National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Germania Erftstadt or Düren Merzenich that keep their silverware dream alive.
There has not been much time to rest for the guests, as they played a Regionalliga: West game only four days ago.
Germania Erftstadt form and stats
Last season their Reg. Cup Mittelrhein adventure ended in the 1st round.Germania Erftstadt's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 0-1 versus Arminia Eilendorf.
Ahead of that match, Erftstadt won a home game hosting Helpenstein (4-0).Another home game is coming up fairly shortly for the hosts, as Wesseling-Urfeld are coming to town in four days.
Düren Merzenich form and stats
They also participated in Reg. Cup Mittelrhein last season. This ended in the quarter-finals.Home advantage was not enough for Düren Merzenich in their previous game as they lost hosting Fortuna Dusseldorf II, 0-2.
A 2-3 defeat away at Fortuna Koln before that.There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Düren Merzenich manager Brunetto as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Preuen Munster.
It's finally time to play a game of importance again as a long period of training has passed. Merzenich have played a number of friendly games in this period, resulting in 4 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats from four fixtures.
Head 2 Head
Germania Erftstadt missing players
Düren Merzenich missing players
| Germania Erftstadt | Düren Merzenich | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 13 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 5 | 3 | Won | W | 4 | 16 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Drew | D | 3 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 8 | Lost | L | 4 | 6 | ||
| 31 | 18 | Scored | S | 27 | 69 | ||
| 58 | 32 | Conceded | C | 22 | 34 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 91% | 92% | ||
| 68% | 69% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 82% | 76% | ||
| 48% | 62% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 73% | 64% | ||
| 28% | 38% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 45% | 44% | ||
| 64% | 69% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 48% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Clean Sheets | C S | 18% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 23% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 16% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.7 | 3.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.7 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.1 | 9.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.9 | 4.5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 37% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.6 | 9.7 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.3 | 4.7 | ||
- German Football Association - (also in English)
