Match preview 2. Bundesliga: Erzgebirge Aue - Heidenheim at Erzgebirgsstadion

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

Erzgebirge Aue form and stats

4 victories, 1 draw and 0 defeats. That’s what Erzgebirge Aue have to build on here at Erzgebirgsstadion in the 2. Bundesliga. Nine out of nine points from the last three home games for Erzgebirge Aue, and the home supporters are ready to scream their lungs out to keep the winning streak alive.

In their previous game, the manager D. Schuster led his Erzgebirge Aue to a defeat in the DFB Pokal match away at Fortuna Düsseldorf. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at Erzgebirgsstadion. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Darmstadt 98 (0-1).

This is expected to be a close game, with Erzgebirge Aue perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Erzgebirge Aue as a small favourite), we find 17 games. Erzgebirge Aue has won 9 of these, drawn 5 and lost 3.

Goals decide football matches and Erzgebirge Aue are scoring many of them at home; 12 on target from 5 league matches. On the other hand, Erzgebirge Aue have conceded 6 goals.

Heidenheim form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their 2. Bundesliga travels is 1 win, 3 draws and 1 defeat. It's three draws from Heidenheim's last three away games, a decent catch but one that could be so much better.

Two away games in a row for Heidenheim, who will hope to get a better result in this one after losing 1-4 versus Werder Bremen in the DFB Pokal. A home win before that, celebrating 1-0 vs St. Pauli.

Heidenheim did not look prepared in the first half against Werder Bremen and lost the game during the first 45 minutes. They need to evaluate their pre-match routine before this one.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found ten similar matches played by Heidenheim in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Heidenheim, 5 draws and 1 defeat.

Heidenheim find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 7 goals from 5 away fixtures in the league. 6 goals have been conceded by Heidenheim in these games.

Head 2 Head

Head-to-head totals (for the last ten meetings): Erzgebirge Aue won 1 game, 4 matches ended with a draw and Heidenheim has 5 wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: 3 / 7

Top Goalscorers

D. Nazarov 5 goals

R. Leipertz 5 goals

J. Hochscheidt 3 goals

Erzgebirge Aue missing players

Heidenheim missing players