With their 4 point advantage in the league table, Erzgebirge Aue fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Nürnberg.
- Erzgebirge Aue have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Nürnberg have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in 2. Bundesliga
This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
7 victories, 4 draws and 3 defeats. That’s what Erzgebirge Aue have to build on here at Erzgebirgsstadion in the 2. Bundesliga.
The Erzgebirge Aue fans got no joy from their last match, a 2. Bundesliga game also here at Erzgebirgsstadion: A 1-3 defeat against St. Pauli (placed 8th). 1-1 away at Jahn Regensburg before that.
Martin Männel had a busy but productive day in the St. Pauli match. Despite making six saves the loss could not be prevented.
Erzgebirge are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Bundesliga match at Eintracht Braunschweig awaits in three days.
A decent goal production from Erzgebirge in their home games so far, with 24 goals from 14 league matches. Erzgebirge have conceded 18 in these home matches.
Nürnberg form and stats
4 wins, 4 draws and 6 losses. That’s the product of Nürnberg playing as the away team in the 2. Bundesliga this season. Two points from the last two away games for Nürnberg, which the math geniuses among you will translate to two draws.
Nürnberg are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 1-1 draw at Wurzburger Kickers (placed 18th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Paderborn.
A new game in only four days for Nürnberg, the 2. Bundesliga home match versus Heidenheim. Busy days.
Nürnberg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 19 away goals from 14 games (in the league). In the opposite end, Nürnberg have conceded 22 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Nürnberg - Erzgebirge 1-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Erzgebirge two wins, one draw and Nürnberg seven victories. As for goals, six matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), four games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Testroet 12 goals |  F. Krüger 11 goals |   M. Schäffler 10 goals |
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
Nürnberg missing players
| Erzgebirge Aue | Nürnberg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 28 | 14 | 4 | Played | P | 4 | 14 | 28 |
| 10 | 7 | 3 | Won | W | 3 | 4 | 8 |
| 7 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| 11 | 3 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 6 | 11 |
| 37 | 24 | 7 | Scored | S | 7 | 19 | 36 |
| 40 | 18 | 4 | Conceded | C | 3 | 22 | 42 |
| 96% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 82% | 93% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 86% | 79% |
| 54% | 57% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 50% | 46% |
| 25% | 29% | 25% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 25% | 43% | 32% |
| 14% | 14% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 18% |
| 50% | 64% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 64% | 68% |
| 21% | 21% | 25% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 14% | 18% |
| 32% | 14% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 21% | 18% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 1.7 | 1.4 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.2 | 1.9 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 11.9 | 13.5 | 14.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 13.6 | 13 |
| 4.1 | 4.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | 4.4 |
| 32% | 35% | 39% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 39% | 29% | 29% |
- Erzgebirge Aue have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Erzgebirge Aue haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Nürnberg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Nürnberg have the fewest points from losing position (1) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in 2. Bundesliga
- Nürnberg haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 | Bochum | 28 | 17 | 3 | 8 | 50 | 30 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 28 | 11 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 5 | 22 | 19 | 20 | 54 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 28 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 57 | 35 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 30 | 13 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 22 | 22 | 50 |
| 3 | Greuther Furth | 27 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 51 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 23 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 28 | 15 | 19 | 50 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 26 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 39 | 25 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 14 | 14 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 14 | 46 |
| 5 | Heidenheim | 28 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 41 | 36 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 25 | 5 | 45 |
| 6 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 27 | 12 | 7 | 8 | 39 | 37 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 22 | 16 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 17 | 21 | 2 | 43 |
| 7 | Karlsruher SC | 27 | 12 | 6 | 9 | 39 | 33 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 14 | 14 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 6 | 42 |
| 8 | St. Pauli | 28 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 44 | 44 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 23 | 22 | 0 | 41 |
| 9 | Paderborn | 28 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 38 | 34 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 26 | 19 | 14 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 38 |
| 10 | Erzgebirge Aue | 28 | 10 | 7 | 11 | 37 | 40 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 24 | 18 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 22 | -3 | 37 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 27 | 10 | 6 | 11 | 41 | 36 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 17 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 5 | 36 |
| 12 | Darmstadt 98 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 13 | 45 | 47 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 19 | 14 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 28 | -2 | 35 |
| 13 | Jahn Regensburg | 27 | 8 | 10 | 9 | 29 | 33 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 16 | -4 | 34 |
| 14 | Nürnberg | 28 | 8 | 9 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 14 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 17 | 20 | 14 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 22 | -6 | 33 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 28 | 7 | 8 | 13 | 27 | 46 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 27 | -19 | 29 |
| 16 | Osnabruck | 28 | 7 | 5 | 16 | 25 | 45 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 26 | 14 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 19 | -20 | 26 |
| 17 | Sandhausen | 27 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 29 | 47 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 12 | 8 | 29 | -18 | 25 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 28 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 30 | 55 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 19 | 26 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 12 | 11 | 29 | -25 | 20 |
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