Erzgebirge Aue is at the equator of the standings, possessing the 10th place. In eleven rounds played, the team showed the following results: four wins, four draws and three defeats. On December 13, Dirk Schuster’s charges played away against St. Pauli and missed the victory, firstly they were leading with a score of 2:0, but ended with a 2:2 draw. In five home matches the “violet” lost only once, losing to Regensburg (0:2).
The two-time champion and winner of the Spanish Cup managed to enter the top six last season, displacing Valencia and fellow countrymen from Athletic from the Europa League zone. In the Europa League Real Sociedad managed to secure the second position in the group stage and made it to the playoffs, where they will play against Manchester United. It is noteworthy that the team from San Sebastian played the last three matches in a draw, while scoring five goals for the entire group stage. In the Primera Championship Imanol Alguasil’s wards lead the standings after 13 matches, for which few could have predicted. The Blues won seven and finished five matches, bringing 26 points, as did Atletico. Following the success in the game with Granada (2:0) and Cadiz (1:0), the royal shared points with opponents three times. In December the Basques took points from Alaves (0:0) away and at home they parted with Eibar (1:1). It should be noted the second best indicator in the defense line and the best attack performance, which hit the opponents’ goal 23 times. In the infirmary of the team there are Guridi, Ilharamendi, Moya, Oyarzabal and Sola.