In this week 20 match on the 22nd of January, Erzgebirge Aue hosts Schalke 04 in a clash of the 2. Bundesliga. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Erzgebirge Aue is fresh off their 2-2 draw against St. Pauli. Ben Zolinski struck first for Erzgebirge Aue in the 17th minute, then Jakov Medic tied it up for St. Pauli in the 30th minute on a feed from Eric Smith . Erzgebirge Aue is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while schalke 04 is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Holstein Kiel. Alexander Muhling struck first for Holstein Kiel in the 67th minute on a feed from Fin Bartels, but Simon Terodde got the equalizer for Schalke 04 in the 73rd minute squeezing out at least the one point for Schalke 04. Schalke 04 is looking for direction having earned 15 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 13th, Schalke 04 hosted Erzgebirge Aue in their last match together. Schalke 04 and Erzgebirge Aue battled to a 1-1 draw in front of almost 20000. Dominick Drexler struck first for Schalke 04 in the 32nd minute on a feed from Simon Terodde, then Sascha Härtel tied it up for Erzgebirge Aue in the 86th minute on a feed from John-Patrick Strauss earning Erzgebirge Aue at least a draw.
Both Marius Bülter and Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez have been the hottest scorers for Schalke 04 in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Antonio Jonjic and Jan Hochscheidt are the top scorers for Erzgebirge Aue in the last 5 matches, but unfortunately they only have one goal. It’s hard to imagine having success with those stats.