National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Würzburger Kickers or Bayreuth 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.
Würzburger Kickers form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Reg. Cup Bayern for Würzburger Kickers, as the manager Wildersinn led his troops to eliminate Grobardorf and Hain, and reach the 3rd Round. Last season, Würzburger's Reg. Cup Bayern journey ended in the semi-finals.A strong away win for Würzburger Kickers against Schweinfurt the last match, as Sané, Zaiser and Meisel were on target. 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? Sané was absolutely essential when Würzburger beat Schweinfurt 5-2, scoring three goals.
Preceding that match was the home Regionalliga: Bayern game against Unterhaching that was lost 0-1.This is expected to be a close game, with Würzburger Kickers perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Würzburger Kickers as a small favourite), we find 9 games. Würzburger Kickers has won 1 of these, drawn 2 and lost 6.
Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Buchbach are coming to town in four days.
Bayreuth form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Grafenwöhr and Eltersdorf in order to reach 3rd round of Reg. Cup Bayern. Bayreuth was sent out of Reg. Cup Bayern in the quarter-finals last season.0-0-4 is the win-draw-loss statistic for Bayreuth in their 3. Liga matches away.
Bayreuth are travelling again after losing away to Waldhof Mannheim in their previous match (1-2).
A draw for Bayreuth before that, at their own venue hosting Rot-Weiss Essen (1-1).The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Saarbrucken in just four days.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from Bayreuth's away games in the league this season with only 2 goals from 4 matches. For Bayreuth, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net.
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last five matches): Würzburger two wins, zero draws and Bayreuth three victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  S. Sané 6 goals |  I. Franjic 4 goals |  M. Zaiser 3 goals |
Würzburger Kickers missing players
Bayreuth missing players
| Würzburger Kickers | Bayreuth | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | ||
| 9 | 5 | Lost | L | 5 | 9 | ||
| 54 | 26 | Scored | S | 32 | 56 | ||
| 34 | 13 | Conceded | C | 18 | 31 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 92% | 96% | ||
| 84% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 64% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 69% | 64% | ||
| 44% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 38% | 44% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 20% | ||
| 56% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Clean Sheets | C S | 38% | 40% | ||
| 24% | 17% | Failed to Score | F T | 23% | 24% | ||
| 6.5 | 7.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.7 | 5.1 | ||
| 4.5 | 4.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.4 | 4.1 | ||
| 1.4 | 1.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 4 | ||
| 10.7 | 11.6 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.5 | 7.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 5.9 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.4 | 3.2 | ||
| 39% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 54% | 61% | ||
| 7.7 | 7.5 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.7 | ||
| 3.3 | 2.9 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.9 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 1860 München | 7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 12 | 19 |
| 2 | Elversberg | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 10 | 16 |
| 3 | Freiburg II | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 16 |
| 4 | Saarbrucken | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 0 | 13 |
| 6 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| 7 | Dynamo Dresden | 7 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 |
| 8 | Ingolstadt | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 11 |
| 9 | MSV Duisburg | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 10 | Viktoria Koln | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 11 |
| 11 | Meppen | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 9 |
| 12 | VfB Oldenburg | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -2 | 8 |
| 13 | Hallescher FC | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -1 | 7 |
| 14 | Zwickau | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 11 | -9 | 7 |
| 15 | Osnabruck | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | -2 | 6 |
| 16 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | -7 | 6 |
| 17 | Verl | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 9 | -6 | 4 |
| 18 | Bayreuth | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 9 | -7 | 4 |
| 19 | Borussia Dortmund II | 7 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | -10 | 4 |
| 20 | Erzgebirge Aue | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | -7 | 3 |
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