Sandhausen hope to sell some tickets for this game even though the season has been rough so far with 8 points and a 14th position in the 2. Bundesliga table. Visiting Erzgebirge Aue holds 7th place with 12 pts.
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.
Sandhausen form and stats
2-2-0 (win-draw-lost) are the 2. Bundesliga numbers at home for Sandhausen so far this season. Two draws in a row at home now for Sandhausen.
Sandhausen faced defeat in their previous match, away at Fortuna Dusseldorf (0-1). In the match before that, Sandhausen hosted Eintracht Braunschweig and drew the game 2-2.
Martin Fraisl had a busy but productive day in the Fortuna Dusseldorf match. Despite making seven saves the loss could not be prevented.
Sandhausen have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at BWT-Stadion am Hardtwald with 7 goals in 4 league matches. Sandhausen have conceded 5 in these home matches.
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
As the visiting team in 2. Bundesliga matches, Erzgebirge Aue have produced an overall stat of 1-1-2 so far.
261 minutes! That's how long the Erzgebirge goalkeeper Martin Mannel and his defense have shut out their league opponents.
Pascal Testroet (2) and Dimitriy Nazarov scored in Erzgebirge's previous match, the home game against Darmstadt 98 that ended 3-0. Before that, Erzgebirge travelled to Hannover 96 and returned home with a draw after the game finished 0-0.
The attacking power of Erzgebirge when travelling is not overwhelming with 3 goals scored from 4 league matches away. Erzgebirge have conceded 5 goals in these away matches.
Head 2 Head
Last ten meetings between the teams: Sandhausen won three, Erzgebirge Aue won four and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, seven matches with two goals or less.Top Goalscorers
  P. Testroet 4 goals |   D. Keita-Ruel 3 goals | K. Behrens 2 goals |
Sandhausen missing players
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
| Sandhausen | Erzgebirge Aue | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 4 | 0 | Played | P | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 3 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 4 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 8 | 7 | 0 | Scored | S | 3 | 3 | 10 |
| 12 | 5 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 5 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 62% | 75% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 75% | 88% |
| 50% | 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 50% | 50% |
| 25% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 50% | 75% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 0% | 38% |
| 12% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 100% | 50% | 38% |
| 38% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 75% | 38% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.1 | 3.2 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.8 | 1.6 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 59 | 38 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 15 | 33 | 94 |
| 26 | 16 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 6 | 12 | 36 |
| 31% | 44% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 25% | 28% |
- Sandhausen has the fewest scored goals in the second half (2) in 2. Bundesliga
- Sandhausen have not yet lost a game at home.
- Sandhausen have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Erzgebirge Aue have scored away.
- Sandhausen have scored in all their home matches so far.
- Sandhausen 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 | Hamburger SV | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 17 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 17 |
| 2 | Greuther Furth | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 15 |
| 3 | Paderborn | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 14 |
| 4 | Bochum | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 14 |
| 5 | Osnabruck | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 13 |
| 6 | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| 7 | Erzgebirge Aue | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 12 |
| 8 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | -2 | 11 |
| 9 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 10 |
| 10 | Hannover 96 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 10 |
| 11 | Heidenheim | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 9 |
| 12 | Jahn Regensburg | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | -2 | 9 |
| 13 | Darmstadt 98 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 18 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 12 | -6 | 9 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 7 | -4 | 8 |
| 15 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 17 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 8 |
| 16 | Nurnberg | 7 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | -1 | 7 |
| 17 | St. Pauli | 8 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -4 | 7 |
| 18 | Würzburger Kickers | 8 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 19 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | -11 | 4 |
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