Magdeburg vs Hertha BSC match preview

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 02.Sep
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: MDCC-Arena (27250 seats)

Here's another exciting fixture in the 2. Bundesliga. Magdeburg is in the 4th position after featuring in four fixtures. They welcome Hertha BSC who are placed 14th after four games.

Insights:
  • Magdeburg have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Hertha BSC have the fewest scored goals (0) away in 2. Bundesliga

There should be plenty of energy on the pitch in this game, as both sides have had time to recuperate from their last game. Let's hope both teams are ready to give it all.

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Magdeburg form and stats

The hosts won their first 2. Bundesliga game here at MDCC-Arena, lifting spirits. Home statistics for Magdeburg last season were 6 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses from 17 games.

Magdeburg travelled for their previous game, a trip to St. Pauli that ended 0-0. The Magdeburg goalkeeper Reimann was crucial in the match against St. Pauli last time out, making twelve saves. The goalie Reimann was named most valuable player of the team in that game, scoring 9.62 out of ten. Reimann topped it up with a clean sheet.

A strong away win before that one, visiting Holstein Kiel and winning 4-2.

This is expected to be a close game, with Magdeburg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Magdeburg as a small favourite), we find 5 games. Magdeburg has won 1 of these, drawn 1 and lost 3.

It's still early days, but we have some goal stats for the Magdeburg at home in the league. 2 on target and 1 scored by the opposition; from 1 match.

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Hertha BSC form and stats

No 2. Bundesliga points yet away for Hertha BSC, from their first 2 matches.

Hertha BSC go into this game after a win, the home game against Greuther Furth that ended 5-0. That victory felt good as this side had gone three league matches without winning. As you can tell from the results above, Hertha BSC was very dominant against Greuther Furth, winning the match with a scoreline that even the finest fortune teller couldn't predict. 5-0 (!) with Prevljak, Winkler, Dárdai and Tabaković (2) providing the goals. Goalkeeper Ernst was absolutely vital in the Hertha victory against Greuther Furth, making six saves. Tabaković, attacking player, was the top performer on the team in that game, scoring a match rating of 9.44. Tabaković scored two goals, served one assist, hit two key passes and dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times.

It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Hamburger SV wasn't a success with a 0-3 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 5 similar matches played by Hertha BSC in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Hertha BSC, 0 draws and 4 defeats.

Hertha BSC have the goal stats of 0-4 (for/against) from 2 business trips in the league at this early stage of the season.

Head 2 Head

Top Goalscorers

MagdeburgL. Schuler
L. Schuler
3 goals
Hertha BSCH. Tabakovic
H. Tabakovic
2 goals
MagdeburgL. Castaignos
L. Castaignos
1 goals

Magdeburg missing players

Hertha BSC missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Magdeburg Hertha BSC
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
4 1 1 Played P 2 2 4
2 1 1 Won W 0 0 1
2 0 0 Drew D 0 0 0
0 0 0 Lost L 2 2 3
7 2 2 Scored S 0 0 5
4 1 1 Conceded C 4 4 5
75% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
75% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 50% 50% 50%
50% 100% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 50% 50%
25% 0% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 25%
75% 100% 100% BTTS BTTS 0% 0% 0%
25% 0% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 25%
25% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 100% 75%
 
2.2 1 1 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5 5.2
6.2 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 5.5 5.5 5.8
2.2 1 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 2 1.8
0 0 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
11.8 15 15 Shots (avg) S ( 11 11 13.8
4.8 5 5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 2 4
37% 40% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 0% 31%
 
16.5 10 10 Shots against (avg) S A 18 18 17
6.5 4 4 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 4.5 4.5 5.2
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Hertha BSC have the fewest scored goals (0) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Magdeburg have the most scored goals in the first half (5) in 2. Bundesliga
Magdeburg Last season Hertha BSC
Total Home   Statistics Stat   Away Total
34 17   Played P   17 34
12 6   Won W   2 7
7 4   Drew D   2 8
15 7   Lost L   13 19
48 23   Scored S   18 42
55 22   Conceded C   42 69
94% 94%   Over 0.5 O 0.5   100% 100%
79% 82%   Over 1.5 O 1.5   88% 88%
68% 59%   Over 2.5 O 2.5   65% 56%
35% 24%   Over 3.5 O 3.5   47% 41%
18% 6%   Over 4.5 O 4.5   29% 26%
59% 53%   BTTS BTTS   71% 68%
18% 29%   Clean Sheets C S   6% 9%
29% 24%   Failed to Score F T   24% 24%
 
