Season ticket holders at Heinz-Steyer-Stadion haven't seen too many victories this season, with Dynamo Dresden languishing in the 18th position so far. The guesting Erzgebirge Aue will be hopeful to defend their higher league position in this one.
Dynamo Dresden and Erzgebirge Aue should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Dynamo Dresden form and stats
The story so far in the 2. Bundesliga for Dynamo Dresden at their home stadium (Heinz-Steyer-Stadion) is 4 wins, 2 draws and 6 defeats. The Dynamo Dresden manager M. Kauczinski might feel some added pressure to get something from this game after two straight home defeats.
Dynamo Dresden enjoyed a nice away win last time out, playing at Jahn Regensburg's place. The match ended 2-1 with Patrick Schmidt and Simon Makienok scoring. Preceding that match was the home game against Bochum that was lost 1-2.
This is expected to be a close game, with Dynamo Dresden perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Dynamo Dresden as a small favourite), we find 16 games. Dynamo Dresden has won four of these, drawn four and lost eight.
Dynamo Dresden has scored 14 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. Dynamo Dresden's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 17 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
There's been little loot from Erzgebirge Aue's travels as they have only collected 7 points from 12 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Erzgebirge Aue only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 4 draws. The loyal fans travelling with their beloved Erzgebirge Aue have enjoyed the stadium food more than the matches as the visitors have gone eleven consecutive matches without winning on the road. The last time three points were secured away was the Greuther Fürth game.
Did you know that the longest clean sheet streak is 1816 minutes? This record is held by Mazaropi when he played in Vasco da Gama. Erzgebirge Aue goalkeeper Martin Mannel is eager to challenge this, with his 207 minutes of keeping balls out from the net.
Erzgebirge Aue won their last game, 3-0 versus Hamburger SV played at home. Before that, Erzgebirge Aue travelled to Osnabrück and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found four similar matches played by Erzgebirge Aue in our archives, and the results are: one win for Erzgebirge Aue, zero draws and three defeats.
The attacking power of Erzgebirge Aue when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 12 league matches away. In the opposite end, Erzgebirge Aue have conceded 21 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
The last H2H meeting was Erzgebirge Aue - Dynamo Dresden 4-1, played this season. Last ten meetings between the teams: Dynamo Dresden won three, Erzgebirge Aue won three and four draws. five games with over 2,5 goals, five matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Nazarov 8 goals |  J. Hochscheidt 7 goals |  P. Testroet 5 goals |
Dynamo Dresden missing players
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
| Dynamo Dresden | Erzgebirge Aue | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 24 | 12 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 12 | 24 |
| 5 | 4 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 4 | 7 |
| 13 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 2 | 7 | 8 |
| 23 | 14 | 6 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 33 |
| 40 | 17 | 8 | Conceded | C | 6 | 21 | 32 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 92% | 88% |
| 71% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 75% | 71% |
| 54% | 50% | 75% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 42% | 50% |
| 25% | 17% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 33% | 38% |
| 17% | 17% | 25% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 17% |
| 54% | 58% | 75% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 42% | 50% |
| 21% | 17% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 17% | 29% |
| 38% | 25% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 50% | 33% |
| 3.8 | 4.4 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 3.2 | 3.2 | 3.3 |
| 5 | 4.2 | 5.8 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.5 | 7.2 | 6.7 |
| 2.3 | 2.2 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.8 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 3 | 3 | 2 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 2 | 3 |
| 257 | 144 | 47 | Total Shots | T S | 48 | 137 | 299 |
| 86 | 53 | 23 | Shots on Target | S O | 14 | 44 | 102 |
| 27% | 26% | 26% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 21% | 20% | 32% |
- Dynamo Dresden has the fewest scored goals (23)
- Dynamo Dresden has the most conceded goals in the first half (20)
- Dynamo Dresden has the the worst goal difference (-17)
- Dynamo Dresden haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Erzgebirge Aue have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Erzgebirge Aue have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Arminia Bielefeld | 24 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 49 | 23 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 26 | 50 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 24 | 13 | 5 | 6 | 40 | 27 | 12 | 10 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 44 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 24 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 46 | 27 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 25 | 8 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 19 | 41 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 24 | 10 | 8 | 6 | 31 | 25 | 12 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 6 | 38 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 24 | 10 | 5 | 9 | 36 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 17 | 17 | 4 | 35 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 24 | 8 | 11 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 35 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 24 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 33 | 32 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 21 | 1 | 34 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 24 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 37 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 33 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 24 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 35 | 40 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -5 | 32 |
| 10 | St. Pauli | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 30 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 18 | 1 | 29 |
| 11 | Osnabrück | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 30 | 29 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 1 | 29 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 31 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 18 | -6 | 29 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 24 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 42 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -8 | 29 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 24 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 28 | 31 | 12 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 28 |
| 15 | Bochum | 24 | 6 | 9 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 27 |
| 16 | Karlsruher SC | 24 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 32 | 43 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 21 | -11 | 24 |
| 17 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 24 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 25 | 41 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 17 | -16 | 22 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 24 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 23 | 40 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 14 | 17 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -17 | 21 |
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