Hamburger SV vs Erzgebirge Aue preview for football people

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Tue 05.April
Match begins: 16:30 (UTC)
Venue: Volksparkstadion (57000 seats)

Victory to the hosting team is anticipated from this fixture if the league standings is anything to judge by. The Hamburger SV fans are positive that the gulf between 6th and Erzgebirge Aue's 17th spot in the table will be revealed on the ground.

Insights:
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals (29) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Erzgebirge Aue have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.

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.

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Hamburger SV form and stats

6-6-2 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Hamburger SV so far this season. Two defeats in a row at home hurts for Hamburger SV, their manager Walter and the supporters. There are certain expectations for improvement.

The Hamburger crowd went home unhappy last time out, seeing their beloved players lose 1-2 to Paderborn here at Volksparkstadion. Midfielder Meffert was the best player on the team with a rating of 7.24 (out of ten) in that game. Meffert served one assist, hit two key passes, dribled past the opponent 1 of 2 times and had 73 successful passes (of 80 total).

Heartbreak before that as Hamburger SV lost 1-2 at Nurnberg's place.

The home team are expected to win this game about three out of four times, according to the bookmaker odds. When checking the database for Hamburger home games with this odds we find six games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in five wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.

The Hamburger SV fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 27 goals in 14 league matches. Hamburger SV's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 16 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Erzgebirge Aue form and stats

There's been little loot from Erzgebirge Aue's travels as they have only collected 8 points from 13 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Erzgebirge Aue only have 1 win to counter their 7 defeats and 5 draws.

Erzgebirge lost away at Ingolstadt (2-3) in their previous game and are perhaps starting to feel homesick. Gonther, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 7.8. Gonther scored one goal, hit one key pass and won 7 of 10 duels.

The game before that, was lost at home, a 0-3 defeat against Karlsruher SC.

After this away game Erzgebirge Aue return home for a 2. Bundesliga game against Hannover 96. That game is only four sleeps after this.

Erzgebirge have scored 15 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. The Erzgebirge Aue manager Dotchev has some worries about the defense as 28 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

Erzgebirge Aue - Hamburger 1-1 was the result in these sides' previous head to head match, played this season. Head-2-head stats last seven meetings: three - three - one (Hamburger SV wins - draws - Erzgebirge Aue wins). As for goals, five matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

Hamburger SVR. Glatzel
R. Glatzel
16 goals
Hamburger SVS. Kittel
S. Kittel
7 goals
Erzgebirge AueA. Jonjic
A. Jonjic
6 goals

Hamburger SV missing players

Erzgebirge Aue missing players

Hamburger SV Erzgebirge Aue
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
27 14 4 Played P 4 13 27
10 6 2 Won W 0 1 4
12 6 2 Drew D 3 5 7
5 2 0 Lost L 1 7 16
47 27 7 Scored S 3 15 26
29 16 3 Conceded C 7 28 54
96% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 75% 92% 93%
93% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 92% 78%
52% 64% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 69% 59%
26% 29% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 46% 41%
15% 14% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 23% 22%
74% 79% 75% BTTS BTTS 50% 69% 56%
22% 21% 25% Clean Sheets C S 25% 8% 19%
7% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 50% 31% 33%
 
6.2 7.4 10 Corners for (avg) C F 1.5 3.3 3.6
5.1 4.4 3.8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 5.8 5.7
2.1 1.9 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.2 2.7 2.1
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 4
 
14.3 16.1 19.5 Shots (avg) S ( 8 11.9 12.9
5.3 6.9 6.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.5 3.2 3.9
33% 28% 26% Goal Efficiency G E 21% 37% 25%
 
12.6 11.8 8.8 Shots against (avg) S A 16.5 15 14.5
4.1 3.7 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 5.2 5.1
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Hamburger SV's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Erzgebirge Aue have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
  • Erzgebirge Aue have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Hamburger SV have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Hamburger SV have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals (29) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest conceded goals in the second half (14) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV have the fewest matches over the total-line (4) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hamburger SV haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Darmstadt 98 28 15 6 7 56 35 14 8 3 3 31 18 14 7 3 4 25 17 21 51
2 St. Pauli 28 15 6 7 53 38 13 10 2 1 32 13 15 5 4 6 21 25 15 51
3 Werder Bremen 27 15 6 6 51 36 13 7 4 2 23 12 14 8 2 4 28 24 15 51
4 Schalke 04 28 15 5 8 56 34 14 8 2 4 33 21 14 7 3 4 23 13 22 50
5 Nurnberg 27 13 7 7 40 34 14 7 3 4 20 16 13 6 4 3 20 18 6 46
6 Hamburger SV 27 10 12 5 47 29 14 6 6 2 27 16 13 4 6 3 20 13 18 42
7 Heidenheim 27 12 6 9 34 35 13 8 4 1 21 12 14 4 2 8 13 23 -1 42
8 Paderborn 28 10 10 8 48 39 14 2 6 6 19 22 14 8 4 2 29 17 9 40
9 Karlsruher SC 27 9 10 8 46 40 14 5 6 3 26 20 13 4 4 5 20 20 6 37
10 Jahn Regensburg 28 10 7 11 45 40 14 6 3 5 28 22 14 4 4 6 17 18 5 37
11 Hansa Rostock 28 10 7 11 36 43 14 4 3 7 14 21 14 6 4 4 22 22 -7 37
12 Holstein Kiel 28 9 7 12 37 48 14 6 2 6 18 22 14 3 5 6 19 26 -11 34
13 Fortuna Dusseldorf 27 8 8 11 33 34 14 4 5 5 21 18 13 4 3 6 12 16 -1 32
14 Hannover 96 28 8 8 12 26 41 14 4 5 5 11 17 14 4 3 7 15 24 -15 32
15 Sandhausen 27 7 9 11 30 44 13 2 4 7 12 24 14 5 5 4 18 20 -14 30
16 Dynamo Dresden 28 7 7 14 27 38 14 5 3 6 17 16 14 2 4 8 10 22 -11 28
17 Erzgebirge Aue 27 4 7 16 26 54 14 3 2 9 11 26 13 1 5 7 15 28 -28 19
18 Ingolstadt 28 4 6 18 25 54 14 2 4 8 12 24 14 2 2 10 13 30 -29 18

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The 2. Bundesliga (Zweite Bundesliga) is the second level of German professional football. Like the Bundesliga it has 18 clubs playing a total of 306 fixtures to decide the final league table. The two top teams are promoted while number three has to qualify through a playoff. Two or three teams are relegated through a similar system.