4.6 4.9   Corners for (avg) C F   3.9 4.3
5.6 5.1   Corners against (avg) C A   6.6 6
2.3 1.9   Yellow cards (avg) Y C   2.6 2.4
4 2   Red cards R C   1 1
 
14.1 14.7   Shots (avg) S (   10.5 11.3
4.8 5.1   Shots on Target (avg) S O   3.6 3.7
30% 26%   Goal Efficiency G E   30% 33%
 
15.7 12.8   Shots against (avg) S A   15.8 14.3
5.4 5   Shots on Target against (avg) S O   6.6 5.4

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hamburger SV 4 3 1 0 11 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 10
2 Hansa Rostock 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 9
3 Holstein Kiel 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 9
4 Magdeburg 4 2 2 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 8
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 4 2 1 1 7 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 5 7
6 Karlsruher SC 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 7
7 Wehen Wiesbaden 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
8 Nürnberg 4 2 1 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
9 St. Pauli 4 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
10 Kaiserslautern 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 6
11 Hannover 96 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 5
12 Greuther Furth 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 -1 4
13 Paderborn 4 1 1 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 4
14 Hertha BSC 4 1 0 3 5 5 2 1 0 1 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 3
15 Schalke 04 4 1 0 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 6 -2 3
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 4 1 0 3 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 3
17 Osnabruck 4 0 1 3 6 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
18 Elversberg 4 0 1 3 5 12 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 -7 1
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Heidenheim 34 19 10 5 67 36 17 12 4 1 41 16 17 7 6 4 26 20 31 67
2 Darmstadt 98 34 20 7 7 50 33 17 11 5 1 27 13 17 9 2 6 23 20 17 67
3 Hamburger SV 34 20 6 8 70 45 17 11 3 3 38 20 17 9 3 5 32 25 25 66
4 Fortuna Düsseldorf 34 17 7 10 60 43 17 11 4 2 38 19 17 6 3 8 22 24 17 58
5 St. Pauli 34 16 10 8 55 39 17 9 7 1 24 11 17 7 3 7 31 28 16 58
6 Paderborn 34 16 7 11 68 44 17 12 0 5 46 20 17 4 7 6 22 24 24 55
7 Karlsruher SC 34 13 7 14 56 53 17 9 3 5 32 25 17 4 4 9 24 28 3 46
8 Holstein Kiel 34 12 10 12 58 61 17 6 4 7 29 29 17 6 6 5 29 32 -3 46
9 Kaiserslautern 34 11 12 11 47 48 17 6 6 5 26 26 17 5 6 6 21 22 -1 45
10 Hannover 96 34 12 8 14 50 55 17 8 3 6 27 26 17 4 5 8 23 29 -5 44
11 Magdeburg 34 12 7 15 48 55 17 6 4 7 23 22 17 6 3 8 25 33 -7 43
12 Greuther Furth 34 10 11 13 47 50 17 8 7 2 28 19 17 2 4 11 19 31 -3 41
13 Hansa Rostock 34 12 5 17 32 48 17 6 1 10 18 25 17 6 4 7 14 23 -16 41
14 Nürnberg 34 10 9 15 32 49 17 7 4 6 18 17 17 3 5 9 14 32 -17 39
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 34 9 9 16 42 59 17 7 3 7 23 22 17 2 6 9 19 37 -17 36
16 Arminia Bielefeld 34 9 7 18 50 62 17 5 4 8 28 29 17 4 3 10 22 33 -12 34
17 Jahn Regensburg 34 8 7 19 34 58 17 4 7 6 17 28 17 4 0 13 17 30 -24 31
18 Sandhausen 34 7 7 20 35 63 17 4 4 9 18 33 17 3 3 11 17 30 -28 28
Last season Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 FC Bayern München 34 21 8 5 92 38 17 11 5 1 53 17 17 10 3 4 39 21 54 71
2 Borussia Dortmund 34 22 5 7 83 44 17 14 2 1 55 17 17 8 3 6 28 27 39 71
3 RB Leipzig 34 20 6 8 64 41 17 13 2 2 38 18 17 7 4 6 26 23 23 66
4 Union Berlin 34 18 8 8 51 38 17 11 6 0 30 11 17 7 2 8 21 27 13 62
5 Freiburg 34 17 8 9 51 44 17 10 4 3 28 13 17 7 4 6 23 31 7 59
6 Bayer Leverkusen 34 14 8 12 57 49 17 8 3 6 35 23 17 6 5 6 22 26 8 50
7 Eintracht Frankfurt 34 13 11 10 58 52 17 9 5 3 35 18 17 4 6 7 23 34 6 50
8 Wolfsburg 34 13 10 11 57 48 17 6 7 4 34 25 17 7 3 7 23 23 9 49
9 FSV Mainz 05 34 12 10 12 54 55 17 6 6 5 31 25 17 6 4 7 23 30 -1 46
10 Borussia Mönchengladbach 34 11 10 13 52 55 17 10 3 4 33 18 17 1 7 9 19 37 -3 43
11 Köln 34 10 12 12 49 54 17 6 5 6 28 20 17 4 7 6 21 34 -5 42
12 Hoffenheim 34 10 6 18 48 57 17 7 2 8 28 29 17 3 4 10 20 28 -9 36
13 Werder Bremen 34 10 6 18 51 64 17 5 2 10 26 28 17 5 4 8 25 36 -13 36
14 VfL Bochum 1848 34 10 5 19 40 72 17 8 2 7 28 32 17 2 3 12 12 40 -32 35
15 FC Augsburg 34 9 7 18 42 63 17 6 4 7 16 24 17 3 3 11 26 39 -21 34
16 Stuttgart 34 7 12 15 45 57 17 5 6 6 23 22 17 2 6 9 22 35 -12 33
17 Schalke 04 34 7 10 17 35 71 17 5 5 7 23 36 17 2 5 10 12 35 -36 31
18 Hertha BSC 34 7 8 19 42 69 17 5 6 6 24 27 17 2 2 13 18 42 -27 29

