It's only fixture two of the 3. Liga for these participants. And it's all to play for here at Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion as Erzgebirge Aue receive Osnabrück. Get smart with this preview!
It's no vacation for neither Erzgebirge Aue nor Osnabrück 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.
Erzgebirge Aue form and stats
The season before, Erzgebirge Aue's league stats were 6 wins, 8 draws and 20 losses, producing 17th spot in the 2. Bundesliga. Over these 34 matches they scored 32 goals and conceded 72. Playing as the host team in the previous season Erzgebirge Aue delivered 3-3-11 (win-draw-lost) with 14 goals and 34 conceded.
The home regulars saw a 1-1 draw versus Osnabrück last time out and are looking for a win here.
Erik lost again The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Erzgebirge Aue have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 12 matches with the results: Won 5, drawn 2 and lost 5.
Osnabrück form and stats
Let's have a look at how Osnabrück performed last season in the 3. Liga: They landed a 6th position in the league table after playing out 16 victories, 10 draws and 10 defeats. In total they scored 56 and conceded 48 goals in these matches. The numbers for away games only are: Won 8 - drew 7 and lost 3 with 34/29 goals scored/conceded.
Osnabrück has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Erzgebirge Aue for a 1-1 draw. As mentioned above, Osnabrück drew the match against Erzgebirge Aue. Manager Scherning brought on Higl to rescue the draw from a losing position and it worked.
hometeam won As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 13 similar matches played by Osnabrück in our archives, and the results are: 4 wins for Osnabrück, 7 draws and 2 defeats.
Head 2 Head
Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: four - three - three (Erzgebirge Aue wins - draws - Osnabrück wins). As for goals, four matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), six had two or less.
Top Goalscorers
![]() M. Stefaniak 1 goals | ![]() S. Köhler 1 goals |
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
Osnabrück missing players
| Erzgebirge Aue | Osnabrück | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 100% | 100% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 100% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 50% |
| 0% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 4.5 | 2 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 5 | 8.5 |
| 4.5 | 5 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 2 | 2.5 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 0 | 0.5 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 11.5 | 7 | 0 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 7 | 11 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 5 |
| 20% | 33% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 33% | 20% |
| 7 | 7 | 0 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 7 | 7.5 |
| 2.5 | 3 | 0 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 3 | 2 |
| Erzgebirge Aue | Last season | Osnabrück | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 18 | 36 | ||
| 6 | 3 | Won | W | 8 | 16 | ||
| 8 | 3 | Drew | D | 7 | 10 | ||
| 20 | 11 | Lost | L | 3 | 10 | ||
| 32 | 14 | Scored | S | 34 | 56 | ||
| 72 | 34 | Conceded | C | 29 | 48 | ||
| 94% | 94% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 92% | ||
| 79% | 71% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 83% | 69% | ||
| 62% | 59% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 67% | 56% | ||
| 44% | 41% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 44% | 33% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 28% | 19% | ||
| 50% | 47% | BTTS | BTTS | 78% | 61% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Clean Sheets | C S | 17% | 22% | ||
| 35% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 11% | 25% | ||
| 3.7 | 4 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6.2 | 6.3 | ||
| 5.9 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 4.9 | 5.1 | ||
| 2.1 | 1.8 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.1 | 2.1 | ||
| 4 | 3 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 2 | ||
| 12.2 | 13.2 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 11.8 | 11.9 | ||
| 3.8 | 4.6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.5 | 4.7 | ||
| 25% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 42% | 33% | ||
| 14.4 | 13.6 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 9.8 | 9.1 | ||
| 5.3 | 5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 4.9 | 4.5 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Ingolstadt | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 6 |
| 2 | Saarbrucken | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 6 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 6 |
| 4 | Meppen | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| 5 | Freiburg II | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 4 |
| 6 | Elversberg | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 8 | Dynamo Dresden | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 9 | Osnabrück | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 10 | Viktoria Koln | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | -1 | 3 |
| 11 | Zwickau | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | -2 | 3 |
| 12 | Erzgebirge Aue | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 13 | MSV Duisburg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 14 | VfB Oldenburg | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 15 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 1 |
| 16 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | -4 | 1 |
| 17 | Borussia Dortmund II | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | -4 | 1 |
| 18 | Verl | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -1 | 0 |
| 19 | Bayreuth | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | -2 | 0 |
| 20 | Hallescher FC | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -3 | 0 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Schalke 04 | 34 | 20 | 5 | 9 | 72 | 44 | 17 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 40 | 27 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 32 | 17 | 28 | 65 |
| 2 | Werder Bremen | 34 | 18 | 9 | 7 | 65 | 43 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 29 | 17 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 36 | 26 | 22 | 63 |
