3. Liga duel: Close contest expected between VfB Oldenburg and Erzgebirge Aue

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 08.October
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: Marschwegstadion (15000 seats)

VfB Oldenburg have claimed 8 of their 15 in total here at their home ground. Will they claim the win against Erzgebirge Aue?

Insights:
  • VfB Oldenburg is in the best form (4-2-0) in 3. Liga
  • Erzgebirge Aue have yet to win a game away.

This could be an exciting fixture with lots of spark and bustle as both participants are well recovered since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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VfB Oldenburg form and stats

The story so far in the 3. Liga for VfB Oldenburg at their home stadium (Marschwegstadion) is 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 defeat.

A good away victory last time out for Oldenburg, who won 2-1 against Viktoria Koln (placed 10th).

In the match before that, VfB Oldenburg hosted Bayreuth and drew the game 1-1.

This is expected to be a close game, with VfB Oldenburg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with VfB Oldenburg as a small favourite), we find 8 games. VfB Oldenburg has won 4 of these, drawn 0 and lost 4.

Goals from both teams! That has happened in 5 league games in a row for this club. Could it happen again?

There will be little rest for VfB Oldenburg after this match as they are travelling to Schwarz-Wei Rehden for a Reg. Cup Niedersachsen game in only four days.

The Oldenburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 9 goals in 5 league matches. VfB Oldenburg have conceded 8 from these games.

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Erzgebirge Aue form and stats

The visitors are W0-D2-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 3. Liga.

Erzgebirge Aue had fun at their own home (Marschwegstadion) last time out, beating Meppen 3-0. Baumgart, Nazarov and Nkansah scored. Hooray; their first three points in the league after nine rounds not winning.

Before that, the Reg. Cup Sachsen win away at Eilenburg. So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Erzgebirge Aue playing away and similar expectations, we found 9 relevant matches. Results were 4 Erzgebirge wins, 2 draws and 3 defeats.

Many goals are not expected from the visiting Erzgebirge Aue as they have only managed to score 3 times from 5 away games in the league. Erzgebirge have conceded 7 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

VfB OldenburgM. Wegner
M. Wegner
4 goals
VfB OldenburgR. Brand
R. Brand
2 goals
VfB OldenburgR. Ziętarski
R. Ziętarski
2 goals

VfB Oldenburg missing players

Erzgebirge Aue missing players

VfB Oldenburg Erzgebirge Aue
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
10 5 2 Played P 1 5 10
4 2 0 Won W 0 0 1
3 2 2 Drew D 0 2 3
3 1 0 Lost L 1 3 6
14 9 2 Scored S 0 3 8
14 8 2 Conceded C 1 7 15
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 80% 90%
80% 80% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 60% 60%
40% 40% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 40% 40%
20% 40% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 20% 20%
20% 40% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 10%
70% 80% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 60% 50%
10% 20% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 20% 20%
20% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 40% 40%
 
4.2 5.2 5 Corners for (avg) C F 2 6 6.1
5.1 5 5.5 Corners against (avg) C A 8 5.6 5.4
2.4 2.2 0.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2.6 2.4
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 1
 
9.5 11.2 11.5 Shots (avg) S ( 7 11.2 10.9
4.1 5.4 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3 4.8 4.3
34% 33% 18% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 12% 19%
 
11.8 11 10.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 9.2 9.3
4.2 3.6 3 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 3 4 4.1
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Erzgebirge Aue have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored away.
  • Erzgebirge Aue have yet to win a game away.
  • VfB Oldenburg have scored at least twice as many goals at home as Erzgebirge Aue have scored away.
  • VfB Oldenburg have scored in all their home matches so far.
  • VfB Oldenburg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • VfB Oldenburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • VfB Oldenburg is in the best form (4-2-0) in 3. Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 1860 München 10 7 2 1 23 12 5 5 0 0 15 3 5 2 2 1 8 9 11 23
2 Elversberg 10 7 1 2 25 11 5 3 0 2 11 5 5 4 1 0 14 6 14 22
3 Wehen Wiesbaden 10 5 3 2 22 12 5 3 2 0 12 5 5 2 1 2 10 7 10 18
4 Freiburg II 10 5 3 2 13 10 5 3 2 0 6 2 5 2 1 2 7 8 3 18
5 Saarbrücken 10 4 5 1 16 7 5 2 3 0 6 4 5 2 2 1 10 3 9 17
6 Dynamo Dresden 10 5 2 3 17 11 5 2 1 2 11 8 5 3 1 1 6 3 6 17
7 Ingolstadt 10 4 4 2 12 7 5 2 2 1 4 3 5 2 2 1 8 4 5 16
8 Waldhof Mannheim 10 5 1 4 13 18 5 5 0 0 9 3 5 0 1 4 4 15 -5 16
9 VfB Oldenburg 10 4 3 3 14 14 5 2 2 1 9 8 5 2 1 2 5 6 0 15
10 Viktoria Koln 11 3 5 3 16 15 5 2 2 1 7 6 6 1 3 2 9 9 1 14
11 MSV Duisburg 10 4 2 4 12 11 5 2 2 1 7 5 5 2 0 3 5 6 1 14
12 Osnabruck 10 3 4 3 15 11 5 3 1 1 9 3 5 0 3 2 6 8 4 13
13 Verl 11 3 3 5 13 17 6 2 3 1 10 7 5 1 0 4 3 10 -4 12
14 Meppen 10 2 5 3 15 18 5 2 2 1 11 7 5 0 3 2 4 11 -3 11
15 Zwickau 10 3 2 5 7 16 5 2 1 2 6 5 5 1 1 3 1 11 -9 11
16 Rot-Weiss Essen 10 2 3 5 11 20 5 2 1 2 7 12 5 0 2 3 4 8 -9 9
17 Hallescher FC 10 2 2 6 14 18 5 2 1 2 9 7 5 0 1 4 5 11 -4 8
18 Borussia Dortmund II 10 2 2 6 7 17 5 1 1 3 3 9 5 1 1 3 4 8 -10 8
19 Erzgebirge Aue 10 1 3 6 8 15 5 1 1 3 5 8 5 0 2 3 3 7 -7 6
20 Bayreuth 10 1 3 6 6 19 5 1 2 2 3 9 5 0 1 4 3 10 -13 6

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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.