DFB Pokal 25/26, Round 2 · 28 Oct 2025

Borussia M'gladbach 3–1 Karlsruher SC

Expected and what happened

Before the match, from team ratings for Sep 2025; the outlined result is what happened.

Footybot made Borussia M'gladbach favourites at 60%.

Borussia M'gladbach won and made the better chances: 3.6 xG to 1.8.

Best on the pitch by Footybot's score: Marvin Wanitzek, 60.6 in 90′.

Well above their usual level: Moritz Nicolas +9.5.

Well below it: Franck Honorat −14.3, Nico Elvedi −13.2, Kevin Diks −12.6.

Each side's last five results before this match.

25 Oct 2025	L 0–3	v FC Bayern München Bundesliga
17 Oct 2025	L 1–3	at 1. FC Union Berlin Bundesliga
5 Oct 2025	D 0–0	v SC Freiburg Bundesliga
27 Sep 2025	L 4–6	v Eintracht Frankfurt Bundesliga
21 Sep 2025	D 1–1	at Bayer 04 Leverkusen Bundesliga

17 Aug 2025	W 5–0	at ZFC Meuselwitz DFB-Pokal

No earlier meeting in Footybot's data.

Player	Min	G	A	xG	Score	vs usual
Marvin Friedrich Defender	1	0	0	–	94.3	–
Florian Neuhaus Midfielder	17	0	0	–	58.7	–
Moritz Nicolas Goalkeeper	90	0	0	–	54.1	+9.5
Joe Scally Defender	1	0	0	–	52.4	–
Shuto Machino Forward	73	1	0	1.18	52.2	+7.9
Haris Tabaković Forward	89	1	1	1.42	52.1	+4.7
Kevin Stöger Midfielder	73	0	1	0.06	47.4	−10.4
Yannick Engelhardt Midfielder	90	0	0	0.07	46.7	−1.7
Nico Elvedi Defender	90	1	0	0.23	43.4	−13.2
Philipp Sander Defender	89	0	0	0.17	42.9	−9.9
Franck Honorat Midfielder	89	0	1	0.28	40.2	−14.3
Rocco Reitz Midfielder	90	0	0	0.07	37.3	−9.6
Kevin Diks Defender	90	0	0	–	36.3	−12.6
Wael Mohya Midfielder	1	0	0	–	35.4	–
Luca Netz Defender	90	0	0	0.02	31.2	−12.2
Jens Castrop Midfielder	17	0	0	0.11	27.8	–

Player	Min	G	xG	Score	vs usual
Marvin Wanitzek Midfielder	90	0	0.09	60.6	–
Fabian Schleusener Forward	90	1	0.96	60.2	–
Shio Fukuda Forward	13	0	–	58.1	–
Nicolai Rapp Defender	88	0	–	53.1	–
Eymen Laghrissi Forward	2	0	–	52.1	–
Hans Christian Bernat Goalkeeper	90	0	–	50.4	–
Roko Šimić Forward	13	0	0.17	50.2	–
Christoph Kobald Defender	90	0	0.15	46.3	–
Philipp Förster Midfielder	77	0	–	44.4	–
Andreas Müller Midfielder	77	0	–	40.3	–
Robert Geller Midfielder	12	0	–	39.2	–
Lilian Egloff Midfielder	83	0	0.15	38.2	–
Rafael Pinto Pedrosa Defender	90	0	0.19	34.0	–
David Herold Defender	90	0	0.08	31.6	–
Marcel Franke Defender	13	0	–	18.9	–