A traditional home win, the away team runs away as victors or a tactical 0-0 draw? Everything is possible when the mid-table inhabitants Erzgebirge Aue and Verl clash at Sparkassen-Erzgebirgsstadion.
- Verl have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in 3. Liga
It's no vacation for neither Erzgebirge Aue nor Verl 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
Erzgebirge Aue have collected 22 points from their 3. Liga home games so far after 6-4-6.
Erzgebirge's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 2-3 versus Verl (placed 10th).
Prior to that, an away loss at Hallescher FC.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.
Some goal stats: A review of the 12 most recent league matches highlights that 9 of them had at least one goal from each team.
The Erzgebirge fans would probably like to see some more goals scored at their own stadium in the league, the tally being 21 in 16 matches. On the other hand, Erzgebirge Aue have conceded 21 goals.
Verl form and stats
The visitors are W5-D3-L8 on the road this term. That's in the 3. Liga.
It's the second away game in a row for Verl, but there's smiles all around after the 3-2 victory versus Erzgebirge Aue (placed 11th) last time out. World class coaching! That was the thoughts of manager Kniat when Probst scored the winning goal after coming on as a substitute in the 59th minute.
Before that, Verl secured a home win against Bayreuth with the score 4-1.So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Verl playing away and similar expectations, we found 8 relevant matches. Results were 1 Verl win, 4 draws and 3 defeats.
Sports betting statistic: Both sides have scored in 11 of this club's latest 12 league fixtures.
Verl have scored 23 goals on their travels this season, from 16 away games in the league. Verl struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.
Head 2 Head
Erzgebirge Aue and Verl have played each other previously this season: Erzgebirge Aue - Verl 2-3. As for the last two games between these two teams, there's zero Erzgebirge Aue victories, zero draws and two Verl wins. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, zero matches with two goals or less. One of the profiles has been Tashchy with 2 goals scored against Verl in these 2 encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  D. Nazarov 9 goals |   N. Sessa 8 goals | J. Grodowski 6 goals |
Erzgebirge Aue missing players
Verl missing players
| Erzgebirge Aue | Verl | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 16 | 32 |
| 11 | 6 | 1 | Won | W | 1 | 5 | 12 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 3 | 9 |
| 15 | 6 | 1 | Lost | L | 2 | 8 | 11 |
| 41 | 21 | 3 | Scored | S | 5 | 23 | 53 |
| 49 | 21 | 4 | Conceded | C | 4 | 26 | 47 |
| 94% | 94% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 75% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 81% | 84% |
| 56% | 50% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 50% | 62% | 66% |
| 31% | 25% | 50% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 31% | 38% |
| 16% | 12% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 19% | 19% |
| 59% | 56% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 69% | 72% |
| 22% | 25% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 25% | 6% | 12% |
| 25% | 25% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 25% | 16% |
| 5.8 | 6.8 | 6.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 5 | 5.2 | 5.1 |
| 5.1 | 4.8 | 4.5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.2 | 5 |
| 2.6 | 2.2 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.8 | 2.3 |
| 4 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 11 | 11.3 | 12.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9.8 | 10.3 | 11.6 |
| 4.5 | 4.6 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 5 | 4.1 | 5 |
| 28% | 29% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 35% | 33% |
| 11.1 | 10.8 | 13 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 16.5 | 12.8 | 12.2 |
| 5.4 | 5.1 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.2 | 4.6 | 4.9 |
- Verl have the most dropped points from leading position (21) in 3. Liga
- Verl 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 | Elversberg | 31 | 20 | 6 | 5 | 69 | 29 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 41 | 16 | 15 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 28 | 13 | 40 | 66 |
| 2 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 32 | 19 | 5 | 8 | 64 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 33 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 21 | 62 |
| 3 | Freiburg II | 31 | 17 | 8 | 6 | 43 | 30 | 15 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 23 | 11 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 20 | 19 | 13 | 59 |
| 4 | Saarbrucken | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 35 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 14 | 20 | 56 |
| 5 | Dynamo Dresden | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 55 | 36 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 31 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 24 | 17 | 19 | 56 |
| 6 | Osnabrück | 32 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 58 | 43 | 16 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 15 | 54 |
| 7 | Waldhof Mannheim | 31 | 16 | 3 | 12 | 49 | 52 | 16 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 36 | -3 | 51 |
| 8 | 1860 München | 32 | 13 | 7 | 12 | 51 | 45 | 16 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 20 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 22 | 25 | 6 | 46 |
| 9 | Viktoria Koln | 31 | 12 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 43 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 26 | 22 | 3 | 46 |
| 10 | Verl | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 53 | 47 | 16 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | 26 | 6 | 45 |
| 11 | Erzgebirge Aue | 32 | 11 | 6 | 15 | 41 | 49 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 20 | 28 | -8 | 39 |
| 12 | Ingolstadt | 32 | 11 | 5 | 16 | 44 | 49 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 16 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | 7 | 28 | 24 | -5 | 38 |
| 13 | Borussia Dortmund II | 32 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 38 | 41 | 17 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 18 | 20 | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 20 | 21 | -3 | 37 |
| 14 | MSV Duisburg | 30 | 9 | 9 | 12 | 39 | 46 | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 19 | 23 | -7 | 36 |
| 15 | Rot-Weiss Essen | 31 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 37 | 45 | 15 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 18 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 26 | -8 | 36 |
| 16 | Hallescher FC | 32 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 45 | 52 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 24 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 28 | -7 | 35 |
| 17 | Bayreuth | 32 | 9 | 4 | 19 | 33 | 62 | 16 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 21 | 26 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 36 | -29 | 31 |
| 18 | VfB Oldenburg | 32 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 37 | 58 | 16 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 35 | 16 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 23 | -21 | 30 |
| 19 | Zwickau | 31 | 7 | 7 | 17 | 32 | 57 | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 19 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 38 | -25 | 28 |
| 20 | Meppen | 32 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 32 | 59 | 16 | 4 | 3 | 9 | 21 | 31 | 16 | 0 | 9 | 7 | 11 | 28 | -27 | 24 |
