By Peter Weis@PeterVicey

German FA releases kickoff times for round two of Pokal

Following last Sunday evening's draw for the second round of the 2023/24 DFB Pokal, the German FA announced which fixtures will be played on which days on Friday afternoon.
The 32 clubs contesting round two of the 2023/24 German domestic cup now have dates and kickoff times set for the upcoming round of the competition. Sixteen fixtures will be contested on October 31st and November 1st. Each day will feature four sets of 18:00 kickoff and four sets of 20:45 kickoffs.

Two games will be broadcast on free TV. The 20:45 Kaiserslautern-Köln fixture will be broadcast on October 31st by ZDF. German public broadcaster ARD will handle the FC Bayern München-FC Saarbrücken fixture at 20:45 the following day.

The full set of fixtures:

Tuesday, October 31st

FC Homburg-SpVgg Greuther Fürth (18:00)
FC St.Pauli-FC Schalke 04 (18:00)
VfB Stuttgart-FC Union Berlin (18:00)
VfL Wolfsburg-RB Leipzig (18:00)
Arminia Bielefeld-Hamburger SV (20:45)
SpVgg Unterhaching-Fortuna Düsseldorf (20:45)
Borussia Mönchengladbach-FC Heidenheim (20:45)
FC Kaiserslautern-FC Köln (20:45)

Wednesday, November 1st

SV Sandhausen-Bayer 04 Leverkusen (18:00)
Holstein Kiel-FC Magdeburg (18:00)
SC Freiburg-SC Paderborn 07 (18:00)
Borussia Dortmund-TSG 1899 Hoffenheim (18:00)
FC Viktoria Köln-Eintracht Frankfurt (20:45)
FC Saarbrücken-FC Bayern München (20:45)
FC Nürnberg-Hansa Rostock (20:45)
Hertha BSC-FSV Mainz 05 (20:45)

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