National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Waldhof Mannheim or Nürnberg 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 Waldhof Mannheim and Nürnberg.
Waldhof Mannheim form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the DFB Pokal for Waldhof Mannheim, as the manager Glöckner led his troops to eliminate Holstein Kiel, and reach the 2nd Round. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 2nd round.Waldhof Mannheim have been outstanding at home so far in the 3. Liga with 6 wins, 0 draws and only 0 losses.
The fans are hoping that Waldhof Mannheim will strike back in this fixture, putting things right after the 2-3 away loss in the game against Freiburg II.
Previous to that game, a 3. Liga home match hosting Saarbrucken in a game that was won 1-0.There's a new fixture coming up fairly quickly for Mannheim, as the 3. Liga home game vs Rot-Weiss Essen is only four days away.
The Waldhof Mannheim fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. Waldhof Mannheim have only conceded 3 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Nürnberg form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Kaan-Marienborn in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. They also participated in DFB Pokal last season. This ended in the 2nd round.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Nürnberg so far with only 7 points returning home. The records show 2-1-4 (win-draw-lose).
It's the second away game in a row for Nürnberg, but there's smiles all around after the 1-0 victory versus Fortuna Dusseldorf last time out. Lawrence, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.41. Lawrence won 4 of 9 duels.
A 2-3 loss hosting Holstein Kiel before that.The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Hannover 96 in just four days.
Nürnberg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 13 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  K. Duah 4 goals |  D. Martinović 3 goals | C. Daferner 3 goals |
Waldhof Mannheim missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Waldhof Mannheim | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 7 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 14 | ||
| 57 | 22 | Scored | S | 12 | 29 | ||
| 29 | 5 | Conceded | C | 26 | 48 | ||
| 96% | 91% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 93% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 55% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 86% | 88% | ||
| 64% | 45% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 27% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 21% | 28% | ||
| 32% | 9% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 14% | 20% | ||
| 48% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 43% | 52% | ||
| 36% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 21% | 20% | ||
| 20% | 18% | Failed to Score | F T | 43% | 32% | ||
| 4.8 | 4.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.6 | 5.4 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.1 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 5.1 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.9 | 1.6 | ||
| 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 10.1 | 11.1 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 10.4 | 12.6 | ||
| 4.6 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 4 | ||
| 38% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 29% | ||
| 9 | 7.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 13.4 | 12.4 | ||
| 4 | 3.1 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| 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 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 11 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 19 | 28 |
| 2 | 1860 München | 12 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 9 | 12 | 26 |
| 3 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 12 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 13 | 24 |
| 4 | Ingolstadt | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 8 | 22 |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 21 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 21 |
| 6 | Freiburg II | 12 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 15 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 21 |
| 7 | Saarbrucken | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 20 |
| 8 | Waldhof Mannheim | 12 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 21 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 18 | -5 | 19 |
| 9 | Verl | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 18 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 11 | -2 | 15 |
| 10 | VfB Oldenburg | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 15 |
| 11 | Viktoria Koln | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 9 | -1 | 14 |
| 12 | MSV Duisburg | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 11 | -4 | 14 |
| 13 | Osnabruck | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 1 | 13 |
| 14 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | -6 | 13 |
| 15 | Borussia Dortmund II | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | -8 | 12 |
| 16 | Meppen | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 22 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 14 | -6 | 11 |
| 17 | Zwickau | 12 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 14 | -11 | 11 |
| 18 | Hallescher FC | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -4 | 10 |
| 19 | Erzgebirge Aue | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | -5 | 10 |
| 20 | Bayreuth | 12 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 22 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 10 | -14 | 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 | Darmstadt 98 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 27 |
| 2 | Paderborn | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 24 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 20 | 25 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 12 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 25 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 12 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 20 |
| 5 | Hannover 96 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 21 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 20 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 12 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 23 | 23 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 0 | 19 |
| 7 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 5 | 17 |
| 8 | Karlsruher SC | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 17 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 12 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 20 | 20 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 16 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -5 | 15 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -6 | 15 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 18 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 1 | 14 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 19 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -7 | 14 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 12 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 12 | 21 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -9 | 13 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 11 | -5 | 12 |
| 16 | Greuther Furth | 12 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 17 | 22 | 7 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 10 | -5 | 10 |
| 17 | Magdeburg | 12 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 13 | 25 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -12 | 10 |
| 18 | Arminia Bielefeld | 12 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 23 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | -9 | 8 |
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