3. Liga match prediction: Little separates Erzgebirge Aue and Borussia Dortmund II in quality

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Mon 15.May
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion (15690 seats)

On paper it looks like advantage Erzgebirge Aue in this game versus Borussia Dortmund II, but the visitors will fight to the end. Here's the Tipsway match preview!

Insights:
  • Borussia Dortmund II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Erzgebirge Aue can neither be promoted or relegated from 3. Liga. Borussia Dortmund II is no longer fighting for a cause; they can neither go up or down this season.

It's no vacation for neither Erzgebirge Aue nor Borussia Dortmund II as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

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Erzgebirge Aue form and stats

Erzgebirge Aue have collected 24 points from their 3. Liga home games so far after 6-6-6. Their last two home games have resulted in two points, meaning they were both draws.

Erzgebirge drew their last game, also a home match. Borussia Dortmund II (placed 14th) was the opponent, 3-3 the score. A goal frenzy last time out for Erzgebirge Aue, with a total of 6 goals in the match against Borussia Dortmund II. Fun stuff to watch!

Prior to that, an away loss at MSV Duisburg.

Erzgebirge are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 25 goals in 18 games. On the other hand, Erzgebirge Aue have conceded 25 goals.

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Borussia Dortmund II form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, Borussia Dortmund II have produced an overall stat of 5-4-9 so far. Borussia Dortmund II has drawn their two previous away games.

Borussia are the visiting side once again, their previous game being the 3-3 draw at Erzgebirge Aue (placed 13th). As you can tell from the result, the match against Erzgebirge Aue was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 6 goals, will the fun continue today?

Before that, Borussia Dortmund II travelled to Viktoria Koln and returned home with a draw after the game finished 1-1.

Borussia have a decent goal production going in their away games, although not fantastic. In 18 league away games 25 goals have been scored. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Borussia Dortmund II have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.

Head 2 Head

Erzgebirge Aue have won or drawn the last 4 fixtures (2-2-0) versus Borussia Dortmund II.

Erzgebirge - Borussia Dortmund II 3-3 was the end result in these sides' previous head-to-head game, played this season.

Top Goalscorers

Borussia Dortmund IIJ. Njinmah
J. Njinmah
12 goals
Erzgebirge AueD. Nazarov
D. Nazarov
10 goals
Erzgebirge AueA. Jonjic
A. Jonjic
5 goals

Erzgebirge Aue missing players

Borussia Dortmund II missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Erzgebirge Aue Borussia Dortmund II
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
36 18 6 Played P 6 18 36
12 6 4 Won W 3 5 12
8 6 1 Drew D 1 4 6
16 6 1 Lost L 2 9 18
46 25 11 Scored S 14 25 45
56 25 3 Conceded C 7 27 47
94% 94% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
75% 78% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 83% 75%
56% 50% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 61% 50%
31% 28% 17% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 28% 25%
17% 17% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 17% 8%
58% 61% 33% BTTS BTTS 83% 61% 44%
22% 22% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 17% 31%
25% 22% 17% Failed to Score F T 0% 28% 31%
 
5.8 6.9 6 Corners for (avg) C F 3.7 3.9 4.4
5.2 4.8 5.2 Corners against (avg) C A 6.2 5.6 5.3
2.6 2.2 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 2.1
4 2 1 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
11.1 11.8 11.3 Shots (avg) S ( 10 10.2 11.1
4.7 5 5.8 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.7 3.6 3.8
27% 28% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 64% 38% 33%
 
