On Saturday Dec 18th, in week 18, Erzgebirge Aue plays host to Nürnberg in a clash of these two extremely mismatched 2. Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. Erzgebirge Aue sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-1 loss against Dynamo Dresden. Konigsdorffer scored the first goal for Dynamo Dresden in the 61st minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, Erzgebirge Aue couldn’t muster any offence and Dynamo Dresden ran away with the shutout win. Erzgebirge Aue is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 7th placed Nürnberg, recorded a 1-4 loss against Schalke 04. Thomas Ouwejan scored the first goal for Schalke 04 in the 20th minute, then Fabian Nurnberger tied it up for Nürnberg in the 49th minute. Nürnberg is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches.
In their last match on the 25th of July, Nürnberg and Erzgebirge Aue battled to a 0-0 draw in front of just over 11000. Neither Nürnberg nor Erzgebirge Aue could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 20 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,.
For Nürnberg, their top scorers are Erik Shuranov and Manuel Schäffler, each having 2 goals in their last five matches. Erzgebirge Aue is glad to have Antonio Jonjic in top form. In the last five matches the midfielder has scored 4 goals.