With their 5 point advantage in the league table, Erzgebirge Aue fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against Sandhausen.
Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
Erzgebirge Aue are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Erzgebirgsstadion. 8 wins, 3 draws and 1 defeat is the summary from 12 games.
No payout for Erzgebirge Aue in their previous match, an away game at Dynamo Dresden that ended in defeat 1-2. Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Hamburger SV.
Martin Männel had a busy but productive day in the Dynamo Dresden match. Despite making ten saves the loss could not be prevented.
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 Aue have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 16 matches with the results: Won eight, drawn five and lost three.
Goals decide football matches and Erzgebirge Aue are scoring many of them at home; 24 on target from 12 league matches. Erzgebirge Aue have only conceded 11 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Sandhausen form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Sandhausen so far with only 11 points returning home. The records show 2-5-5 (win-draw-lose).
There were no winners in Sandhausen's previous match, a 2. Bundesliga home game that ended 2-2 vs St. Pauli (placed 11th). Before that, Sandhausen travelled to Bochum and returned home with a draw after the game finished 4-4.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 17 similar matches played by Sandhausen in our archives, and the results are: five wins for Sandhausen, four draws and eight defeats.
Sandhausen find the net regularly in their away games. 13 goals from 12 away fixtures in the league. 16 goals have been conceded by Sandhausen in these games.
Head 2 Head
Erzgebirge Aue and Sandhausen have met before this season: Sandhausen - Erzgebirge Aue 2-2. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Erzgebirge Aue three wins, three draws and Sandhausen four victories. As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
 K. Behrens 11 goals |   D. Nazarov 8 goals |  J. Hochscheidt 8 goals |
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
Sandhausen missing players
| Erzgebirge Aue | Sandhausen | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 25 | 12 | 3 | Played | P | 5 | 12 | 25 |
| 9 | 8 | 3 | Won | W | 1 | 2 | 6 |
| 7 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 5 | 11 |
| 9 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| 34 | 24 | 11 | Scored | S | 5 | 13 | 30 |
| 34 | 11 | 6 | Conceded | C | 6 | 16 | 33 |
| 88% | 83% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 96% |
| 72% | 67% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 75% | 72% |
| 52% | 58% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 20% | 17% | 32% |
| 36% | 42% | 100% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 20% | 17% | 28% |
| 16% | 25% | 100% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 52% | 58% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 60% | 50% | 56% |
| 28% | 42% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 8% | 12% |
| 32% | 17% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 40% | 42% | 36% |
| 3.3 | 3.3 | 2.7 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5.6 | 6 | 6 |
| 6.6 | 6.1 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4 | 4.2 | 5 |
| 2.5 | 2.2 | 3.3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 310 | 162 | 33 | Total Shots | T S | 88 | 200 | 412 |
| 107 | 58 | 18 | Shots on Target | S O | 22 | 55 | 114 |
| 32% | 41% | 61% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 23% | 24% | 26% |
- Erzgebirge Aue have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Erzgebirge Aue have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Erzgebirge Aue have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Sandhausen has the most matches under the total-line (17)
- Sandhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Sandhausen is in the worst form (0-2-4)
| 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 | 25 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 50 | 24 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 26 | 51 |
| 2 | Stuttgart | 25 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 41 | 28 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 19 | 13 | 45 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 25 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 48 | 28 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 27 | 9 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 21 | 19 | 20 | 44 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 25 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 34 | 26 | 13 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 22 | 11 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 8 | 41 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 25 | 10 | 6 | 9 | 37 | 33 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 4 | 19 | 15 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 36 |
| 6 | Darmstadt 98 | 25 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 31 | 31 | 13 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 17 | 0 | 36 |
| 7 | Holstein Kiel | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 17 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 23 | 21 | 0 | 34 |
| 8 | Erzgebirge Aue | 25 | 9 | 7 | 9 | 34 | 34 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 23 | 0 | 34 |
| 9 | Hannover 96 | 25 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 34 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 19 | 13 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 19 | 18 | -3 | 32 |
| 10 | Jahn Regensburg | 25 | 9 | 5 | 11 | 36 | 42 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 25 | -6 | 32 |
| 11 | St. Pauli | 25 | 7 | 9 | 9 | 33 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 4 | 3 | 20 | 12 | 12 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 13 | 20 | 1 | 30 |
| 12 | Osnabrück | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 32 | 35 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 19 | -3 | 29 |
| 13 | Sandhausen | 25 | 6 | 11 | 8 | 30 | 33 | 13 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 17 | 17 | 12 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -3 | 29 |
| 14 | Nurnberg | 25 | 7 | 8 | 10 | 34 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 23 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 22 | -11 | 29 |
| 15 | Bochum | 25 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 40 | 45 | 13 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 28 | 27 | 12 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -5 | 28 |
| 16 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 25 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 31 | 43 | 12 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 24 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 20 | 19 | -12 | 25 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 25 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 33 | 46 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 22 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 15 | 24 | -13 | 24 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 25 | 6 | 6 | 13 | 25 | 41 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 16 | 18 | 12 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 9 | 23 | -16 | 24 |
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