Borussia Dortmund have drawn VfB Stuttgart in the DFB-Pokal quarter-final as they look to go a step further, after losing out to VfL Wolfsburg in last year’s final.

Two goals in quick succession from Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang and Henrikh Mkhitaryan was enough to see Dortmund wrap up a 2-0 win against FC Augsburg, who have picked up their form of late.

Aubameyang scored for Borussia Dortmund

Thomas Tuchel’s men face a trip to Baden-Württemberg on 9 or 10 February to play a Stuttgart side who finished runners-up in 2013, last winning the competition in 2007.

Last time Dortmund won the competition was back in 2012 in that famous 5-2 victory over Bayern Munich, which saw a hat-trick from now Bayern forward, Robert Lewandowski.

Holstein Kiel (W 1-2)
Carl Zeiss Jena (W 0-2)
Eintracht Braunschweig (W AET 3-2)

VfB Stuttgart's route to the quarter-final

Chemnitzer FC (W 0-2)
SC Paderborn 07 (W 7-1)
FC Augsburg  (W 0-2)

Borussia Dortmund's route to the quarter-final

Bayern's only goal against SV Darmstadt 98 came through Xabi Alonso’s volley from 30-yards, which has set up a tie against 2. Bundesliga side VfL Bochum.

The Bundesliga champions have already knocked out Wolfsburg and a trip to high-flying Bochum will see Munich go up against Marco Terrazzino and Simon Terodde, who has found the net on 10 occasions this season.

First-half goals from Janik Haberer and Tim Hoogland against Bayern’s rivals, 1860 Munich set up a tie with the German giants.

Nöttingen (W 1-3)
VfL Wolfsburg (W 1-3)
SV Darmstadt 98 (W 1-0)

Bayern Munich's route to the quarter-final

Salmrohr (W 0-5)
1. FC Kaiserslautern (W 1-0)
1860 Munich (W 0-2)

VfL Bochum's route to the quarter-final

Bayer Leverkusen have yet to face Bundesliga opposition in this year’s competition, but after a 3-1 win over Regionalliga Bayern side SpVgg Unterhaching, the North Rhine-Westphalia team will face Werder Bremen.

Viktor Skrypnyk’s Bremen were involved in a seven-goal thriller against Borussia Mönchengladbach on Tuesday night. Goals from Janek Sternberg, Jannik Vestergaard, Claudio Pizarro and Anthony Ujah helped Bremen to a victory.

Sportfreunde Lotte (W 0-3)
Viktoria Köln (W 0-6)
Unterhaching (W 1-3)

Bayer Leverkusen's route to the quarter-final

Würzburger Kickers (AET W 0-2)
1. FC Köln (W 1-0)
Borussia Mönchengladbach (W 3-4)

Werder Bremen's route to the quarter-final

Can 2. Bundesliga side upset the odds?

The lowest placed team in the DFB-Pokal sees 1.FC Heidenheim welcome Bundesliga side Hertha Berlin to Voith-Arena.

Goals from Arne Feick and Marc Schnatterer helped the 2. Bundesliga side – who are 10th – to a quarter-final place, having beaten league rivals SV Sandhausen and 3. Liga side Erzgebirge Aue.

Pirmasens (W 1-4)
Sandhausen (W 0-0p)
Erzgebirge Aue (W 0-2)

1. FC Heidenheim's route to the quarter-final

Arminia Bielefeld (W 0-2)
FSV Frankfurt (AET W 1-2)
1.FC Nürnberg (W 0-2)

Hertha Berlin's route to the quarter-final

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