| 3 | Hamburger SV | 34 | 16 | 12 | 6 | 67 | 35 | 17 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 36 | 17 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 4 | 31 | 18 | 32 | 60 |
| 4 | Darmstadt 98 | 34 | 18 | 6 | 10 | 71 | 46 | 17 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 42 | 23 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 | 23 | 25 | 60 |
| 5 | St. Pauli | 34 | 16 | 9 | 9 | 61 | 46 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 24 | 29 | 15 | 57 |
| 6 | Heidenheim | 34 | 15 | 7 | 12 | 43 | 45 | 17 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 27 | 18 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -2 | 52 |
| 7 | Paderborn | 34 | 13 | 12 | 9 | 56 | 44 | 17 | 4 | 7 | 6 | 26 | 24 | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 30 | 20 | 12 | 51 |
| 8 | Nurnberg | 34 | 14 | 9 | 11 | 49 | 49 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 26 | 23 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 26 | 0 | 51 |
| 9 | Holstein Kiel | 34 | 12 | 9 | 13 | 46 | 54 | 17 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 23 | 23 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 23 | 31 | -8 | 45 |
| 10 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 34 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 45 | 42 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 28 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 17 | 21 | 3 | 44 |
| 11 | Hannover 96 | 34 | 11 | 9 | 14 | 35 | 49 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 5 | 3 | 9 | 19 | 30 | -14 | 42 |
| 12 | Karlsruher SC | 34 | 9 | 14 | 11 | 54 | 55 | 17 | 5 | 9 | 3 | 32 | 26 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 29 | -1 | 41 |
| 13 | Hansa Rostock | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 41 | 52 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 17 | 25 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 24 | 27 | -11 | 41 |
| 14 | Sandhausen | 34 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 42 | 54 | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 23 | 25 | -12 | 41 |
| 15 | Jahn Regensburg | 34 | 10 | 10 | 14 | 50 | 51 | 17 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 31 | 29 | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 22 | -1 | 40 |
| 16 | Dynamo Dresden | 34 | 7 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 46 | 17 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 17 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 28 | -13 | 32 |
| 17 | Erzgebirge Aue | 34 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 32 | 72 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 34 | 17 | 3 | 5 | 9 | 18 | 38 | -40 | 26 |
| 18 | Ingolstadt | 34 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 30 | 65 | 17 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 29 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 36 | -35 | 21 |
| Last season | Total | Home | Away | ||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Magdeburg | 36 | 24 | 6 | 6 | 83 | 39 | 18 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 34 | 10 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 49 | 29 | 44 | 78 |
| 2 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 36 | 18 | 10 | 8 | 61 | 36 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 34 | 15 | 25 | 64 |
| 3 | Kaiserslautern | 36 | 18 | 9 | 9 | 56 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 4 | 2 | 37 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 16 | 29 | 63 |
| 4 | 1860 München | 36 | 17 | 10 | 9 | 67 | 50 | 18 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 39 | 28 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 22 | 17 | 61 |
| 5 | Waldhof Mannheim | 36 | 16 | 12 | 8 | 58 | 40 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 33 | 21 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 25 | 19 | 18 | 60 |
| 6 | Osnabrück | 36 | 16 | 10 | 10 | 56 | 48 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 22 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 34 | 29 | 8 | 58 |
| 7 | Saarbrucken | 36 | 14 | 11 | 11 | 50 | 44 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 20 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 25 | 24 | 6 | 53 |
| 8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 36 | 14 | 9 | 13 | 49 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 20 | 19 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 29 | 25 | 5 | 51 |
| 9 | Borussia Dortmund II | 36 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 51 | 48 | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 19 | 18 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 34 | 29 | 3 | 49 |
| 10 | Zwickau | 36 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 46 | 44 | 18 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 27 | 24 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 20 | 2 | 47 |
| 11 | Freiburg II | 36 | 12 | 11 | 13 | 34 | 42 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 24 | 18 | 18 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 10 | 24 | -8 | 47 |
| 12 | Meppen | 36 | 13 | 8 | 15 | 47 | 60 | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 29 | 26 | 18 | 6 | 4 | 8 | 18 | 34 | -13 | 47 |
| 13 | Viktoria Koln | 36 | 12 | 9 | 15 | 39 | 52 | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 10 | 12 | 30 | -13 | 45 |
| 14 | Hallescher FC | 36 | 10 | 13 | 13 | 46 | 48 | 18 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 31 | 25 | 18 | 3 | 6 | 9 | 15 | 23 | -2 | 43 |
| 15 | MSV Duisburg | 36 | 13 | 3 | 20 | 46 | 71 | 18 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 25 | 37 | 18 | 6 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 34 | -25 | 42 |
| 16 | Verl | 36 | 10 | 10 | 16 | 56 | 66 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 29 | 33 | 18 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 27 | 33 | -10 | 40 |
| 17 | Viktoria Berlin | 36 | 10 | 7 | 19 | 44 | 62 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 25 | 29 | 18 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 33 | -18 | 37 |
| 18 | Wurzburger Kickers | 36 | 7 | 9 | 20 | 34 | 59 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 32 | 18 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 27 | -25 | 30 |
| 19 | Havelse | 36 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 71 | 18 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 18 | 1 | 7 | 10 | 14 | 37 | -43 | 23 |
| 20 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |