After the 4-1 victory over Alemannia Aachen in the first round, Christoph Metzelder picked out Peter Bosz's team as the home side last Sunday – and SC Paderborn provide the opposition in the second round. That will bring a rematch of the extremely entertaining first Bundesliga game of the new season against the newly promoted side from East Westphalia- Lippe that saw the Black and Reds win 3-2. Sporting director Simon Rolfes talked of a "very demanding draw" after the draw was completed.
Ticket information to follow.
DFB Cup Round Two draw:
Tuesday 29 October 2019, 18.30 CET:
Hamburg SV v VfB Stuttgart
FC Saarbrücken v FC Köln
SC Freiburg v Union Berlin
MSV Duisburg v TSG Hoffenheim
Tuesday, 29 October 2019, 20.45 CET:
Arminia Bielefeld v FC Schalke 04
Darmstadt 98 v Karlsruher SC
Bayer 04 v SC Paderborn
VfL Bochum v Bayern Munich (live on free TV)
Wednesday 30 October 2019, 18.30 CET:
VfL Wolfsburg v RB Leipzig
Werder Bremen v FC Heidenheim
SC Verl v Holstein Kiel
FC Kaiserslautern v FC Nürnberg
Wednesday 30 October 2019, 20.45 CET:
FC St. Pauli v Eintracht Frankfurt
Hertha Berlin v Dynamo Dresden
Fortuna Düsseldorf v Erzgebirge Aue
Borussia Dortmund v Borussia Mönchengladbach (live on free TV)
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