Mainz and Arminia Bielefeld will lock horns in one of the rare clashes between the two top-flight sides in the second round of the DFB Pokal on Tuesday afternoon at MEWA ARENA.

The hosts came up with their best performance of the season on Friday evening when they demolished Augsburg 4-1 at home.

Karim Onisiwo, Stefan Bell, and Jonathan Burkardt bagged three goals within the opening 26 minutes of the affair to put the game well beyond Augsburg’s reach.

Mainz thus climbed up to the sky-high seventh place in the Bundesliga ladder and they will come into this cup tie in the highest of spirits.

The story is completely different with Arminia Bielefeld who seem to be destined for a tough relegation scrap in this term of Bundesliga.

The visitors are yet to celebrate a victory in the elite class and they currently sit second from bottom with just five points from the opening nine rounds.

Frank Kramer’s men claimed just two points in the last six league affairs. They are struggling badly for goals at the moment, having failed to score more than two in the last five outings.



译文(自动翻译仅供参考):

美因茨和比勒费尔德将在周二下午在MEWA ARENA举行的德国杯第二轮比赛中上演一场罕见的交锋。

东道主在周五晚上打出了本赛季最好的表现，主场以4-1大败奥格斯堡。

奥尼西沃、贝尔和博卡德在开场26分钟内攻入三球，使奥格斯堡远远无法扳平比分。

美因茨因此攀升到了德甲联赛的第7名，他们将以最高的精神参加这次杯赛。

而比勒费尔德的情况则完全不同，他似乎注定要在德甲面临一场艰难的降级战。

客队还没有庆祝他们在精英级的胜利，目前他们在9轮比赛中仅获得5分，排名倒数第二。

弗兰克-克雷默的球队在最近的六场联赛中只得到两分。在过去的五场比赛中，他们连两个以上的进球都没进过，现在他们正为进球而苦苦挣扎。