Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Düren Merzenich & Frechen face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the Reg. Cup Mittelrhein. All the pre-match information is available here!
There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.
Düren Merzenich form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Reg. Cup Mittelrhein for Düren Merzenich, as the manager G. Brunetto led his troops to eliminate Alfter, and reach the 2nd Round.In general it's been a long time since Düren Merzenich tasted defeat here at Westkampfbahn, as they have taken at least one point from their last 13 home games in the league.
Merzenich drew their last game, 0-0 away at FC BW Friesdorf.
Before that, Merzenich had a Oberliga: Mittelrhein home game versus Borussia Freialdenhoven which ended with a victory 2-0.Düren Merzenich have spent many days and weeks preparing for this match, with countless hours on the training pitches and two practice matches played. These training games have ended with 0 wins, 2 draws and 0 defeats. Some might be interested in the goal production stats for these matches; Düren Merzenich scored 5 goals and let in 5 goals during these two games.
Frechen form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Ford Köln-Niehl in order to reach 2nd round of Reg. Cup Mittelrhein.The away team travel with confidence. Not since the Hürth game have they lost an away game, meaning Frechen has taken points from seven away matches in a row.
Home advantage was not enough for Frechen in their previous game, as they lost their Oberliga: Mittelrhein-match, hosting Hennef 05, 2-4. As you can tell from the result, the match against Hennef 05 was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?
Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Fortuna Köln II.It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Frechen have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 2 wins, 1 draw and 0 defeats from three fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Numbers for the last four meetings involving these two sides are: one win for Merzenich, one draw and two wins for Frechen. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Düren Merzenich missing players
Frechen missing players
| Düren Merzenich | Frechen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 11 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 15 | 9 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Drew | D | 3 | 6 | ||
| 5 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 5 | ||
| 61 | 38 | Scored | S | 19 | 52 | ||
| 29 | 11 | Conceded | C | 5 | 30 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 92% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 64% | 91% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 45% | 72% | ||
| 44% | 55% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 18% | 44% | ||
| 24% | 45% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 20% | ||
| 40% | 36% | BTTS | BTTS | 36% | 60% | ||
| 48% | 55% | Clean Sheets | C S | 55% | 32% | ||
| 16% | 9% | Failed to Score | F T | 27% | 20% | ||
| 5 | 5.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.3 | 2.3 | ||
| 2.8 | 3.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.7 | 3.1 | ||
| 1 | 0.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 1.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 9.2 | 10.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.1 | 8.4 | ||
| 4.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 3.9 | ||
| 55% | 53% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 43% | ||
| 7.6 | 9.7 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.1 | 7.1 | ||
| 4.1 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3 | ||
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