National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Waldhof Mannheim or Holstein Kiel that keep their silverware dream alive.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Waldhof Mannheim form and stats
Last season, Waldhof Mannheim's DFB Pokal journey ended in the 2nd round.Waldhof Mannheim have played 1 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 1-0-0 (wins-draws-losses).
Waldhof Mannheim's last game was hosting Viktoria Koln and winning 3-1.
Before that game, the 7-0 home victory against Havelse.There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Waldhof Mannheim as they are travelling to their away game against Götzingen/Eberstadt in the Reg. Cup Baden. That match is three days after this one.
Early season league goal statistics from Waldhof Mannheim's 1 home game: 3 goals, 1 conceded.
Holstein Kiel form and stats
They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.Playing away, Holstein Kiel have won 0 games, drawn 1 and suffered 0 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season.
Holstein's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Kaiserslautern that finished 2-2. Reese got a match rating of 7.82 in that game, top player of the team. Reese scored two goals and hit one key pass.
Before that, Holstein Kiel travelled to Greuther Furth and returned home with a draw after the 2. Bundesliga game finished 2-2.2 goals so far away for Holstein Kiel, while their defence has allowed the opposition to score 2. All from 1 league match away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  F. Reese 2 goals |   D. Kother 1 goals |  G. Gohlke 1 goals |
Waldhof Mannheim missing players
Holstein Kiel missing players
| Waldhof Mannheim | Holstein Kiel | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 4 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 6 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | ||
| 50 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 40 | ||
| 26 | 13 | Conceded | C | 21 | 35 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 80% | 67% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 60% | ||
| 36% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 40% | ||
| 16% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 25% | 16% | ||
| 56% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 75% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 32% | ||
| 28% | 42% | Failed to Score | F T | 17% | 12% | ||
| 5.4 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 4.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5 | ||
| 1.8 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.2 | 10.8 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.8 | 12 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 4 | ||
| 36% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 40% | 40% | ||
| 7.9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 15.3 | 14 | ||
| 3.5 | 3.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.2 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elversberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Zwickau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Osnabruck | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Saarbrucken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Borussia Dortmund II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Freiburg II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | Meppen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | VfB Oldenburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Bayreuth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | MSV Duisburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Verl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Viktoria Koln | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Jahn Regensburg | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Heidenheim | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 6 |
| 3 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | St. Pauli | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 5 | Kaiserslautern | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Paderborn | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 |
| 7 | Nurnberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Hamburger SV | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Magdeburg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -1 | 3 |
| 13 | Holstein Kiel | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Greuther Furth | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | -2 | 1 |
| 16 | DSC Arminia Bielefeld | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -4 | 0 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -5 | 0 |
| 18 | Karlsruher SC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5 | -6 | 0 |
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