Football preview: Darmstadt 98 favourites when Erzgebirge Aue arrive

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 30.April
Match begins: 18:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor (16500 seats)

Welcome to Merck-Stadion am Böllenfalltor and this game involving Darmstadt 98 & Erzgebirge Aue in the 2. Bundesliga. Here's all you must know!

Insights:
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Erzgebirge Aue have the most conceded goals (63) in 2. Bundesliga

Both squads have had plenty of rest since their last competitive action. Let's have faith in that this will be an active match!

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Darmstadt 98 form and stats

The total 2. Bundesliga statistics at home this season for Darmstadt 98 are 8-3-4 (wins-draws-losses).

A strong away win for Darmstadt 98 against St. Pauli the last match, as Holland and Pfeiffer were on target. Schuhen loved the game against St. Pauli. With a stunning seven saves the goalkeeper played a huge part in the 2-1 victory.

Before that game, the home loss against Schalke 04 with the scoreline 2-5.

With an average of more than two goals per home game in the league (33 in 15 games), Darmstadt's attacking play is working. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 23 goals have been conceded.

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Erzgebirge Aue form and stats

There's been little loot from Erzgebirge Aue's travels as they have only collected 11 points from 15 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Erzgebirge Aue only have 2 wins to counter their 8 defeats and 5 draws.

Erzgebirge Aue's last game was the home draw against Hansa Rostock (2-2). Carlson was the top performer of the team in that game with a match score of 7.21. The defender Carlson hit one key pass and won 4 of 7 duels.

Before that one, a nice away victory 2-0 at Heidenheim.

Erzgebirge are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 17 away goals from 15 games (in the league). Erzgebirge Aue have conceded 32 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

Darmstadt 98 and Erzgebirge Aue have met previously this season: Erzgebirge Aue - Darmstadt 98 1-2. Last ten meetings with these participants: Darmstadt 98 won seven, Erzgebirge Aue were winners in two and we saw one draw. five games with more than 2,5 goals, five matches with under 2,5 goals.

Top Goalscorers

DarmstadtP. Tietz
P. Tietz
15 goals
Darmstadt 98L. Pfeiffer
L. Pfeiffer
14 goals
Darmstadt 98A. Seydel
A. Seydel
6 goals

Darmstadt 98 missing players

Erzgebirge Aue missing players

Darmstadt 98 Erzgebirge Aue
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
31 15 5 Played P 5 15 31
16 8 3 Won W 0 2 5
6 3 1 Drew D 3 5 8
9 4 1 Lost L 2 8 18
61 33 13 Scored S 3 17 31
44 23 5 Conceded C 11 32 63
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 80% 93% 94%
87% 93% 80% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 93% 81%
65% 67% 60% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 67% 61%
45% 60% 60% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 47% 45%
19% 27% 20% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 20% 19%
58% 53% 60% BTTS BTTS 40% 60% 55%
29% 33% 40% Clean Sheets C S 20% 13% 19%
13% 13% 0% Failed to Score F T 60% 33% 32%
 
4.5 5.2 4.4 Corners for (avg) C F 1.6 3.5 3.7
4.5 3.9 4.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6 6.1 5.7
2.4 2.3 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.1
2 1 1 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
16.3 16.8 17.4 Shots (avg) S ( 7.4 11.5 12.5
5.6 5.9 7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3.1 3.9
35% 37% 37% Goal Efficiency G E 17% 36% 26%
 
13.6 11.1 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 17 14.9 14.3
4.5 3.6 2.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6 5.3 5.2
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Erzgebirge Aue have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Erzgebirge Aue have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Erzgebirge Aue have the most conceded goals (63) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Erzgebirge Aue have the most conceded goals in the first half (30) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Erzgebirge Aue have the the worst goal difference (-32) in 2. Bundesliga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Werder Bremen 31 16 9 6 58 40 15 7 6 2 25 14 16 9 3 4 33 26 18 57
2 Schalke 04 31 17 5 9 65 40 16 9 2 5 37 25 15 8 3 4 28 15 25 56
3 Darmstadt 98 31 16 6 9 61 44 15 8 3 4 33 23 16 8 3 5 28 21 17 54
4 St. Pauli 31 15 8 8 56 42 15 10 3 2 34 16 16 5 5 6 22 26 14 53
5 Hamburger SV 31 13 12 6 58 32 16 8 6 2 34 16 15 5 6 4 24 16 26 51
6 Nürnberg 31 14 8 9 47 43 16 8 3 5 25 21 15 6 5 4 22 22 4 50
7 Paderborn 31 12 11 8 54 41 16 3 7 6 24 24 15 9 4 2 30 17 13 47
8 Heidenheim 31 13 7 11 38 42 15 9 4 2 24 15 16 4 3 9 14 27 -4 46
9 Karlsruher SC 31 9 13 9 52 49 16 5 8 3 30 24 15 4 5 6 22 25 3 40
10 Jahn Regensburg 31 10 9 12 49 46 16 6 4 6 31 27 15 4 5 6 18 19 3 39
11 Hansa Rostock 31 10 9 12 39 49 15 4 4 7 15 22 16 6 5 5 24 27 -10 39
12 Holstein Kiel 31 10 9 12 39 49 16 7 3 6 20 23 15 3 6 6 19 26 -10 39
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf 31 9 11 11 40 38 16 5 6 5 26 20 15 4 5 6 14 18 2 38
14 Sandhausen 31 9 11 11 38 49 15 3 5 7 15 26 16 6 6 4 23 23 -11 38
15 Hannover 96 31 9 9 13 29 45 15 4 6 5 11 17 16 5 3 8 18 28 -16 36
16 Dynamo Dresden 31 7 9 15 30 42 15 5 4 6 17 16 16 2 5 9 13 26 -12 30
17 Erzgebirge Aue 31 5 8 18 31 63 16 3 3 10 14 31 15 2 5 8 17 32 -32 23
18 Ingolstadt 31 4 8 19 28 58 15 2 4 9 12 25 16 2 4 10 16 33 -30 20

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