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Table
  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Hamburger SV 4 3 1 0 11 5 2 2 0 0 8 3 2 1 1 0 3 2 6 10
2 Hansa Rostock 4 3 0 1 7 4 3 2 0 1 5 3 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 9
3 Holstein Kiel 4 3 0 1 7 5 2 1 0 1 4 5 2 2 0 0 3 0 2 9
4 Magdeburg 4 2 2 0 7 4 1 1 0 0 2 1 3 1 2 0 5 3 3 8
5 Fortuna Düsseldorf 4 2 1 1 7 2 2 1 0 1 2 2 2 1 1 0 5 0 5 7
6 Karlsruher SC 4 2 1 1 7 5 2 1 1 0 4 2 2 1 0 1 3 3 2 7
7 Wehen Wiesbaden 4 2 1 1 4 3 2 1 1 0 2 1 2 1 0 1 2 2 1 7
8 Nürnberg 4 2 1 1 7 7 2 1 1 0 4 3 2 1 0 1 3 4 0 7
9 St. Pauli 4 1 3 0 2 1 2 0 2 0 0 0 2 1 1 0 2 1 1 6
10 Kaiserslautern 4 2 0 2 6 8 2 1 0 1 4 4 2 1 0 1 2 4 -2 6
11 Hannover 96 4 1 2 1 6 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 0 4 3 0 5
12 Greuther Furth 4 1 1 2 6 7 2 1 1 0 5 0 2 0 0 2 1 7 -1 4
13 Paderborn 4 1 1 2 4 9 2 0 1 1 2 3 2 1 0 1 2 6 -5 4
14 Hertha BSC 4 1 0 3 5 5 2 1 0 1 5 1 2 0 0 2 0 4 0 3
15 Schalke 04 4 1 0 3 6 8 2 1 0 1 3 2 2 0 0 2 3 6 -2 3
16 Eintracht Braunschweig 4 1 0 3 2 5 2 1 0 1 1 1 2 0 0 2 1 4 -3 3
17 Osnabruck 4 0 1 3 6 9 2 0 0 2 4 6 2 0 1 1 2 3 -3 1
18 Elversberg 4 0 1 3 5 12 2 0 0 2 1 7 2 0 1 1 4 5 -7 1

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