National cups are something special for many teams and supporters. Today's match will decide whether it's Erkenschwick or Rot Weiss Ahlen 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.
Erkenschwick form and stats
Erkenschwick have reached this Reg. Cup Westfalen stage through battling and winning against Bockum-Hövel. Last season their Reg. Cup Westfalen adventure ended in the semi-finals.Erkenschwick enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at ASC Dortmund's place. The match ended 1-0.
Before that, Erkenschwick had a Oberliga: Westfalen home game versus Vreden which ended with a victory 3-1.Some members of the home team might already be thinking of their next match, the Oberliga: Westfalen game versus Brunninghausen in only four days. This game is also played here at Stimberg-Stadion.
It's been an intense period of training leading up to this game for Erkenschwick, who have participated in one training match. Erkenschwick have won 0 of these, drawn 1 and were beaten in 0 games.
Rot Weiss Ahlen form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Mesum in order to reach 2nd round of Reg. Cup Westfalen. Last season their Reg. Cup Westfalen adventure ended in the 2nd round.Impressive finishing from Uzun, Coleman and Tankulic secured the home win 3-2 against Velbert in their previous game.
Ahead of that match was the Regionalliga: West away draw versus Wiedenbruck that ended 1-1.It's a day of discovery for Rot Weiss Ahlen as they finally learn what impact all the hours of pre-season training, along with the changes in personnel, have had on their performance in an official game. It's never easy knowing what to expect based on friendly games, of which Rot Weiss Ahlen have played five with the results W2-D0-L3 (win-draw-lost). In these games Weiss has scored {7 goals} and conceded 12 times.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - two - two (Erkenschwick wins - draws - Rot Weiss Ahlen wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
  Ö. Uzun 3 goals |  J. Borgmann 1 goals | L. Tankulic 1 goals |
Erkenschwick missing players
Rot Weiss Ahlen missing players
| Erkenschwick | Rot Weiss Ahlen | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 12 | Played | P | 12 | 25 | ||
| 16 | 9 | Won | W | 2 | 7 | ||
| 4 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Lost | L | 9 | 16 | ||
| 52 | 27 | Scored | S | 13 | 33 | ||
| 30 | 10 | Conceded | C | 33 | 63 | ||
| 92% | 92% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | ||
| 80% | 83% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 92% | ||
| 72% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 83% | 80% | ||
| 40% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 42% | 40% | ||
| 28% | 17% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 33% | 32% | ||
| 52% | 42% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 56% | ||
| 40% | 42% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | ||
| 16% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 42% | 36% | ||
| 0.4 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 1.8 | 3.3 | ||
| 0.5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 3.5 | 3.1 | ||
| 0.1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.6 | 1.8 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 0.8 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 4.2 | 6.4 | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.5 | 2.5 | ||
| 700% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 72% | 52% | ||
| 0.8 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 7.8 | 9.1 | ||
| 0.3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 3.6 | 4.2 | ||
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