Week 8 brings us a match on Sep 11th, where Erzgebirge Aue will host Zwickau at Erzgebirgsstadion in a clash of these two mismatched 3. Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 13 degrees, which is great football weather. In their last match, Erzgebirge Aue recorded a 1-2 loss against Rot-Weiss Essen. Felix Bastians struck first for Rot-Weiss Essen in the 23rd minute, then Sam Schreck tied it up for Erzgebirge Aue in the 55th minute. Erzgebirge Aue looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches, while zwickau sits at 14th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Viktoria Köln. Neither Zwickau nor Viktoria Köln could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 15 and 10 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a scoreless draw,. Zwickau looks to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season, so it will be interesting how the match turns out.
Zwickau hasn’t been successful in netting any goals lately. Their top scorers in the last five matches are Dominic Baumann and Konig, and they each have 1 goal. Erzgebirge Aue is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Maximilian Thiel and Sam Schreck each only have 1 goal in their last five.