National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Dynamo Dresden or Zwickau 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.
Dynamo Dresden form and stats
The story so far in the 3. Liga for Dynamo Dresden at their home stadium (Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion) is 6 wins, 5 draws and 4 defeats.
The Dresden crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Bayreuth here at Rudolf-Harbig-Stadion.
Before that match, a 3. Liga win away at Ingolstadt.Dynamo Dresden are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Liga match at Osnabruck awaits in four days.
A decent goal production from Dynamo Dresden in their home games so far, with 29 goals from 15 league matches. Dynamo Dresden have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Zwickau form and stats
Zwickau was sent out of Reg. Cup Sachsen in the semi-finals last season.Zwickau have only collected 10 points from their away games in the 3. Liga, after 2-4-9 (15 played).
Ziegele and Schneider scored in Zwickau's previous match, the home game against Ingolstadt that ended 2-0.
It was a 3. Liga defeat before that one as the away game against Borussia Dortmund II wasn't a success with a 0-4 loss.The schedule is very tough for Zwickau now as they have to travel again shortly after this match. A 3. Liga game at Wehen Wiesbaden is waiting in only three days.
The attacking power of Zwickau when travelling is not overwhelming with 12 goals scored from 15 league matches away. Zwickau have conceded 34 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last seven games between these two teams, there's five Dynamo Dresden victories, one draw and one Zwickau win. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Arslan 17 goals |  S. Kutschke 8 goals |   D. Baumann 7 goals |
Dynamo Dresden missing players
Zwickau missing players
| Dynamo Dresden | Zwickau | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 14 | 25 | ||
| 14 | 6 | Won | W | 3 | 7 | ||
| 7 | 4 | Drew | D | 5 | 6 | ||
| 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 6 | 12 | ||
| 64 | 25 | Scored | S | 19 | 33 | ||
| 27 | 11 | Conceded | C | 26 | 42 | ||
| 96% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 88% | ||
| 88% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 79% | 76% | ||
| 60% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 57% | 48% | ||
| 36% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 36% | ||
| 28% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 24% | ||
| 72% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 57% | 48% | ||
| 24% | 33% | Clean Sheets | C S | 29% | 20% | ||
| 8% | 8% | Failed to Score | F T | 36% | 44% | ||
| 5 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.3 | 5.6 | ||
| 4.2 | 3.3 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 6 | ||
| 3 | 2.4 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.4 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 3 | 3 | ||
| 11.6 | 12.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 9.6 | ||
| 4.7 | 5.1 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 3.6 | ||
| 39% | 35% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 28% | 29% | ||
| 10.9 | 8.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 11.4 | 10.7 | ||
| 3.6 | 2.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 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 | Elversberg | 29 | 19 | 6 | 4 | 66 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 38 | 14 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 28 | 12 | 40 | 63 |
| 2 | Freiburg II | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 42 | 26 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 16 | 59 |
| 3 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 29 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 56 | 39 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 29 | 24 | 17 | 53 |
| 4 | Osnabruck | 29 | 15 | 6 | 8 | 57 | 39 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 29 | 15 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 5 | 28 | 24 | 18 | 51 |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 29 | 14 | 8 | 7 | 52 | 33 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 23 | 15 | 19 | 50 |
| 6 | Saarbrucken | 29 | 14 | 7 | 8 | 49 | 32 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 20 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 12 | 17 | 49 |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 29 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 46 | 49 | 15 | 12 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 15 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 19 | 34 | -3 | 48 |
| 8 | Viktoria Koln | 29 | 11 | 10 | 8 | 42 | 39 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 24 | 19 | 3 | 43 |
| 9 | 1860 München | 29 | 11 | 7 | 11 | 45 | 42 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 40 |
| 10 | Verl | 29 | 10 | 9 | 10 | 45 | 42 | 15 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 26 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 19 | 22 | 3 | 39 |
| 11 | MSV Duisburg | 29 | 9 | 9 | 11 | 39 | 41 | 14 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 20 | 18 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -2 | 36 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 29 | 10 | 6 | 13 | 36 | 41 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 18 | 23 | -5 | 36 |
| 13 | Ingolstadt | 29 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 40 | 44 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 25 | 24 | -4 | 35 |
| 14 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 29 | 7 | 12 | 10 | 34 | 43 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 16 | 19 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 24 | -9 | 33 |
| 15 | Borussia Dortmund II | 29 | 9 | 3 | 17 | 32 | 41 | 15 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 21 | -9 | 30 |
| 16 | Hallescher FC | 29 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 39 | 50 | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 22 | 14 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 16 | 28 | -11 | 28 |
| 17 | Bayreuth | 29 | 8 | 4 | 17 | 29 | 57 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 18 | 25 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 32 | -28 | 28 |
| 18 | VfB Oldenburg | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 34 | 55 | 15 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 22 | -21 | 27 |
| 19 | Zwickau | 29 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 27 | 51 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 12 | 34 | -24 | 27 |
| 20 | Meppen | 29 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 32 | 52 | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 21 | 28 | 14 | 0 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 24 | -20 | 24 |
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