16th- against 12th place might not sound all that hot. But: Here's the intelligence that makes Erzgebirge Aue - Dynamo Dresden (even) more engrossing!
- Dynamo Dresden have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
Both contenders have had time to rest since their previous game. Let's wish for an active game!
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
Erzgebirge Aue's results here at Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion in the 2. Bundesliga have been very modest with 2 victories, 2 draws and 4 defeats.
The fans are hoping that Erzgebirge will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-4 away loss in the 2. Bundesliga game against Werder Bremen (placed 9th). Erzgebirge were outplayed and humiliated in their previous game, as mentioned in the paragraph above. They will need to reinstall their confidence before this one. The striker Dimitriy Nazarov outperformed all the other players in that game and received a match rating of 7.81 out of 10. Nazarov hit the woodwork once, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times.
Before that game, the home loss against Darmstadt 98 with the scoreline 1-2.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Erzgebirge have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 15 matches with the results: Won nine, drawn two and lost four.
Erzgebirge have scored 7 league goals here from 8 matches, not a lot. It's worth mentioning that 4 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. 11 goals have been conceded.
Dynamo Dresden form and stats
Dynamo Dresden have only collected 4 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 1-1-6 (8 played). It's all red in the travel logs of Dresden, having lost six matches in a row as the visiting team.
Impressive finishing from Christoph Daferner and Ransford Konigsdorffer (2) secured the home win 3-1 against Karlsruher SC in their previous game. Attacker Ransford Konigsdorffer got a player rating of 8.41 in the game. "Man of the match" Konigsdorffer scored two goals, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 3 of 6 times.
Prior to that match, the Dresden manager A. Schmidt faced defeat when travelling to Jahn Regensburg and losing 1-3.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Dynamo Dresden in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Dynamo Dresden, two draws and five defeats.
The attacking power of Dresden when travelling is not overwhelming with 7 goals scored from 8 league matches away. For Dynamo Dresden, more than two goals on average per game end up in their own net. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
Stats for the preceeding ten meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Erzgebirge Aue, three draws and five wins for Dynamo Dresden. Over 2,5 goals: six times; under 2,5 goals: four games.Top Goalscorers
  C. Daferner 8 goals |   A. Jonjic 5 goals | H. Mörschel 3 goals |
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
Dynamo Dresden missing players
| Erzgebirge Aue | Dynamo Dresden | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 16 | 8 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 8 | 16 |
| 3 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 8 | 4 | 1 | Lost | L | 1 | 6 | 9 |
| 14 | 7 | 1 | Scored | S | 4 | 7 | 19 |
| 26 | 11 | 2 | Conceded | C | 3 | 16 | 22 |
| 88% | 88% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 62% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 88% | 75% |
| 50% | 38% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 75% | 62% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 25% | 19% |
| 12% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 56% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 62% | 38% |
| 25% | 38% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 25% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 38% | 38% |
| 3.6 | 3.9 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 4.9 | 5.1 |
| 5.5 | 5.8 | 7.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.5 | 5.6 | 4.9 |
| 2.1 | 1.2 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.5 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 12.7 | 12.6 | 12 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 15.5 | 12.1 | 13.6 |
| 3.7 | 4.4 | 3.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 3.5 | 4.9 |
| 24% | 20% | 14% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 36% | 25% | 24% |
| 14.3 | 13.5 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 17.5 | 16.4 | 14.1 |
| 4.4 | 4.4 | 1.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6 | 6.4 | 4.5 |
- Dynamo Dresden have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
- Dynamo Dresden have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Dynamo Dresden have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Dynamo Dresden haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 36 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 17 | 35 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 38 | 20 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 14 | 18 | 29 |
| 3 | Jahn Regensburg | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 22 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 10 | 28 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 7 | 12 | 27 |
| 5 | Nurnberg | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 27 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 12 | -1 | 27 |
| 7 | Hamburger SV | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 27 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 16 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 26 |
| 8 | Schalke 04 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 21 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 19 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 26 |
| 9 | Werder Bremen | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 23 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 26 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 11 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 21 |
| 11 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 11 | -1 | 19 |
| 12 | Dynamo Dresden | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 16 | -3 | 19 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 19 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 12 | -7 | 19 |
| 14 | Holstein Kiel | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 14 | -10 | 17 |
| 15 | Hannover 96 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 11 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 15 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Erzgebirge Aue | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 15 | -12 | 14 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 34 | 8 | 0 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -17 | 13 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 16 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 10 | 35 | 7 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 23 | -25 | 7 |
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