Erzgebirge Aue vs Osnabruck Live Stream, Predictions

📊 Form Guide

Erzgebirge Aue

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Erzgebirge Aue head into this fixture following a 1-1 3rd Liga drawn match against Osnabruck.

The only player to score from Erzgebirge Aue was Marvin Stefaniak (16'). Felix Higl (35') scored for Osnabruck.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times where Erzgebirge Aue have shown defensive steel. In fact, Erzgebirge Aue have been scored against in 5 of their previous 6 games, giving up 15 goals in the process. We shall soon see whether or not that trend can be sustained here.

Pre-game facts show that Erzgebirge Aue:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Osnabruck in their last 6 games.
• have not won at home in their last 4 league games. Their fans aren't happy.

Osnabruck

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In their last half-dozen clashes, Osnabruck have amassed a total of 8 goals. Osnabruck have also not failed to score on each one of those occasions. Over that period, they’ve seen 14 goals go into their own net.

Ahead of this meeting, Osnabruck have not registered a win against Erzgebirge Aue when they have played them away from home in the previous 3 league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A glance at their most recent head to head meetings stretching back to 25/07/2015 shows us that Erzgebirge Aue have won 3 of these games & Osnabruck 0, with the tally of drawn results being 3.

Also, the lack of goals in those games was pretty extraordinary, with a sum of 5 scored between them overall.

The last league fixture between the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 34 on 23/05/2021 and the score finished Erzgebirge Aue 2-1 Osnabruck.

In that game, Erzgebirge Aue had 56% possession and 18 shots on goal with 6 on target. The scorer was Dimitrij Nazarov (65', 76').

On the other side, Osnabruck had 13 shots on goal with 4 on target. Sebastian Kerk (25') scored.

The match was refereed by Martin Petersen.

📰 Team News: Erzgebirge Aue

Martin Männel (Meniscus Damage), Antonio Jonjic (Corona virus), Maximilian Thiel (Calf Problems), Omar Sijaric (Ill) and Nico Gorzel (Shoulder Injury) won’t be able to feature for Erzgebirge Aue manager Timo Rost.

🗞️ Team News: Osnabruck

Owing to a completely injury-free squad available to select from, the Osnabruck boss Daniel Scherning does not have any fitness worries at all before this game.

🧠 Prediction

We are of the inclination to think that Osnabruck and Erzgebirge Aue may well both score, with little between these two teams.

Let’s see how it plays out, but a draw is looking likely to us. We therefore think that it’s going to be a very close game with a 1-1 scoreline when all is said and done.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Peter Guest, 16:43 05/08/2022