DFB Cup: Quarterfinals today in the live ticker – Ukraine trouble with top favorite

Created: 03/02/2022, 17:40

By: Christoph Klaucke

RB Leipzig is the top favorite for the title in the DFB Cup - Hannover 96 is waiting in the quarter-finals. © Bernd Thissen / dpa

DFB Cup on Wednesday: In the quarter-finals, HSV will meet Karlsruhe, Hannover will meet RB Leipzig and Bochum will meet Freiburg.

We accompany the duels in the live ticker.

• DFB Cup: Quarter-finals on Wednesday evening from 6.30 p.m. in the live ticker

• Hamburger SV - Karlsruher SC -:- (-:-), 6.30 p.m

• Hannover 96 - RB Leipzig -:- (-:-), 6.30 p.m

• VfL Bochum - SC Freiburg -:- (-:-), 8.45 p.m

Hamburg/Hanover/Bochum - three pack in the DFB Cup*.

In the quarter-finals of the German Cup, three participants are still being sought for the semi-finals.

The first has been certain since Tuesday evening: Union Berlin beat St. Pauli 2-1 after falling behind and is dreaming of the final in Berlin's Olympic Stadium - the Köpenickers are only one win away.

Hamburger SV, Karlsruher SC, Hannover 96, RB Leipzig, VfL Bochum and SC Freiburg are just two wins away from the big dream of the final.

Follow the football evening in the DFB Cup on Wednesday from 6.30 p.m. here in the live ticker.

DFB Cup: quarterfinals in the live ticker: Leipzig trouble because of the Ukraine war

At the first kick-off time at 6.30 p.m., three teams from the 2nd Bundesliga are playing.

Hamburger SV host Karlsruher SC in the round of eight and Hannover 96 meet Bundesliga club and last year's finalist RB Leipzig.

HSV is fighting in the lower house for a return to the Bundesliga, but suffered a serious setback last weekend with the 2:3 home defeat against Werder Bremen.

Fourth in the table, the Rothosen are three points behind the promotion places.

RB Leipzig has to be the top favorite in Hanover.

The Saxons are directly affected by the Ukraine conflict.

The opponent in the Europa League Spartak Moscow was excluded from the competition, so Leipzig is without a fight in the quarterfinals.

The club had come under criticism after RB had previously failed to publicly advocate a boycott of the games against Moscow.

RB boss Oliver Mintzlaff reacted with tears at the press conference before the game in Hanover.

"And then, of course, when you read so much shit, sometimes it's like, 'How sick is that?'" Mintzlaff said.

DFB Cup: The quarter-finals at a glance

• 1. FC Union Berlin against FC St. Pauli 2:1

• Hamburger SV versus Karlsruher SC

• Hannover 96 versus RB Leipzig

• VfL Bochum versus SC Freiburg

DFB Cup: quarterfinals in the live ticker: Bundesliga duel between Bochum and Freiburg

In the evening game at 8.45 p.m., VfL Bochum will face Sport-Club Freiburg.

The only Bundesliga duel in the quarter-finals is also the clash between two surprise teams.

Freiburg is on course for the Champions League in the Bundesliga and is level on points with fourth-placed Leipzig.

Bochum is on course to stay up as a promoted team.

In the penultimate home game, VfL defeated FC Bayern, who had to bow out in the second round of the DFB Cup.