A key match in 2. Bundesliga as both teams are battling for the top positions. With Stuttgart in 3rd position and Erzgebirge Aue placed 6th, this promises to be an exciting meeting. Read on to find out more!
The hosts Stuttgart saw competitive action as recent as three days ago, playing in the DFB Pokal. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Bayer Leverkusen.
Stuttgart form and stats
Stuttgart have performed here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena this season with 8 wins from 10 2. Bundesliga matches. Some points have been lost, as they have drawn 0 games and lost 2. Ever since the Holstein Kiel game Stuttgart has been unbeatable here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena producing four straight wins.
Stuttgart lost their last game at Bayer Leverkusen after a 1-2 scoreline. 1-1 away at St. Pauli before that.
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 Stuttgart home games with this odds we find three games with a similar winning chance. Resulting in two wins, zero draws and one defeat. Looking at the victories, one match were won by at least two goals.
Goals decide football matches and Stuttgart are scoring many of them at home; 21 on target from 10 league matches. Stuttgart are not conceding a lot of goals here at Mercedes-Benz-Arena in the league, averaging less than one per game. The total is 8 from 10 matches.
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
Erzgebirge Aue have only collected 6 points from their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, after 1-3-6 (10 played). The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on D. Schuster, the Erzgebirge Aue manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Erzgebirge Aue have been frustrated by their lack of goals lately, as they haven't scored in the league since they found the net 204 minutes ago. F. Kruger was the goal scorer.
Erzgebirge Aue played 0-0 against Arminia Bielefeld in their previous match. Preceding that game, the 0-1 loss visiting Wehen Wiesbaden's place.
We have done a similar check as we did with the hometeam, looking up recent matches where Erzgebirge Aue played away with similar odds. This revealed two games. The visitors overcame the odds to win zero times, one were draw and the home team won as expected one time.
The attacking power of Erzgebirge Aue when travelling is not overwhelming with 9 goals scored from 10 league matches away. In the opposite end, Erzgebirge Aue have conceded 18 goals in their away games.
Head 2 Head
Stuttgart and Erzgebirge Aue have met before this season: Stuttgart - Erzgebirge Aue 3-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last four matches): Stuttgart three wins, one draw and Erzgebirge Aue zero victories. As for goals, three matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), one game had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  D. Nazarov 7 goals |   N. González 6 goals |  H. Al Ghaddioui 5 goals |
Stuttgart missing players
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
| Stuttgart | Erzgebirge Aue | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 10 | 2 | Played | P | 3 | 10 | 20 |
| 10 | 8 | 2 | Won | W | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| 5 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Lost | L | 2 | 6 | 6 |
| 34 | 21 | 5 | Scored | S | 3 | 9 | 29 |
| 25 | 8 | 0 | Conceded | C | 7 | 18 | 27 |
| 95% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 90% |
| 80% | 90% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 80% | 70% |
| 65% | 80% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 40% | 45% |
| 30% | 20% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 67% | 40% | 45% |
| 10% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 20% |
| 65% | 60% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 33% | 50% | 55% |
| 25% | 30% | 100% | Clean Sheets | C S | 33% | 10% | 25% |
| 15% | 10% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 33% | 40% | 30% |
| 6.5 | 5.3 | 3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2 | 3.4 | 3.3 |
| 3.9 | 3.7 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7.7 | 7.6 | 7 |
| 2.2 | 1.8 | 1.5 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.3 | 2.7 | 2.5 |
| 4 | 3 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 359 | 179 | 29 | Total Shots | T S | 31 | 121 | 244 |
| 115 | 54 | 10 | Shots on Target | S O | 17 | 38 | 86 |
| 30% | 39% | 50% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 18% | 24% | 34% |
- Erzgebirge Aue have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Erzgebirge Aue haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
- Stuttgart has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (11)
- Stuttgart have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Stuttgart have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
- Stuttgart have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Erzgebirge Aue have scored away.
- Stuttgart have won significantly less corners at home than away.
- Stuttgart 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 | Arminia Bielefeld | 20 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 37 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 38 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 43 | 21 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 15 | 22 | 37 |
| 3 | Stuttgart | 20 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 25 | 10 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 21 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 17 | 9 | 35 |
| 4 | Heidenheim | 21 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 11 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 34 |
| 5 | Greuther Fürth | 20 | 9 | 4 | 7 | 30 | 24 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 31 |
| 6 | Erzgebirge Aue | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 29 | 27 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 20 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 30 |
| 7 | Jahn Regensburg | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 33 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 29 |
| 8 | Osnabrück | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 28 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 20 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 32 | 31 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 20 | 17 | 1 | 27 |
| 10 | Sandhausen | 21 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 24 | 24 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 11 | Darmstadt 98 | 21 | 5 | 11 | 5 | 26 | 30 | 10 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 15 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 16 | -4 | 26 |
| 12 | St. Pauli | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 25 | 27 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 16 | -2 | 22 |
| 13 | Nürnberg | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 38 | 11 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 13 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 20 | -9 | 22 |
| 14 | Hannover 96 | 20 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 24 | 33 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -9 | 22 |
| 15 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 24 | 37 | 10 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 10 | 22 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 15 | -13 | 21 |
| 16 | Bochum | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 33 | 39 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 22 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 17 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Karlsruher SC | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 29 | 39 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 12 | 19 | -10 | 20 |
| 18 | Dynamo Dresden | 21 | 4 | 5 | 12 | 20 | 37 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 15 | 10 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 7 | 22 | -17 | 17 |
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