The tie between RB Leipzig and FC Bayern München on Wednesday (KO 20:45) really is the stand-out fixture of the second round of the DFB-Pokal. Last season’s Bundesliga runners-up welcome the league champions who have won the most leagues and DFB-Pokals in history. Leipzig have not had much success in the cup in their short history. The furthest the club has ever gone is the last 16 in the 2014/15 season. Meanwhile their opponents have lifted the trophy 18 times.
The history of the coaches on the touchline could also not be much further apart. In the RBL dugout is Ralph Hasenhüttl who has a background of coaching in youth teams and is now developing an up and coming side in Leipzig. He did win the 2. Bundesliga in 2015 as head coach of FC Ingolstadt but Bayern’s head coach dwarfs these achievements, Jupp Heynckes is one of the most successful coaches in German history and is a true trophy winner. “Don Jupp” has only won the DFB-Pokal once however, in 2013, in the legendary treble-winning season with FC Bayern.
Lewandowski has a particularly good record against Leipzig
The two teams are meeting for the third time. Bayern are unbeaten in matches between the two – they won both games in the Bundesliga against Die Roten Bullen last season. Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski scored three times in those two games.
Clashes against another Bundesliga side in the DFB-Pokal second round are becoming something of a tradition for Jerome Boateng, Thomas Müller et al. It is now the fifth time in a row that they will face another Bundesliga side at this stage of the competition. Hannover 96 (2013), Hamburger SV (2014), VfL Wolfsburg (2015) and FC Augsburg (2016) were all swept aside. The last time Bayern were knocked out in the second round of the competition was in November 2000, when the team coached by Ottmar Hitzfeld lost 4-2 on penalties to 1. FC Magdeburg.
The tie between RB Leipzig and FC Bayern München on Wednesday (KO 20:45) really is the stand-out fixture of the second round of the DFB-Pokal. Last season’s Bundesliga runners-up welcome the league champions who have won the most leagues and DFB-Pokals in history. Leipzig have not had much success in the cup in their short history. The furthest the club has ever gone is the last 16 in the 2014/15 season. Meanwhile their opponents have lifted the trophy 18 times.
The history of the coaches on the touchline could also not be much further apart. In the RBL dugout is Ralph Hasenhüttl who has a background of coaching in youth teams and is now developing an up and coming side in Leipzig. He did win the 2. Bundesliga in 2015 as head coach of FC Ingolstadt but Bayern’s head coach dwarfs these achievements, Jupp Heynckes is one of the most successful coaches in German history and is a true trophy winner. “Don Jupp” has only won the DFB-Pokal once however, in 2013, in the legendary treble-winning season with FC Bayern.
Lewandowski has a particularly good record against Leipzig
The two teams are meeting for the third time. Bayern are unbeaten in matches between the two – they won both games in the Bundesliga against Die Roten Bullen last season. Bayern striker Robert Lewandowski scored three times in those two games.
Clashes against another Bundesliga side in the DFB-Pokal second round are becoming something of a tradition for Jerome Boateng, Thomas Müller et al. It is now the fifth time in a row that they will face another Bundesliga side at this stage of the competition. Hannover 96 (2013), Hamburger SV (2014), VfL Wolfsburg (2015) and FC Augsburg (2016) were all swept aside. The last time Bayern were knocked out in the second round of the competition was in November 2000, when the team coached by Ottmar Hitzfeld lost 4-2 on penalties to 1. FC Magdeburg.
