The guesting Schalke 04 side are probably the strongest party at Erzgebirge Aue, as the visitors own a 16 point supremacy from their 19 league games this season.
- Schalke 04 have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
This promises to be an engrossing fixture with lots of fun and energy as both teams are well rested since they last ran out on the pitch. Get this show on the road!
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
Erzgebirge Aue's struggle is real here at Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion with only 8 points collected from 10 2. Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-2-6. With Erzgebirge Aue having lost three times in a row here, the pressure is increasing on the manager Dochev.
Erzgebirge Aue shared the glory with St. Pauli in their last match, an away game that ended all square 2-2. The hometeam coach Dochev made a successful contribution in the game against St. Pauli, bringing on Trujić who scored the equalizer in the 2-2 draw. Midfield player Zolinski got a match rating of 7.4 in that game, the max score being 10. Zolinski scored one goal and hit one key pass.
Ahead of that match, Erzgebirge lost 1-3 at home to Nurnberg.Erzgebirge Aue aren't scoring a lot here at Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion in the league, with only 8 goals from 10 games. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Erzgebirge Aue defense is not exactly impregnable. 15 goals conceded from 10 games. You can find more goal stats on the Statistics tab above.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The visitors are W4-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.
There were no winners in Schalke 04's previous match, a 2. Bundesliga home game that ended 1-1 vs Holstein Kiel (placed 13th). Midfielder Ouwejan was the best performer of that match, with a rating of 8.03. Ouwejan hit two key passes.
Ahead of that match was the away draw versus Hamburger SV that ended 1-1.Schalke 04 have scored 11 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. As opposed to that, Schalke 04 have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
Erzgebirge and Schalke 04 have duelled previously this season: Schalke 04 - Erzgebirge Aue 1-1. Numbers for the last two meetings featuring these two sides are: one win for Erzgebirge Aue, one draw and zero wins for Schalke 04. Over 2,5 goals: zero times; under 2,5 goals: two games.Top Goalscorers
  S. Terodde 13 goals |  M. Bülter 6 goals |   A. Jonjic 5 goals |
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
Schalke 04 missing players
| Erzgebirge Aue | Schalke 04 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 19 | 10 | 4 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 19 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 4 | 9 |
| 6 | 2 | 2 | Drew | D | 0 | 2 | 4 |
| 10 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 17 | 8 | 4 | Scored | S | 5 | 11 | 35 |
| 32 | 15 | 3 | Conceded | C | 0 | 9 | 24 |
| 89% | 90% | 75% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 74% | 60% | 75% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 67% | 84% |
| 53% | 40% | 25% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 33% | 58% |
| 32% | 30% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 11% | 32% |
| 11% | 10% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 21% |
| 58% | 50% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 44% | 63% |
| 21% | 30% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 44% | 32% |
| 32% | 30% | 25% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 11% | 5% |
| 3.5 | 3.8 | 2.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4 | 5.7 | 5.5 |
| 5.4 | 5.5 | 6.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5.5 | 6.3 | 5.3 |
| 2 | 1.2 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.5 | 2.3 | 1.9 |
| 2 | 2 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 13.1 | 13.9 | 9.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.5 | 16.7 | 16.8 |
| 3.9 | 4.7 | 3.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5.5 | 5.1 | 5.9 |
| 23% | 17% | 27% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 45% | 24% | 31% |
| 14.7 | 14.2 | 13.2 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19.5 | 13.8 | 12.3 |
| 4.7 | 4.6 | 5.2 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 3.9 | 3.8 |
- Schalke 04 have scored more than double the goals of Erzgebirge Aue.
- Schalke 04 have the most clean sheets (4) away in 2. Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 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 | 19 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 39 | 25 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 26 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 37 |
| 2 | Darmstadt 98 | 19 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 43 | 22 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 23 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 14 | 21 | 36 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 19 | 10 | 3 | 6 | 25 | 25 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 10 | 16 | 0 | 33 |
| 4 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 35 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 10 | 32 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 32 | 19 | 10 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 20 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 31 |
| 6 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 35 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 15 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 31 |
| 7 | Jahn Regensburg | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 38 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 11 | 10 | 31 |
| 8 | Paderborn | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 33 | 22 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 21 | 8 | 11 | 30 |
| 9 | Nurnberg | 19 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 23 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 13 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 19 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 3 | 26 |
| 11 | Dynamo Dresden | 19 | 7 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 26 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 19 | -5 | 23 |
| 12 | Hannover 96 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 27 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 16 | -12 | 23 |
| 13 | Holstein Kiel | 19 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | -7 | 22 |
| 14 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 28 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 14 | -5 | 20 |
| 15 | Hansa Rostock | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 21 | 32 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 17 | -11 | 20 |
| 16 | Sandhausen | 19 | 4 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 39 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 18 | -19 | 17 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 19 | 3 | 6 | 10 | 17 | 32 | 10 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 17 | -15 | 15 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 19 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 15 | 39 | 9 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 25 | -24 | 10 |
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