11.5 11 9.5 Shots against (avg) S A 12.5 12.3 11.7
5.4 5.2 4.8 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5.2 4.8 4.7
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Borussia Dortmund II have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than 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 Elversberg 36 21 7 8 77 38 18 12 3 3 46 19 18 9 4 5 31 19 39 70
2 Freiburg II 36 19 10 7 50 33 18 12 5 1 30 13 18 7 5 6 20 20 17 67
3 Dynamo Dresden 36 19 9 8 62 39 18 9 5 4 36 21 18 10 4 4 26 18 23 66
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 36 20 6 10 69 50 18 11 3 4 36 21 18 9 3 6 33 29 19 66
5 Saarbrucken 36 19 8 9 60 36 18 10 4 4 34 21 18 9 4 5 26 15 24 65
6 Osnabruck 36 19 7 10 66 48 18 11 3 4 36 21 18 8 4 6 30 27 18 64
7 Waldhof Mannheim 36 18 3 15 59 61 18 14 1 3 34 20 18 4 2 12 25 41 -2 57
8 Viktoria Koln 36 14 13 9 57 49 18 8 5 5 26 25 18 6 8 4 31 24 8 55
9 1860 München 36 15 8 13 56 49 18 10 2 6 32 20 18 5 6 7 24 29 7 53
10 Verl 36 13 9 14 57 54 18 8 6 4 32 23 18 5 3 10 25 31 3 48
11 MSV Duisburg 36 11 12 13 51 53 18 4 9 5 26 26 18 7 3 8 25 27 -2 45
12 Ingolstadt 36 13 5 18 50 54 18 6 3 9 21 26 18 7 2 9 29 28 -4 44
13 Erzgebirge Aue 36 12 8 16 46 56 18 6 6 6 25 25 18 6 2 10 21 31 -10 44
14 Borussia Dortmund II 36 12 6 18 45 47 18 7 2 9 20 20 18 5 4 9 25 27 -2 42
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 36 9 14 13 41 52 18 5 9 4 20 24 18 4 5 9 21 28 -11 41
16 Hallescher FC 36 9 11 16 47 59 18 6 5 7 29 25 18 3 6 9 18 34 -12 38
17 VfB Oldenburg 36 9 8 19 40 60 18 3 5 10 23 36 18 6 3 9 17 24 -20 35
18 Meppen 36 7 13 16 39 62 18 6 3 9 24 31 18 1 10 7 15 31 -23 34
19 Zwickau 36 8 7 21 38 69 18 6 3 9 20 23 18 2 4 12 18 46 -31 31
20 Bayreuth 36 9 4 23 36 77 18 6 2 10 22 34 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 31

Erzgebirge Aue:
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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Elversberg 36 21 7 8 77 38 18 12 3 3 46 19 18 9 4 5 31 19 39 70
2 Freiburg II 36 19 10 7 50 33 18 12 5 1 30 13 18 7 5 6 20 20 17 67
3 Dynamo Dresden 36 19 9 8 62 39 18 9 5 4 36 21 18 10 4 4 26 18 23 66
4 Wehen Wiesbaden 36 20 6 10 69 50 18 11 3 4 36 21 18 9 3 6 33 29 19 66
5 Saarbrucken 36 19 8 9 60 36 18 10 4 4 34 21 18 9 4 5 26 15 24 65
6 Osnabruck 36 19 7 10 66 48 18 11 3 4 36 21 18 8 4 6 30 27 18 64
7 Waldhof Mannheim 36 18 3 15 59 61 18 14 1 3 34 20 18 4 2 12 25 41 -2 57
8 Viktoria Koln 36 14 13 9 57 49 18 8 5 5 26 25 18 6 8 4 31 24 8 55
9 1860 München 36 15 8 13 56 49 18 10 2 6 32 20 18 5 6 7 24 29 7 53
10 Verl 36 13 9 14 57 54 18 8 6 4 32 23 18 5 3 10 25 31 3 48
11 MSV Duisburg 36 11 12 13 51 53 18 4 9 5 26 26 18 7 3 8 25 27 -2 45
12 Ingolstadt 36 13 5 18 50 54 18 6 3 9 21 26 18 7 2 9 29 28 -4 44
13 Erzgebirge Aue 36 12 8 16 46 56 18 6 6 6 25 25 18 6 2 10 21 31 -10 44
14 Borussia Dortmund II 36 12 6 18 45 47 18 7 2 9 20 20 18 5 4 9 25 27 -2 42
15 Rot-Weiss Essen 36 9 14 13 41 52 18 5 9 4 20 24 18 4 5 9 21 28 -11 41
16 Hallescher FC 36 9 11 16 47 59 18 6 5 7 29 25 18 3 6 9 18 34 -12 38
17 VfB Oldenburg 36 9 8 19 40 60 18 3 5 10 23 36 18 6 3 9 17 24 -20 35
18 Meppen 36 7 13 16 39 62 18 6 3 9 24 31 18 1 10 7 15 31 -23 34
19 Zwickau 36 8 7 21 38 69 18 6 3 9 20 23 18 2 4 12 18 46 -31 31
20 Bayreuth 36 9 4 23 36 77 18 6 2 10 22 34 18 3 2 13 14 43 -41 31

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The 3. Liga (Dritte Liga) is the third division in German football. It consists of 20 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 380 fixtures. The two top teams of the final league table are promoted and number three can promote through a playoff. The bottom three teams are relegated.