National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Meppen or VfB Oldenburg 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.
Meppen form and stats
Last season their Reg. Cup Niedersachsen adventure ended in the quarter-finals.Meppen travelled for their previous game, a trip to VfB Oldenburg that ended 1-1.
VfB Oldenburg form and stats
They also participated in Reg. Cup Niedersachsen last season. This ended in the qualifying round.VfB Oldenburg's last game was the home draw against Meppen (1-1). The draw against Meppen came from a losing position. The Oldenburg manager Fossi brought on Starke as a substitute and the player scored to make the scores level.
Preceding that, the 1-2 home loss versus BFC Dynamo.Head 2 Head
As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's two Meppen victories, three draws and five VfB Oldenburg wins. Over/under statistics; five of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  C. Hemlein 1 goals |   M. Starke 1 goals |
Meppen missing players
VfB Oldenburg missing players
| Meppen | VfB Oldenburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 9 | Played | P | 11 | 25 | ||
| 8 | 1 | Won | W | 7 | 14 | ||
| 7 | 3 | Drew | D | 3 | 8 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Lost | L | 1 | 3 | ||
| 49 | 9 | Scored | S | 20 | 53 | ||
| 37 | 17 | Conceded | C | 10 | 23 | ||
| 96% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 82% | 88% | ||
| 76% | 78% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 73% | 84% | ||
| 52% | 44% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 64% | 64% | ||
| 32% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 36% | 40% | ||
| 20% | 22% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 18% | 16% | ||
| 52% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 64% | 68% | ||
| 16% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 36% | 32% | ||
| 36% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 18% | 12% | ||
| 4.2 | 4.6 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.7 | 4.9 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 2.2 | 3.2 | ||
| 1.7 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.2 | 1.5 | ||
| 2 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | ||
| 8.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 11.1 | ||
| 4.2 | 4.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3 | 5.3 | ||
| 25% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 67% | 41% | ||
| 13.8 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 6.7 | 8.9 | ||
| 5.4 | 5.6 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 2.3 | 3.3 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Elversberg | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| 2 | Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | Zwickau | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | Osnabrück | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 7 | Saarbrucken | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 9 | Freiburg II | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 10 | Meppen | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 11 | VfB Oldenburg | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 12 | Borussia Dortmund II | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 14 | Dynamo Dresden | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -1 | 0 |
| 15 | Hallescher FC | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -1 | 0 |
| 16 | Bayreuth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 17 | MSV Duisburg | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 18 | Verl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Viktoria Koln | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | -4 | 0 |
Germany:
- German Football Association - (also in English)
