In a mid week match in week 18, on Monday Jan 16th, Ingolstadt hosts Erzgebirge Aue in a clash of these two extremely mismatched 3. Liga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only -1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 4th placed Ingolstadt is fresh off their 1-0 shutout win against MSV Duisburg. Calvin Brackelmann scored the first goal for Ingolstadt in the 59th minute, and that single goal was all that was necessary as neither team could manage any more scoring In the end, MSV Duisburg was frustrated by Ingolstadt’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Ingolstadt ended the match with the shutout victory. Ingolstadt should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 20 points in their last 10 matches, while erzgebirge Aue sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Borussia Dortmund II. Marco Schikora struck first for Erzgebirge Aue in the 46th minute on a feed from Ivan Knezevic, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Borussia Dortmund II couldn’t muster any offence and Erzgebirge Aue ran away with the shutout win. Erzgebirge Aue is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 9th, Ingolstadt hosted Erzgebirge Aue in their last match together. Ingolstadt won by a score of 2 to 1. Filip Bilbija struck first for Ingolstadt in the 7th minute on a feed from Dennis Eckert, but Ben Zolinski got the equalizer for Erzgebirge Aue in the 68th minute.
Both Dimitrij Nazarov and Lenn Jastremski have been the hottest scorers for Erzgebirge Aue in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Ingolstadt is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Tobias Bech Kristensen and Calvin Brackelmann each only have 1 goal in their last five.