The opening matches of the new DFB-Pokal campaign delivered plenty of goals, with Kaiserslautern, Karlsruher SC and Bundesliga sides Eintracht Frankfurt and VfB Stuttgart booking their places in the last 16.

VfB Stuttgart enjoyed a comfortable evening away from home, cruising past Hansa Rostock 4-0. The visitors took control of the tie through a hat-trick from Pejcinovic, while Tomás added another goal to complete a commanding performance from the Bundesliga outfit.

There was an even more spectacular scoreline elsewhere, as Eintracht Frankfurt showed no mercy against lower-league opponents St. Tönis. Frankfurt tore the game apart before the break, scoring 10 goals in a remarkable first-half display.

The visitors eventually finished with an 11-goal haul, underlining the huge gap in class and giving Eintracht Frankfurt a spectacular start to their DFB-Pokal campaign.

2026-27, Germany - DFB Pokal

Day : 2026-08-21

"Waldhof" - "Kaiserslautern" 0:1

"Preußen" - "Karlsruher SC" 1:2 (1:0)
Goals : Ndikom, 35 (1:0); Wanitzek, 69 (1:1); Jung S., 81 (1:2)
Yellow Cards : - Civeja 90

"SC St. Tönis 11/20" - "Frankfurt" 0:11 (0:10)
Goals : Burkardt, 4 (0:1); Koch, 10 (0:2); Amaimouni-Echghouyab, 17 (0:3); Burkardt, 29 (0:4); Uzun, 34 (0:5); Uzun, 36 (0:6); Burkardt, 41 (0:7); Baum, 44 (0:8); Ebnoutalib, 45 (0:9); Götze, 45 (0:10); Chaïbi, 87 (0:11)
Yellow Cards : - Baum 7

"Hansa" - "VfB Stuttgart" 0:4 (0:2)
Goals : Pejčinović, 18 (0:1); Pejčinović, 37 (0:2); Tomas T., 74 (0:3); Pejčinović, 82 (0:4)
Yellow Cards : - Stiller 32