3. Liga prediction and pre-match guide: Osnabrück odds-on expected to outplay Erzgebirge Aue

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 04.February
Match begins: 13:00 (UTC)
Venue: Bremer Brücke (16667 seats)

Boasting a 10 point edge in the league standings, Osnabrück regulars aim to see their adored players get all points from this game versus Erzgebirge Aue.

Insights:
  • Osnabrück have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Erzgebirge Aue have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

Osnabrück and Erzgebirge Aue should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.

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Osnabrück form and stats

19 points is a decent return from 9 3. Liga games here at Bremer Brücke for Osnabrück. The data says 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Osnabrück has won five games in a row. The Zwickau match was the last time out without a victory.

Happy days for Osnabrück in their previous game, a fixture away at MSV Duisburg (placed 12th) that ended with a 2-1 victory.

Before that match, a win away at Borussia Dortmund II.

Take note that 8 of the latest 10 league matches from this football club have had goals from both teams.

Osnabrück have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at Bremer Brücke with 17 goals in 9 league matches.

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Erzgebirge Aue form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, Erzgebirge Aue have produced an overall stat of 3-2-5 so far. Winning streaks in away matches are not that common, but Erzgebirge Aue are close to a proper streak after winning their two previous away games.

Erzgebirge Aue have succeeded in guarding their own goal lately, led by their goalkeeper Martin Mannel. It's been 262 minutes since they last conceded in 3. Liga.

Erzgebirge delivered a 0-0 draw playing at home against Freiburg II (placed 4th) in their previous fixture.

A home win before that, celebrating 4-0 vs Bayreuth.

As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Erzgebirge Aue playing away, we found 6 games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 5 home wins.

Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Erzgebirge Aue have scored 11 goals in 10 league games away. Erzgebirge's defence is not exactly unbeatable as they have conceded 15 goals from these trips.

Head 2 Head

Erzgebirge Aue have won or drawn the last 7 matches (3-4-0) facing Osnabrück.

The two sides faced each other earlier on this season: Erzgebirge Aue - Osnabrück 1-1.

Top Goalscorers

OsnabrückB. Simakala
B. Simakala
9 goals
OsnabrückE. Engelhardt
E. Engelhardt
6 goals
OsnabrückM. Heider
M. Heider
5 goals

Osnabrück missing players

Erzgebirge Aue missing players

Osnabrück Erzgebirge Aue
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
20 9 1 Played P 4 10 20
9 6 1 Won W 1 3 5
4 1 0 Drew D 0 2 6
7 2 0 Lost L 3 5 9
36 17 3 Scored S 5 11 22
30 9 2 Conceded C 9 15 27
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 90% 90%
80% 67% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 70% 70%
60% 56% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 60% 45%
40% 44% 100% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 30% 25%
30% 22% 100% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 10% 10%
65% 44% 100% BTTS BTTS 75% 60% 50%
20% 33% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 25%
15% 22% 0% Failed to Score F T 25% 30% 35%
 
5.9 7.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 5.2 4.9 5.7
5.5 4.3 8 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.8 5.2
2.5 1.8 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.9 2.6
1 0 0 Red cards R C 2 2 3
 
11.3 12.6 15 Shots (avg) S ( 7.8 10 10.4
5 5.7 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.8 4.6 4.5
36% 33% 60% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 24% 24%
 
9.8 8.2 10 Shots against (avg) S A 11.5 10.4 10.1
4.3 2.9 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 6.5 5 4.7
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Erzgebirge Aue have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Osnabrück have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Osnabrück 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 20 15 2 3 49 18 11 9 0 2 31 10 9 6 2 1 18 8 31 47
2 Wehen Wiesbaden 20 12 4 4 38 22 9 6 2 1 18 9 11 6 2 3 20 13 16 40
3 Saarbrücken 20 10 6 4 31 18 9 4 4 1 14 10 11 6 2 3 17 8 13 36
4 Freiburg II 20 10 6 4 24 21 10 6 3 1 13 8 10 4 3 3 11 13 3 36
5 Waldhof Mannheim 20 11 2 7 33 32 10 9 0 1 18 8 10 2 2 6 15 24 1 35
6 1860 München 20 10 3 7 35 26 11 7 1 3 24 11 9 3 2 4 11 15 9 33
7 Ingolstadt 20 9 4 7 28 21 9 4 2 3 10 9 11 5 2 4 18 12 7 31
8 Osnabrück 20 9 4 7 36 30 9 6 1 2 17 9 11 3 3 5 19 21 6 31
9 Dynamo Dresden 20 8 6 6 30 23 10 3 4 3 17 14 10 5 2 3 13 9 7 30
10 Viktoria Köln 20 7 6 7 29 29 10 4 2 4 13 15 10 3 4 3 16 14 0 27
11 Verl 20 7 6 7 27 27 11 5 5 1 19 12 9 2 1 6 8 15 0 27
12 MSV Duisburg 20 7 4 9 24 27 10 2 4 4 11 13 10 5 0 5 13 14 -3 25
13 Rot-Weiss Essen 20 5 9 6 25 31 9 2 5 2 9 14 11 3 4 4 16 17 -6 24
14 Erzgebirge Aue 20 5 6 9 22 27 10 2 4 4 11 12 10 3 2 5 11 15 -5 21
15 VfB Oldenburg 20 5 5 10 24 37 10 2 3 5 15 23 10 3 2 5 9 14 -13 20
16 Zwickau 20 5 4 11 18 31 9 3 1 5 10 11 11 2 3 6 8 20 -13 19
17 Bayreuth 20 5 4 11 15 34 10 4 2 4 9 14 10 1 2 7 6 20 -19 19
18 Borussia Dortmund II 20 5 3 12 15 29 11 3 1 7 7 15 9 2 2 5 8 14 -14 18
19 Hallescher FC 20 4 5 11 26 31 11 4 2 5 18 15 9 0 3 6 8 16 -5 17
20 Meppen 20 2 9 9 19 34 11 2 3 6 13 19 9 0 6 3 6 15 -15 15

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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.