Fortuna Düsseldorf perform at a high level so far being 4th in the table. Erzgebirge Aue can look both up and down from their 11th position.
Both teams have had enough rest since their last competitive action. Let's hope for an energetic game!
For Erzgebirge most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats
Fortuna Düsseldorf are steadily winning 2. Bundesliga games and points here at Merkur Spiel-Arena. 10 wins, 4 draws and 2 defeats is the summary from 16 games.
Ahead of that match, Düsseldorf won a home game hosting Karlsruher SC (3-2).
Düsseldorf have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Merkur Spiel-Arena with 29 goals in 16 league matches. Düsseldorf's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 20 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
Erzgebirge Aue have only collected 16 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 4-4-8 (16 played).
Before that, Erzgebirge travelled to Karlsruher SC and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
Leading 2-0 was not enough for Erzgebirge Aue in their fight with Paderborn last time out. Happy faces soon turned sour as mistakes flourished in what ended up a 3-8 loss. Erzgebirge lost the plot completely in their previous game, as mentioned above. They need to recover quickly from that 3-8 beating and focus on this one. Imagine losing a game despite one player scoring three goals? That's the story of Dimitriy Nazarov in the match against Paderborn.
The visitors have scored 15 goals from 16 away games in the league, an average of less than one per game. As opposed to that, Erzgebirge have seen the ball go into their own net 22 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
The most recent history between these sides is the Erzgebirge Aue - Düsseldorf 0-3 played earlier this season. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Düsseldorf seven wins, one draw and Erzgebirge Aue two victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
![]() P. Testroet 12 goals | ![]() F. Krüger 11 goals | ![]() R. Hennings 9 goals |
Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
| Fortuna Düsseldorf | Erzgebirge Aue | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 15 | 10 | 5 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 11 |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| 50 | 29 | 13 | Scored | S | 0 | 15 | 42 |
| 43 | 20 | 6 | Conceded | C | 11 | 22 | 49 |
| 91% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 88% | 94% |
| 81% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 80% | 69% | 78% |
| 69% | 62% | 80% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 40% | 44% | 50% |
| 28% | 44% | 60% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 19% | 25% |
| 19% | 25% | 40% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 12% | 16% |
| 53% | 50% | 80% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 31% | 47% |
| 34% | 38% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 25% |
| 22% | 19% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 100% | 50% | 34% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.2 | 2.6 | 2.2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.7 |
| 6 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 5 | 5 |
| 12.6 | 13 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 6.8 | 10.5 | 11.6 |
| 4.6 | 4.9 | 6.8 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 1.6 | 3.4 | 4 |
| 34% | 37% | 38% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 33% |
| 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 | 32 | 20 | 3 | 9 | 62 | 37 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 37 | 15 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 25 | 22 | 25 | 63 |
| 2 | Greuther Fürth | 32 | 16 | 10 | 6 | 62 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 31 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 19 | 22 | 58 |
| 3 | Holstein Kiel | 30 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 49 | 27 | 14 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 25 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 24 | 13 | 22 | 56 |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 50 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 21 | 23 | 7 | 53 |
| 5 | Hamburger SV | 31 | 14 | 10 | 7 | 60 | 39 | 15 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 31 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 29 | 25 | 21 | 52 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 32 | 15 | 6 | 11 | 47 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 20 | 28 | 5 | 51 |
| 7 | St. Pauli | 32 | 13 | 8 | 11 | 50 | 51 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 28 | -1 | 47 |
| 8 | Paderborn | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 50 | 40 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 22 | 16 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 18 | 10 | 46 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 32 | 12 | 10 | 10 | 46 | 41 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 25 | 5 | 46 |
| 10 | Darmstadt 98 | 32 | 13 | 6 | 13 | 55 | 52 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 24 | 22 | 16 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 31 | 30 | 3 | 45 |
| 11 | Erzgebirge Aue | 32 | 11 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 49 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 27 | 27 | 16 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 22 | -7 | 41 |
| 12 | Nurnberg | 31 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 41 | 44 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 21 | 22 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 20 | 22 | -3 | 40 |
| 13 | Hannover 96 | 31 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 50 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 20 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 21 | 27 | 3 | 39 |
| 14 | Jahn Regensburg | 31 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 32 | 45 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 24 | -13 | 35 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 38 | 57 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 0 | 15 | 11 | 36 | -19 | 31 |
| 16 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 32 | 7 | 10 | 15 | 29 | 53 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 16 | 21 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 13 | 32 | -24 | 31 |
| 17 | Osnabruck | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 31 | 54 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 18 | 22 | -23 | 30 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 32 | 5 | 6 | 21 | 34 | 67 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 32 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 13 | 13 | 35 | -33 | 21 |
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