Overview
- The Achtelfinale tie kicks off Saturday at 14:00 at FV Illertissen and will be broadcast on BR Fernsehen.
- Coach Patrick Glöckner ordered a closed training session and is reported to limit rotation to avoid another early exit.
- Illertissen recently knocked 1. FC Nürnberg out of the DFB-Pokal and have won three of the last four Bavarian Landescups.
- 1860 lost at Illertissen in the 2022 Toto-Pokal and, since winning the trophy in 2020, have suffered multiple early eliminations.
- Striker Daniel Gerstmayer, who scored a past Toto-Pokal winner against 1860 and now plays for Illertissen, has already scored in this season’s cup rounds, while 1860 balanced preparations with their Angermaier tracht fitting ahead of a team Wiesn visit on 23 September.