July 31st features a match where Mainz 05 will travel to Aue to battle Erzgebirge Aue in a clash of the DFB Pokal. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 16 degrees, which should make for a nice day for football. In their last match, Erzgebirge Aue recorded a 1-1 draw against Freiburg II. Marvin Stefaniak struck first for Erzgebirge Aue in the 3rd minute, but Alexander Sorge got the equalizer for Freiburg II on an own goal in the 50th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Freiburg II. Erzgebirge Aue looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 0 of their last 10, while mainz 05 has not played yet this season.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Mainz 05’s top weapon lately has been Marcus Ingvartsen, who has 2 goals in the last 5 matches. Both Nazarov and Marvin Stefaniak have been the hottest scorers for Erzgebirge Aue in the last five each having scored 2 goals each.