Montag, 1. April 2019

Erzgebirge Aue - Dynamo Dresden

Dresden to record rare away league win

TEAM NEWS
Aue’s Steve Breitkreuz and Dennis Kempe have been ruled out due to injury while defender Malcolm Cacutalua is out for the rest of the season with a knee injury.

Dresden's Brian Hamalainen, Patrick Ebert, Vasil Kusej and Marco Hartmann are sidelined and Niklas Kreuzer and Jannis Nikolaou will both miss out with suspension.

Aue
Suspended: None
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Steve Breitkreuz, Malcolm Cacutalua, Dennis Kempe (all knee)

Dresden
Suspended: Niklas Kreuzer, Jannis Nikolaou
Doubtful: None
Injured/unavailable: Brian Hamalainen (back), Marco Hartmann (thigh), Patrick Ebert (pulled muscle), Vasil Kusej (ligaments)

MATCH PREVIEW
MAIN PREDICTION: AWAY WIN
Aue have had a mixed bag of results in the league lately, winning two, drawing one and losing two of their last five fixtures. Since losing 1-0 at home to leaders Cologne at the end of February, the side have won back-to-back league games against Sandhausen (3-0 away) and Paderborn (2-1 at home) before Daniel Meyer’s men were thrashed 5-1 away from home to Holstein Kiel 5-1. They are currently in 11th place.

Dresden have been in awful form of late, losing four and drawing three of their last seven league matches. Since beating Duisburg 3-1 in late 2018, they have not won in the league in seven attempts in 2019. New boss Christian Fiel and his team were held to a lucky 1-1 draw against Magdeburg in their last league outing. They have also lost their last three away league matches and have won only once on the road in league action since late September, drawing three and losing five during that time.

This is a tricky league fixture to call, but Dresden are unbeaten in their last two league matches with two draws under their new boss. I have a feeling they could pick up a vital three points at the Erzgebirgs Stadium at the weekend.

SECOND PREDICTION: FIRST HALF HAD - DRAW
The last two league affairs between the two have been level at half time, so back the first half to end all square once again.

HEAD TO HEAD
Dresden are unbeaten in their last four league meetings, winning two and drawing two.

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