It's advantage Rot-Weiß Erfurt so far this season, with their 2nd position in the Regionalliga: Nordost table and anticipating the visit of Chemie Leipzig (who are sitting at 7th).
- Rot-Weiß Erfurt have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Regionalliga: Nordost
Rot-Weiß Erfurt are battling for top spots and have everything to play for. For Chemie Leipzig most of the excitement is over as they will neither be promoted or relegated this season.
This could be an engaging match with lots of spark and bustle as both contenders are well renewed since they last played a game. Let's get started!
Rot-Weiß Erfurt form and stats
Rot-Weiß Erfurt are steadily winning Regionalliga: Nordost games and points here at Multifunktionsarena Erfurt. 10 wins, 3 draws and 3 defeats is the summary from 16 games. Two home wins in a row for Rot-Weiß bring valid hopes of a third.
Rot-Weiß Erfurt travelled for their previous game, a trip to Energie Cottbus that ended 1-1.
A defeat was the result before that one, 0-2 away at Babelsberg.Rot-Weiß Erfurt can score goals in their home matches. After 16 league matches they have found the net 34 times. Rot-Weiß have only conceded 12 from their league home games. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.
Chemie Leipzig form and stats
Playing away, Chemie Leipzig have won 6 games, drawn 3 and suffered 7 defeats in the Regionalliga: Nordost this season.
Chemie Leipzig's last game ended in a draw, the home match versus Germania Halberstadt that finished 2-2. Drawing 2-2 against Germania Halberstadt after 90 minutes last time out was very disappointing after leading the match 2-0. Their manager Jagatic needs to evaluate why the team couldn't defend their result. Which player has beaten the opponent goalie three matches in a row for the away side? The answer is Kirstein and that is impressive stuff!
It was a defeat before that one as the away game against BFC Dynamo wasn't a success with a 1-3 loss.Scoring goals is the main ingredient in creating success in football, and not only at home. So far Leipzig have scored 17 goals in 16 league games away. Defensive performances away have varied in quality as Chemie Leipzig have conceded 27 goals on the road. For more goal statistics, check out the Statistics tab above.
Head 2 Head
Chemie Leipzig - Rot-Weiß Erfurt 1-1 was the story when these two contenders previously played each other, also in this season. Head-to-head numbers (for the last two meetings): Rot-Weiß won zero games, two matches ended with a tie and Chemie Leipzig managed zero wins. Over 2,5 goals / under 2,5 goals: zero / two.
Top Goalscorers
  A. Mergel 13 goals | K. Seidemann 11 goals | R. Hajrulla 10 goals |
Rot-Weiß Erfurt missing players
Chemie Leipzig missing players
| Rot-Weiß Erfurt | Chemie Leipzig | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 32 | 16 | 5 | Played | P | 5 | 16 | 32 |
| 18 | 10 | 3 | Won | W | 0 | 6 | 14 |
| 8 | 3 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 3 | 9 |
| 6 | 3 | 2 | Lost | L | 5 | 7 | 9 |
| 61 | 34 | 9 | Scored | S | 1 | 17 | 48 |
| 29 | 12 | 5 | Conceded | C | 14 | 27 | 43 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 94% | 94% |
| 81% | 75% | 40% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 81% | 84% |
| 44% | 44% | 40% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 60% | 56% | 59% |
| 25% | 31% | 20% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 40% | 31% | 31% |
| 16% | 19% | 20% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 6% | 9% |
| 50% | 38% | 40% | BTTS | BTTS | 20% | 38% | 53% |
| 34% | 44% | 20% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 31% | 31% |
| 16% | 19% | 40% | Failed to Score | F T | 80% | 38% | 22% |
| 3.7 | 3.7 | 3.8 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.2 | 3.7 | 4 |
| 2.5 | 2.8 | 4 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 5 | 5 | 4.1 |
| 1.7 | 1.8 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3.4 | 2.9 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.2 | 12.4 | 11.4 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 8.6 | 8.9 | 9.2 |
| 4.6 | 5.4 | 6.4 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.8 | 4.1 | 4.2 |
| 41% | 39% | 28% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 5% | 25% | 35% |
| 6.5 | 7.3 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 10.4 | 7.5 | 6.6 |
| 3.1 | 3.6 | 4.4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.6 | 3.7 | 3.2 |
- Rot-Weiß Erfurt have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
- Rot-Weiß Erfurt have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in Regionalliga: Nordost
- Rot-Weiß Erfurt have the fewest dropped points from leading position (4) in Regionalliga: Nordost
- Rot-Weiß Erfurt have the most scored goals in the second half (40) in Regionalliga: Nordost
- Rot-Weiß Erfurt 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 | Energie Cottbus | 32 | 20 | 6 | 6 | 64 | 28 | 16 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 37 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 36 | 66 |
| 2 | Rot-Weiß Erfurt | 32 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 61 | 29 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 34 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 27 | 17 | 32 | 62 |
| 3 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 32 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 54 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 7 | 0 | 25 | 6 | 16 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 29 | 13 | 35 | 59 |
| 4 | Lokomotive Leipzig | 32 | 17 | 6 | 9 | 55 | 38 | 16 | 11 | 2 | 3 | 32 | 14 | 16 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 23 | 24 | 17 | 57 |
| 5 | BFC Dynamo | 32 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 54 | 39 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 31 | 18 | 16 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 23 | 21 | 15 | 55 |
| 6 | Altglienicke | 32 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 61 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 34 | 25 | 16 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 27 | 12 | 24 | 53 |
| 7 | Chemie Leipzig | 32 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 48 | 43 | 16 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 31 | 16 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 17 | 27 | 5 | 51 |
| 8 | Chemnitzer FC | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 45 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 26 | 11 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 19 | 15 | 49 |
| 9 | Babelsberg | 32 | 13 | 10 | 9 | 46 | 37 | 16 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 19 | 16 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 49 |
| 10 | Hertha BSC II | 32 | 14 | 6 | 12 | 55 | 50 | 16 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 28 | 27 | 5 | 48 |
| 11 | Viktoria Berlin | 32 | 12 | 9 | 11 | 45 | 43 | 16 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 24 | 21 | 2 | 45 |
| 12 | BAK '07 | 32 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 41 | 50 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 8 | 28 | 32 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 7 | 13 | 18 | -9 | 43 |
| 13 | Luckenwalde | 32 | 9 | 11 | 12 | 40 | 50 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 13 | 27 | -10 | 38 |
| 14 | Greifswalder FC | 32 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 45 | 56 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 29 | 19 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 16 | 37 | -11 | 34 |
| 15 | ZFC Meuselwitz | 32 | 9 | 2 | 21 | 40 | 67 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 22 | 28 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 18 | 39 | -27 | 29 |
| 16 | Lichtenberg | 32 | 5 | 11 | 16 | 33 | 64 | 16 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 23 | 16 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 41 | -31 | 26 |
| 17 | Germania Halberstadt | 32 | 2 | 10 | 20 | 29 | 69 | 16 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 16 | 30 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 39 | -40 | 16 |
| 18 | Tennis Borussia | 32 | 3 | 4 | 25 | 24 | 91 | 16 | 2 | 2 | 12 | 12 | 42 | 16 | 1 | 2 | 13 | 12 | 49 | -67 | 13 |
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