DFB-Pokal

DFB-Pokal coverage
captured before kickoff.

All 64 DFB-Pokal entrants (Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, and regional cup qualifiers) enter at the first round, and the first round alone produces the biggest upset rate of any knockout competition in Europe.

One probability-backed analysis for every DFB-Pokal fixture. Captured before kickoff, audited after full-time. Goalsforge reads the DFB-Pokal calendar and returns a single read per match.

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In shortGoalsforge publishes one probability-backed analysis for every DFB-Pokal fixture, from the first round through the final at Berlin's Olympiastadion. The engine weights the cultural weight of the cup in Germany and the lower-league hosts in the early rounds, captures each analysis at kickoff, then audits against the full-time score.

By the numbers

DFB-Pokal at a glance.

Clubs in the first round64Bundesliga through lower leagues
Rounds to the final6ends at the Olympiastadion in Berlin
Lower-league wins / round 1~12six-season DFB-Pokal first round

What Goalsforge reads in the DFB-Pokal calendar.

The DFB-Pokal is Germany's single-elimination domestic cup, with all 64 clubs (Bundesliga, 2. Bundesliga, and lower-league qualifiers) entering at the first round. Goalsforge reads every DFB-Pokal fixture and returns a single probability-backed analysis, captured before kickoff and audited after full-time.

  • Single-elimination format means every fixture is a binary outcome. The engine reads the DFB-Pokal as a higher-variance analysis book than the Bundesliga.
  • Lower-league clubs host Bundesliga clubs in the first round. The engine reads form-by-division and weights home advantage heavily.
  • Midweek kickoff cadence is heavier than in the Bundesliga. The engine reads minutes-loaded form across the last three league fixtures.
Follow every DFB-Pokal fixture

Verifiable

The DFB-Pokal record, on one page.

Every published fixture is a row in the public record. Three public surfaces stand in for social proof on the DFB-Pokal page.

  1. 01Track record

    Every DFB-Pokal analysis in one place.

    Each DFB-Pokal round, including replays and penalties, gets one published analysis. Captured before kickoff, audited after full-time, and listed alongside the rest of the Goalsforge public record.

    See the index
  2. 02Methodology

    How the engine reads a fixture.

    A short walkthrough of how form, fixture context, and matchup signal feed the DFB-Pokal analysis, plus how a calibrated probability differs from an intuition.

    How analyses work
  3. 03Publish + audit

    Why a DFB-Pokal timestamp is part of the evidence.

    Every DFB-Pokal read is captured the moment the fixture is published and graded against the full-time score. The same process that makes an analysis auditable is the one that protects it from hindsight.

    How the timestamp works

Coverage at a glance.

The shape of the DFB-Pokal calendar: clubs, fixtures, kickoff cadence, top clubs, and the season window Goalsforge reads when the model publishes an analysis.

Clubs64across the open cup
Fixtures / season63one analysis per fixture
Matchdays6home-and-away
Avg goals / match3.00long-run average
Kickoff cadence
Midweek 18:30Midweek 20:45Saturday 15:30Saturday 18:30Saturday 20:45
Top clubs in this competition
Bayern MunichBorussia DortmundBayer LeverkusenRB LeipzigEintracht FrankfurtVfB StuttgartWolfsburgUnion Berlin

Distinctive traits of DFB-Pokal.

Single-elimination format with all 64 clubs entering at the first round
Lower-league clubs host Bundesliga clubs in the first round: the night of the giant-killing
Berlin final at the Olympiastadion: fixed venue, fixed date

DFB-Pokal coverage questions.

How does Goalsforge handle DFB-Pokal giant-killings?
First-round fixtures between Bundesliga clubs and lower-league hosts are read with heavy home-advantage weighting. The model reads form-by-division and conditions the analysis on the league gap between the two sides, not on a clean form comparison.
When does Goalsforge publish DFB-Pokal coverage?
Each DFB-Pokal analysis is published and timestamped at the official kickoff time. The engine stops reading new inputs at that moment and the analysis is held against the final score across 90 minutes plus stoppage, with extra-time and penalties tracked as part of the final score.
Does Goalsforge cover the DFB-Pokal final?
Yes. Every DFB-Pokal fixture, from the first round through the final at the Olympiastadion, gets one probability-backed analysis. The full record is audited after the May final in Berlin.
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