Professionals 24. October 2017

Match-facts 1. FC Kaiserslautern vs. VfB

In the second round of this season’s DFB-Cup, coach Hannes Wolf’s men travel to 1. FC Kaiserslautern. The game at the Fritz-Walter-Stadion on Wednesday evening is set to get underway at 18:30 CET. Here we’ve put together all the interesting facts and figures ahead of the clash with the ‘Red Devils’.

DFB-Cup record from the VfB viewpoint:

Total: 7 games, 4 wins, 3 defeats, 14:15 goal-difference

Home: 5 games, 4 wins, 1 defeats, 13:10 goal-difference

Away: 2 games, 2 defeats, 1:5 goal-difference

Support
Some 4,000 VfB fans are expected to make their way to the infamous 'Betzenberg' to get behind the Cannstatt Boys.

Successes last season

During the previous campaign, the Wasenelf decided both '2. Bundesliga' games against FCK in their favour. In the Mercedes-Benz Arena, VfB secured a 2-0 victory, before winning 1-0 in Kaiserslautern. Simon Terodde was on target in both matches, with an assist provided by Emiliano Insua.

Familiar faces

Phillipp Mwene wore the shirt with the infamous red hoop from July 2010 until the summer of 2016. Beginning in the ‘B-Youth’ team, by 2013 he had progressed on to the VfB reserves. Since last season, he has been a regular in the 1. FC Kaiserslautern defence.

First cup meeting

VfB and 1. FC Kaiserslautern clashed for the first time in the DFB-Cup back during the 1967/1968 season. The first round game on January 27^th, 1968 finished in a 1-0 win for the Wasenelf. The goal-scorer on the day was Horst Köppel.