Erzgebirge Aue vs Rot-Weiss Essen preview

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 11.March
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Erzgebirgsstadion (16485 seats)

Erzgebirge Aue hope to have lots of fans in for this game despite that the season has been gruelling up to now with 30 points and a 14th position in the 3. Liga table. Opponents Rot-Weiss Essen are in 13th place with 32 pts.

Insights:
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Erzgebirge Aue form and stats

When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Erzgebirge Aue have managed 4 wins, 4 draws and suffered 4 defeats from 12 games. Two home wins in a row for Erzgebirge Aue bring valid hopes of a third.

Erzgebirge are hoping to put things right at home after a defeat in their previous match, the score 0-1 away versus Dynamo Dresden. The first setback in the shape of a defeat after collecting points through three league rounds.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting Saarbrucken in a game that was won 2-1.

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 11 matches with the results: Won 4, drawn 2 and lost 5.

Erzgebirge Aue are traveling soon after this match as the 3. Liga match at Zwickau awaits in three days.

Erzgebirge has scored 15 league goals at home this season, in 12 matches. 14 goals have been conceded.

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Rot-Weiss Essen form and stats

3 wins, 5 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Rot-Weiss Essen playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season.

The club members enjoyed Rot-Weiss Essen's previous game versus Bayreuth (placed 16th), a 2-0 win played at home.

Preceding that game, the 1-1 draw paying a visit to Ingolstadt.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Rot-Weiss Essen playing away and similar expectations, we found 4 relevant matches. Results were 1 Rot-Weiss Essen win, 1 draw and 2 defeats.

Low on goals? 9 of this side's last 10 league fixtures have contained zero, one or two goals.

A quick return to home after this game, as Rot-Weiss are hosting Osnabrück in the 3. Liga only three days away.

Rot-Weiss Essen have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, from 13 away games in the league. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 1 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Rot-Weiss Essen have seen the ball go into their own net 19 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these two teams face each other this campaign, as the history books show this recent fixture: Rot-Weiss Essen - Erzgebirge Aue 2-1. Erzgebirge-Rot-Weiss Essen H2H statistics last four meetings regardless of arena: Erzgebirge Aue one win, Rot-Weiss Essen two wins, one draw. two of these four matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Rot-Weiss EssenF. Bastians
F. Bastians
6 goals
Erzgebirge AueA. Jonjic
A. Jonjic
5 goals
Erzgebirge AueD. Nazarov
D. Nazarov
5 goals

Erzgebirge Aue missing players

Rot-Weiss Essen missing players

Erzgebirge Aue Rot-Weiss Essen
Total Home vs mid Statistics Stat vs low Away Total
25 12 2 Played P 3 13 25
8 4 1 Won W 1 3 7
6 4 0 Drew D 1 5 11
11 4 1 Lost L 1 5 7
29 15 2 Scored S 6 17 31
34 14 3 Conceded C 5 19 34
92% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 92%
72% 75% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 77% 76%
52% 42% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 33% 46% 40%
24% 17% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 23% 24%
8% 8% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 8% 12%
56% 50% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 62% 60%
20% 25% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 8% 24%
32% 33% 50% Failed to Score F T 33% 31% 24%
 
5.5 6.2 8 Corners for (avg) C F 5.3 3.1 3.3
4.9 4.6 3.5 Corners against (avg) C A 4.7 5.4 4.7
2.6 2.5 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.5 2.2
4 2 1 Red cards R C 1 2 3
 
10.9 10.8 10.5 Shots (avg) S ( 18 10.7 10.2
4.7 4.7 4.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 4.5 4.3
25% 27% 22% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 29% 29%
 
10.7 10.2 13.5 Shots against (avg) S A 8 10.8 10.2
4.8 4.2 6 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4.4 4.5
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Rot-Weiss Essen have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Rot-Weiss Essen haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.

  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 25 18 3 4 60 21 13 10 1 2 35 11 12 8 2 2 25 10 39 57
2 Freiburg II 25 15 6 4 35 22 13 9 3 1 18 8 12 6 3 3 17 14 13 51
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 25 14 5 6 48 32 12 7 3 2 24 13 13 7 2 4 24 19 16 47
4 Osnabrück 25 13 4 8 51 37 12 8 1 3 26 14 13 5 3 5 25 23 14 43
5 Waldhof Mannheim 25 13 3 9 40 41 13 11 1 1 24 11 12 2 2 8 16 30 -1 42
6 Dynamo Dresden 25 11 8 6 43 28 13 5 5 3 26 16 12 6 3 3 17 12 15 41
7 Saarbrucken 25 11 6 8 38 31 12 4 4 4 18 20 13 7 2 4 20 11 7 39
8 1860 München 25 10 5 10 38 34 13 7 1 5 24 15 12 3 4 5 14 19 4 35
9 Verl 26 9 8 9 38 36 14 6 6 2 25 18 12 3 2 7 13 18 2 35
10 Ingolstadt 25 10 5 10 36 35 12 4 3 5 13 16 13 6 2 5 23 19 1 35
11 Viktoria Köln 25 9 8 8 33 34 12 5 2 5 14 18 13 4 6 3 19 16 -1 35
12 MSV Duisburg 25 9 6 10 32 32 12 3 5 4 15 13 13 6 1 6 17 19 0 33
13 Rot-Weiss Essen 25 7 11 7 31 34 12 4 6 2 14 15 13 3 5 5 17 19 -3 32
14 Erzgebirge Aue 25 8 6 11 29 34 12 4 4 4 15 14 13 4 2 7 14 20 -5 30
15 Hallescher FC 26 6 7 13 34 45 13 4 3 6 19 18 13 2 4 7 15 27 -11 25
16 Bayreuth 25 7 4 14 25 46 12 5 2 5 16 20 13 2 2 9 9 26 -21 25
17 Borussia Dortmund II 25 7 3 15 22 35 13 4 1 8 12 17 12 3 2 7 10 18 -13 24
18 Zwickau 25 6 5 14 24 44 12 4 2 6 13 15 13 2 3 8 11 29 -20 23
19 VfB Oldenburg 25 5 6 14 29 48 13 2 4 7 19 29 12 3 2 7 10 19 -19 21
20 Meppen 25 3 11 11 25 42 13 3 3 7 17 23 12 0 8 4 8 19 -17 20

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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.