National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Eichstätt or Rain / Lech that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither Eichstätt nor Rain / Lech as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Eichstätt form and stats
Eichstätt have not come this way in the Reg. Cup Bayern without some hard work on the way, more precisely defeating Nordlingen and Gerolfing. Eichstätt participated in Reg. Cup Bayern the last season, where they reached the 1st round.The Eichstätt crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 2-4 to Türkgücü-Ataspor here at Liqui-Moly-Stadion. As you can tell by the result above, the goals flowed freely in the previous game and the stadium rocked. Could there be another goal fest today?
Ahead of that match, Eichstätt lost 0-1 at home to Ansbach.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Eichstätt have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 10 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 4 and lost 2.
The match schedule is unforgiving for Eichstätt as they have a new game in only four days, a Regionalliga: Bayern match thankfully also at home. Vilzing are visiting.
Eichstätt have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and three practice matches played. These training games have ended with 1 win, 0 draws and 2 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Eichstätt scored 7 goals and let in 9 goals during these three games.
Rain / Lech form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated FC Gunzburg and Memmingen in order to reach 3rd round of Reg. Cup Bayern. Rain's mission in Reg. Cup Bayern last season failed in the 3rd round.There might be some fixture complaints from Rain / Lech as they are again playing away from home after losing on the road in their previous game, 1-3 against Ansbach.
Before that, Rain / Lech secured a home win against Heimstetten with the score 1-0.We have checked recent matches where Rain / Lech have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 7 games were 2 victories, 2 draws and 3 defeats.
A new game in only four days for Rain, the Regionalliga: Bayern home match versus Wacker Burghausen. Busy days.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Rain / Lech have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 0 wins, 3 draws and 0 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head numbers (for the last six meetings): Eichstätt won one game, two matches ended in a draw and Rain / Lech got three wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: two / four
Top Goalscorers
  F. Eberle 4 goals | T. Stoßberger 3 goals | P. Federl 2 goals |
Eichstätt missing players
Rain / Lech missing players
| Eichstätt | Rain / Lech | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 3 | 9 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 11 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | ||
| 37 | 22 | Scored | S | 17 | 38 | ||
| 44 | 21 | Conceded | C | 19 | 33 | ||
| 96% | 93% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 76% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 76% | ||
| 56% | 57% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 58% | 56% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 32% | ||
| 32% | 29% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 8% | 12% | ||
| 48% | 43% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 28% | 36% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 28% | ||
| 28% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 28% | ||
| 2.7 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.7 | 3.3 | ||
| 3.4 | 4.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.4 | 3.7 | ||
| 1.5 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 4.8 | 6.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 3.9 | 6 | ||
| 2.3 | 2.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.4 | 2.7 | ||
| 53% | 52% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 43% | ||
| 6.5 | 5.9 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.9 | 6.6 | ||
| 2.5 | 1.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3 | 3 | ||
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