Perhaps a welcome break from league football as Eintracht Braunschweig & VfL Wolfsburg face off to decide who makes it to next stage of the DFB Pokal. All the pre-match information is available here!
It's no vacation for neither Braunschweig nor VfL Wolfsburg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.
Eintracht Braunschweig form and stats
Eintracht Braunschweig have reached this DFB Pokal stage through battling and winning against Hertha BSC. Eintracht Braunschweig was eliminated in the 1st round last season in the DFB Pokal.The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Eintracht Braunschweig at their home stadium (Eintracht-Stadion) is 3 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
A strong away win for Eintracht Braunschweig against Magdeburg the last match, as Henning were on target. Fejzić, who guards the goal, was given a match rating of 7.73 out of 10 in that game. Fejzić topped it up with a clean sheet.
Previous to that game, a 2. Bundesliga home match hosting St. Pauli in a game that was won 2-1.The match schedule is unforgiving for Braunschweig as they have a new game in only four days, a 2. Bundesliga match thankfully also at home. Paderborn are visiting.
The Eintracht Braunschweig fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 10 goals in 6 league matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Eintracht Braunschweig defense is not exactly impregnable. 9 goals conceded from 6 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
VfL Wolfsburg form and stats
The traveling awayteam has defeated Carl Zeiss Jena in order to reach 2nd round of DFB Pokal. Last season their DFB Pokal adventure ended in the 1st round.As the visiting team in Bundesliga matches, VfL Wolfsburg have produced an overall stat of 1-1-3 so far.
There were no winners in VfL Wolfsburg's previous match, the home game that ended 2-2 vs Borussia Mönchengladbach. As mentioned above, Wolfsburg drew the match against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Manager Kovač brought on Marmoush to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked. Defender Otávio was the best team player with a rating of 8.2. Otávio signed up for two assists, hit two key passes and won 6 of 10 duels.
Ahead of that match was the Bundesliga away draw versus Augsburg that ended 1-1.The visitors will be packing their bags again in only four days as another away game awaits: The Bundesliga trip to Bayer Leverkusen.
There's been a serious shortage of goals from VfL Wolfsburg's away games in the league this season with only {2 goals} from 5 matches. Wolfsburg have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Head-to-head totals (for the preceeding five meetings): Eintracht Braunschweig won two games, one match ended with a draw and VfL Wolfsburg got two wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / five.
Top Goalscorers
  M. Pherai 4 goals |  A. Ujah 4 goals |   Y. Gerhardt 3 goals |
Eintracht Braunschweig missing players
VfL Wolfsburg missing players
| Eintracht Braunschweig | VfL Wolfsburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 25 | 14 | Played | P | 13 | 25 | ||
| 12 | 8 | Won | W | 5 | 11 | ||
| 5 | 2 | Drew | D | 2 | 6 | ||
| 8 | 4 | Lost | L | 6 | 8 | ||
| 35 | 22 | Scored | S | 19 | 47 | ||
| 35 | 19 | Conceded | C | 24 | 39 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 96% | ||
| 72% | 64% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 77% | 80% | ||
| 48% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 38% | 56% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 31% | 52% | ||
| 20% | 21% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 31% | 28% | ||
| 48% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 46% | 48% | ||
| 28% | 21% | Clean Sheets | C S | 23% | 32% | ||
| 24% | 29% | Failed to Score | F T | 31% | 24% | ||
| 5.4 | 6.2 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.1 | 5.4 | ||
| 5.2 | 4.9 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 6.3 | ||
| 2 | 1.9 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.4 | 1.3 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | ||
| 13 | 13.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.2 | 12.2 | ||
| 5 | 5.2 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.8 | 4.8 | ||
| 28% | 31% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 31% | 39% | ||
| 13.5 | 14.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 14.3 | 13.9 | ||
| 5 | 4.8 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 5.2 | ||
