game against Feyenoord wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.A quick return to home after this game, as Berlin are hosting Bayern München in the Bundesliga only three days away.
Berlin are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 7 times in 4 away games so far. The Berlin manager U. Fischer has some worries about the defense as 8 goals have been conceded in these travels.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  T. Awoniyi 7 goals |   J. Boyamba 4 goals | D. Martinović 4 goals |
Waldhof Mannheim missing players
FC Union Berlin missing players
| Waldhof Mannheim | FC Union Berlin | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 13 | 9 | Won | W | 6 | 13 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 7 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 4 | 5 | ||
| 43 | 30 | Scored | S | 25 | 42 | ||
| 32 | 17 | Conceded | C | 21 | 28 | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 93% | 84% | ||
| 48% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 56% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 8% | ||
| 56% | 64% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 56% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 14% | Failed to Score | F T | 7% | 12% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 4.8 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.2 | 4.2 | ||
| 2.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 11.4 | 13.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.7 | 12.2 | ||
| 5.4 | 7.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | ||
| 32% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Magdeburg | 13 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 17 | 10 | 13 | 28 |
| 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 13 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 23 |
| 3 | Saarbrucken | 13 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 21 |
| 4 | Osnabruck | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 5 | 21 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 20 |
| 6 | Borussia Dortmund II | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 13 | 11 | 4 | 20 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 18 |
| 8 | Viktoria Berlin | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 18 |
| 9 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 18 |
| 10 | Hallescher FC | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 21 | 20 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 1 | 18 |
| 11 | Meppen | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 14 | -4 | 18 |
| 12 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -4 | 18 |
| 13 | Zwickau | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 14 | Verl | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 23 | 25 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -2 | 16 |
| 15 | Freiburg II | 13 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 16 |
| 16 | 1860 München | 12 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 7 | -1 | 14 |
| 17 | Viktoria Köln | 13 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -6 | 13 |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg | 12 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 15 | 21 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -6 | 12 |
| 19 | Wurzburger Kickers | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -9 | 11 |
| 20 | Havelse | 13 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 10 | 32 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -22 | 7 |
| 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 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 4 | 25 | 22 |
| 2 | Borussia Dortmund | 9 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 25 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 21 |
| 3 | Freiburg | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 19 |
| 4 | Bayer Leverkusen | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 23 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 5 | FC Union Berlin | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 16 |
| 6 | RB Leipzig | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 |
| 7 | Mainz 05 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| 8 | FC Köln | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | -1 | 13 |
| 9 | Wolfsburg | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 6 | -3 | 13 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 16 | -10 | 12 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 11 |
| 12 | Borussia M'gladbach | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 9 | -2 | 11 |
| 13 | VfB Stuttgart | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | -1 | 10 |
| 14 | VfL Bochum 1848 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 13 | -9 | 10 |
| 15 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 8 |
| 16 | FC Augsburg | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 9 | -13 | 6 |
| 17 | Arminia Bielefeld | 9 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -9 | 5 |
| 18 | Greuther Furth | 9 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 6 | 24 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 17 | -18 | 1 |
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