- Form: Aue have improved recently, unbeaten in 5 games (1 win, 4 draws), while Schweinfurt have failed to win (4 draws and 1 defeat).
- Aue away record: Aue’s away record in 3. Liga 2025-2026 stands at W2 D5 L11, conceding 36 goals in 18 away games.
- Schweinfurt home record: Schweinfurt’s home record in 3. Liga 2025-2026 is W4 D4 L10, conceding 33 goals in 18 home games.
Relegation rivals face-off in promotion division
FC Erzgebirge Aue (31pts, 37 games) sit 19th in the 3.Liga 2025-2026 table and 1.FC Schweinfurt 05 (21pts, 37 games) are 20th ahead of Saturday’s match between the relegation rivals.
Aue are unbeaten in their last 5 games, while Schweinfurt have drawn 4 and lost 1 during the same period, although both clubs could use some momentum to put distance between themselves and the bottom two.
Khvicha Shubitidze took over as Aue boss in April 2026 and has introduced structure, discipline and defensive organisation to the club, who now play with a solid structure and focus on defensive basics and transitional play.
Jermaine Jones took charge of Schweinfurt in February 2026 and his fresh ideas have brought more intensity and directness to the team.
Schweinfurt can play quite wide, with wing-backs often creating chances, and are particularly strong in transition, but they are not always solid at the back when pushing forward.
Schweinfurt need a win, Aue need to keep going
Form and momentum
Aue are looking for their sixth consecutive game without defeat, but their task will be to prevent a Schweinfurt side who will be desperately seeking a win to pull themselves out of the relegation places.
Aue’s recent unbeaten run of 5 games has included a thrilling 5-3 win at Ingolstadt and a 0-0 draw at home to MSV Duisburg, but they seem to be grinding results out in the latter stages of the season.
Head-to-head and odds
They are very tough to beat and will probably have the psychological advantage of the 4-0 3.Liga 2025/2026 win over Schweinfurt when the clubs last met four months ago.
Schweinfurt have had some good results in recent home games, drawing 2 of their last 2, while Aue have gone unbeaten in their last 2 away games (1 win, 1 draw).
Both teams could probably do with a few more goals in their locker and both are set up to play positive soccer, so we’re going to take the slightly longer odds on an away win.
Aue’s odds of 1.83 are reasonable for a team that is in better form than their opponents, but the game should be relatively open and both teams are likely to score.
Both sides capable of scoring on Saturday
Both Aue and Schweinfurt have gone through their usual phases of struggling to convert draws into wins and conceding goals, so ‘Over 2.5 goals’ at 1.39 and ‘Both teams to score - Yes’ at 1.4 seem likely outcomes.
Both sides play a 3-4-2-1 shape, but there will be interesting battles on the flanks and in the half-spaces, while the tweaks from both coaches could make all the difference on the day.
- Erik Shuranov top scores for Schweinfurt with 4 goals in 17 appearances, but Sebastian Mueller has hit 2 in his last 5 games.
- Julian Guttau has 8 goals in 25 league appearances for Aue and has scored 4 times in his last 5 appearances, so he looks a big threat on Saturday.
