DFB Pokal 2nd round matches

Posted 27. octoober 2015

With four rounds left until the final in Berlin, 32 of the 63 teams that started in the DFB Cup 2015/16 are left. The second round will be played on Tuesday and Wednesday. The title holders Wolfsburg face Bayern Munich, Borussia Mönchengladbach travel to Schalke, Werder Bremen host Köln and Darmstadt meet Hannover.
Four Bundesliga teams have been drawn against second Bundesliga teams; FSV Frankfurt against Hertha, Mainz against 1860 Munich, Borussia Dortmund against Paderborn and Freiburg against Augsburg. Bayer Leverkusen and Viktoria Köln will play in what promises to be an explosive mini-Rhine derby. Two teams from Baden-Württemburg, SV Sandhausen and Heidenheim will battle it out for entry to the quarter-finals. In second division duels, Nürnberg face Fortuna Düsseldorf and Kaiserslautern face VfL Bochum. In other fixtures, Erzgebirge Aue play Eintracht Frankfurt, Carl Zeiss Jena play VfB Stuttgart and SpVgg Unterhaching face RB Leipzig.