National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Sonsbeck or MSV Duisburg that keep their silverware dream alive.
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.
Sonsbeck form and stats
This is not the first game this season in the Reg. Cup Niederrhein for Sonsbeck, as the manager led his troops to eliminate Preußen Duisburg, and reach the 3rd Round.The story so far in the Oberliga: Niederrhein for Sonsbeck at their home stadium (Willy-Lemkens-Sportpark) is 6 wins, 3 draws and 8 defeats.
Happy days for Sonsbeck in their previous game, a Reg. Cup Niederrhein match away at Preußen Duisburg that ended with a 5-1 victory. As mentioned above, Sonsbeck "killed" Preußen Duisburg in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.
Previous to that game, a Oberliga: Niederrhein home match hosting Hönnepel-Niedermörmter in a game that was won 3-0.Sonsbeck has scored 24 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. Sonsbeck are struggling defensively, conceding on average more than two goals per home game (36 from 17 played).
MSV Duisburg form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Rheinland Hamborn and Hellas Krefeld in order to reach 3rd round of Reg. Cup Niederrhein.The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for MSV Duisburg so far with only 3 points returning home. The records show 1-0-7 (win-draw-lose). It's all red in the travel logs of Duisburg, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.
Duisburg go into this game after a win, the home game against Viktoria Berlin that ended 1-0.
Prior to that match, the Duisburg manager H. Schmidt faced defeat when travelling to Hallescher FC and losing 1-2.Duisburg find the net regularly in their away games. 8 goals from 8 away fixtures in the league. Duisburg have conceded 18 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
Sonsbeck missing players
MSV Duisburg missing players
| Sonsbeck | MSV Duisburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Won | W | 4 | 8 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Lost | L | 10 | 14 | ||
| 40 | 20 | Scored | S | 25 | 41 | ||
| 46 | 21 | Conceded | C | 24 | 41 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 71% | 76% | ||
| 68% | 58% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 42% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 43% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 43% | 36% | ||
| 60% | 58% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 52% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 28% | ||
| 16% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 21% | 20% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.9 | 3.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.5 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7.7 | 8.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.1 | 3.5 | ||
| 0% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 32% | 34% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.7 | 10.6 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.1 | 4.6 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Velbert | 34 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 100 | 38 | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | 49 | 13 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 51 | 25 | 62 | 80 |
| 2 | Wuppertaler SV | 34 | 19 | 9 | 6 | 66 | 32 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 38 | 18 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 28 | 14 | 34 | 66 |
| 3 | Germania Ratingen | 34 | 19 | 7 | 8 | 64 | 40 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 34 | 20 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 20 | 24 | 64 |
| 4 | Hönnepel-Niedermörmter | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 57 | 50 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 29 | 15 | 17 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 28 | 35 | 7 | 57 |
| 5 | MSV Duisburg II | 34 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 72 | 42 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 42 | 16 | 17 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 26 | 30 | 52 |
| 6 | FC Bocholt | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 55 | 41 | 17 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 33 | 22 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 14 | 51 |
| 7 | Jahn Dinslaken-Hiesfeld | 34 | 14 | 8 | 12 | 60 | 58 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 25 | 21 | 17 | 8 | 0 | 9 | 35 | 37 | 2 | 50 |
| 8 | Krefeld-Fischeln | 34 | 15 | 4 | 15 | 53 | 61 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 30 | 31 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 30 | -8 | 49 |
| 9 | Rot-WeiY Oberhausen II | 34 | 14 | 6 | 14 | 54 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 32 | 27 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 22 | 27 | 0 | 48 |
| 10 | TuRU 1880 Dusseldorf | 34 | 14 | 5 | 15 | 51 | 50 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 30 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 1 | 47 |
| 11 | Bosinghoven | 34 | 13 | 7 | 14 | 71 | 64 | 17 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 42 | 31 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 33 | 7 | 46 |
| 12 | Schwarz-Wei Essen | 34 | 13 | 5 | 16 | 49 | 48 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 9 | 29 | 26 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 44 |
| 13 | Kapellen-Erft | 34 | 12 | 7 | 15 | 62 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 33 | 29 | 17 | 7 | 0 | 10 | 29 | 41 | -8 | 43 |
| 14 | Hilden | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 69 | 76 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 29 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 40 | 39 | -7 | 42 |
| 15 | Sonsbeck | 34 | 10 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 66 | 17 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 24 | 36 | 17 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 30 | -25 | 37 |
| 16 | SF Baumberg | 34 | 7 | 8 | 19 | 40 | 70 | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 19 | 34 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 21 | 36 | -30 | 29 |
| 17 | Nievenheim | 34 | 8 | 3 | 23 | 37 | 103 | 17 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 19 | 47 | 17 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 18 | 56 | -66 | 27 |
| 18 | Homberg | 34 | 5 | 7 | 22 | 36 | 74 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 42 | -38 | 22 |
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Magdeburg | 14 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 26 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 12 | 28 |
| 2 | Osnabruck | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 27 |
| 3 | Meppen | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 9 | 14 | -2 | 24 |
| 4 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 24 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 8 | 23 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 23 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 22 |
| 7 | Viktoria Berlin | 15 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 9 | 6 | 21 |
| 8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 21 |
| 9 | Saarbrücken | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 19 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 21 |
| 10 | Hallescher FC | 15 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 21 |
| 11 | Borussia Dortmund II | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 21 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 14 | 13 | 2 | 20 |
| 12 | Viktoria Koln | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 18 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -4 | 19 |
| 13 | Freiburg II | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 15 | -12 | 19 |
| 14 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 22 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 14 | -6 | 18 |
| 15 | 1860 München | 14 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 18 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 5 | 7 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 17 |
| 16 | Zwickau | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | -1 | 16 |
| 17 | Verl | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 24 | 27 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 12 | -3 | 16 |
| 18 | MSV Duisburg | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 18 | 24 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 8 | 18 | -6 | 16 |
| 19 | Wurzburger Kickers | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 9 | -7 | 14 |
| 20 | Havelse | 14 | 3 | 1 | 10 | 12 | 33 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 19 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | -21 | 10 |
- German Football Association - (also in English)