National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's FC 1906 Erlensee or FC Gießen that keep their silverware dream alive.
It's no vacation for neither FC 1906 Erlensee nor FC Gießen 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.
FC 1906 Erlensee form and stats
Erlensee lost their last game at Lehnerz after a 1-3 scoreline.
Before that, Erlensee had a Oberliga: Hessen home game versus SV Steinbach which ended with a victory 6-0.FC Gießen form and stats
FC Gießen have only collected 9 points from their away games in the Regionalliga: Südwest, after 2-3-5 (10 played).
Gießen are travelling after their nice 3-0 home win in the Regionalliga: Südwest against Schott Mainz.
Preceding that game, the 0-2 loss visiting Mainz 05 II's place.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the FC Gießen manager Cimen as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Pirmasens.
Many goals are not expected from the visiting Gießen as they have only managed to score 7 times from 10 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Gießen have seen the ball go into their own net 12 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
FC 1906 Erlensee missing players
FC Gießen missing players
| FC 1906 Erlensee | FC Gießen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 10 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 8 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 4 | ||
| 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 55 | 30 | Scored | S | 11 | 23 | ||
| 30 | 7 | Conceded | C | 26 | 44 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 88% | 80% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 69% | 72% | ||
| 56% | 60% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 48% | ||
| 48% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 23% | 20% | ||
| 32% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 15% | 8% | ||
| 64% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 8% | 12% | ||
| 12% | 10% | Failed to Score | F T | 46% | 44% | ||
| 4.3 | 7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.1 | 3.2 | ||
| 5 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.6 | 5.7 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 7.9 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 3.8 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| 51% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 26% | 34% | ||
| 8.8 | 11 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.5 | 8.8 | ||
| 3.6 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 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 | Kickers Offenbach | 20 | 14 | 2 | 4 | 39 | 13 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 19 | 8 | 26 | 44 |
| 2 | Mainz 05 II | 20 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 11 | 43 |
| 3 | Ulm | 19 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 35 | 21 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 14 | 40 |
| 4 | SV Steinbach | 20 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 33 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 9 | 36 |
| 5 | Elversberg | 19 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 45 | 21 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 28 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 35 |
| 6 | Homburg | 21 | 10 | 5 | 6 | 29 | 28 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 10 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 35 |
| 7 | Bahlinger SC | 20 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 21 | 10 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 13 | -1 | 32 |
| 8 | Hessen Kassel | 21 | 8 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 5 | 29 |
| 9 | Aalen | 20 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 33 | 38 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -5 | 29 |
| 10 | Balingen | 21 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 30 | 38 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 15 | 19 | -8 | 27 |
| 11 | TuS RW Koblenz | 21 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 28 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 15 | -4 | 25 |
| 12 | Astoria Walldorf | 21 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 33 | 40 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 26 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 14 | -7 | 25 |
| 13 | Hoffenheim II | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 31 | 33 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 19 | 20 | -2 | 23 |
| 14 | Stuttgart II | 21 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 30 | 32 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 16 | -2 | 23 |
| 15 | FC Gießen | 21 | 6 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 27 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -8 | 22 |
| 16 | FSV Frankfurt | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 26 | 31 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 18 | -5 | 21 |
| 17 | Pirmasens | 21 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 19 | 31 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 12 | 19 | -12 | 21 |
| 18 | Sonnenhof Groaspach | 20 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 26 | 44 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 18 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 20 | -18 | 20 |
| 19 | Schott Mainz | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 34 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 7 | 24 | -18 | 12 |
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