National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Illertissen or Buchbach 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 Illertissen and Buchbach.
Illertissen form and stats
Action has already taken place for Illertissen in Reg. Cup Bayern as they have defeated Landsberg and Memmingerberg to reach the 3rd Round.A nice win for Illertissen last time playing, versus Greuther Furth II. That was also a home game and the match ended 3-2 with Glessing, Strobel and Pöschl scoring for the victors. Herzig was on the receiving end of a red card in the Illertissen-Greuther Furth II match, being sent off in the 84th minute. The game was drawn at that point, but the home side still managed to pull off a 3-2 victory.
A 2-2 draw away in the Regionalliga: Bayern before that, with Bayern München II the opponent.Illertissen are traveling soon after this match as the Regionalliga: Bayern match at Aubstadt awaits in four days.
Illertissen have prepared for this season with three friendly games versus mixed opposition. Results from training matches should always be treated with caution, but the takeaways from these three matches are 3 victories, 0 draws and 0 losses. In these games, Illertissen have scored 14 goals and conceded 4 times.
Buchbach form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Chiemgau Traunstein and Kiefersfelden in order to reach 3rd round of Reg. Cup Bayern. Buchbach was sent out of Reg. Cup Bayern in the quarter-finals last season.The manager Thallinger was unhappy after their last game, played at their home stadium SMR-Arena. Buchbach suffered a 2-4 loss to Aubstadt. As you can tell from the result, the match against Aubstadt was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today? Ammari has scored at least one goal for the visitors four matches in a row. The ability!
Preceding that game was the away Regionalliga: Bayern victory against Greuther Furth II with the score of 2-0.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Buchbach manager Thallinger as the team has another away game coming up in only four days, this time against Würzburger Kickers.
Buchbach played three friendlies in their break from official games, resulting in 2 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. In these three matches Buchbach scored 6 and conceded 3 goals.
Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Illertissen victories, four draws and four Buchbach wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, eight matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Ammari 5 goals |  Y. Glessing 4 goals | K. Teranuma 4 goals |
Illertissen missing players
Buchbach missing players
| Illertissen | Buchbach | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 15 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Won | W | 5 | 9 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Drew | D | 4 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 6 | Lost | L | 4 | 8 | ||
| 51 | 29 | Scored | S | 23 | 45 | ||
| 40 | 24 | Conceded | C | 16 | 37 | ||
| 92% | 87% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 92% | ||
| 84% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 54% | 48% | ||
| 52% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 23% | 28% | ||
| 52% | 60% | BTTS | BTTS | 62% | 60% | ||
| 24% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 24% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 4.3 | 5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.6 | 2.6 | ||
| 3.7 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 4.3 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.6 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0.9 | 1.5 | ||
| 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 9.9 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 5.4 | 5.8 | ||
| 4.3 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 28% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 100% | 66% | ||
| 9.3 | 9.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 5.3 | 6.9 | ||
| 4.4 | 4.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.1 | ||
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