3. Liga preview: Can Würzburger Kickers edge out victory against Magdeburg?

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Tue 02.June
Match begins: 17:00 (UTC)
Venue: flyeralarm-Arena (13090 seats)

A home win is expected from this fixture if the league table is anything to judge by. The Würzburger Kickers fans are optimistic that the difference between 6th and Magdeburg's 15th place in the table will show on the pitch.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Würzburger Kickers form and stats

When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Würzburger Kickers have managed 7 wins, 1 draw and suffered 5 defeats from 13 games.

A good away victory last time out for Würzburger, who won 3-1 against Meppen (placed 7th). Before that, Würzburger drew at home versus Waldhof Mannheim.

The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Würzburger Kickers have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 13 games) they have won eight times, drawn two and lost three.

There's a new game coming up fairly quickly for Würzburger as they are travelling to their away game against 1860 München in the 3. Liga. That match is four days after this one.

A decent goal production from Würzburger in their home games so far, with 22 goals from 13 league matches. Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 20 goals have been conceded.

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Magdeburg form and stats

The visitors are W2-D9-L3 on the road this term. That's in the 3. Liga.

Magdeburg aren't clicking offensively as they have gone 181 league minutes without a goal. S. Conteh was the last player to find the net.

The manager C. Wollitz was unhappy after their last game, a 3. Liga match played at their home ground MDCC-Arena. Magdeburg suffered a 0-1 loss to Kaiserslautern (placed 12th). It was a defeat before that one as the away game against MSV Duisburg wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

Magdeburg are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is one win, one draw and three defeats. From a total of five matches.

After this away game Magdeburg return home for a 3. Liga game against Uerdingen. That game is only three sleeps after this.

The attacking power of Magdeburg when travelling is not overwhelming with 13 goals scored from 14 league matches away. 14 goals have been conceded by Magdeburg in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent history between these sides is the Magdeburg - Würzburger Kickers 3-0 played earlier this season. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: two wins for Würzburger Kickers, one draw and two wins for Magdeburg. Over 2,5 goals: two times; under 2,5 goals: three games.

Top Goalscorers

MagdeburgS. Bertram
S. Bertram
10 goals
MagdeburgC. Beck
C. Beck
10 goals
WürzburgerF. Kaufmann
F. Kaufmann
8 goals

Würzburger Kickers missing players

Magdeburg missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Würzburger Kickers Magdeburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
28 13 3 Played P 4 14 28
13 7 1 Won W 0 2 7
5 1 0 Drew D 2 9 12
10 5 2 Lost L 2 3 9
51 22 3 Scored S 4 13 37
46 20 7 Conceded C 6 14 32
89% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 79% 89%
86% 92% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 75% 71% 75%
71% 77% 67% Over 2.5 O 2.5 50% 29% 36%
43% 46% 33% Over 3.5 O 3.5 25% 14% 18%
25% 15% 33% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 0% 11%
64% 69% 33% BTTS BTTS 75% 64% 57%
14% 8% 0% Clean Sheets C S 0% 21% 21%
32% 31% 67% Failed to Score F T 25% 36% 32%
 
6.5 6.3 6.7 Corners for (avg) C F 5 5.9 5.9
4 4 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3.5 3.7 3.7
1.9 2.1 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 1.8 2.4 2.1
2 2 0 Red cards R C 2 3 4
 
359 191 40 Total Shots T S 39 142 307
159 87 15 Shots on Target S O 14 48 113
32% 25% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 29% 27% 33%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Magdeburg has the most matches under the total-line (18)
  • Würzburger Kickers have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 MSV Duisburg 27 14 5 8 50 35 13 9 2 2 27 15 14 5 3 6 23 20 15 47
2 Unterhaching 28 12 11 5 42 31 14 5 6 3 19 18 14 7 5 2 23 13 11 47
3 Waldhof Mannheim 28 10 14 4 42 33 14 3 7 4 18 21 14 7 7 0 24 12 9 44
4 Bayern München II 28 13 5 10 54 47 14 7 3 4 28 22 14 6 2 6 26 25 7 44
5 Eintracht Braunschweig 28 12 8 8 46 40 15 7 4 4 28 22 13 5 4 4 18 18 6 44
6 Würzburger Kickers 28 13 5 10 51 46 13 7 1 5 22 20 15 6 4 5 29 26 5 44
7 Meppen 28 11 9 8 51 39 14 6 2 6 26 21 14 5 7 2 25 18 12 42
8 Ingolstadt 28 11 9 8 48 36 15 6 5 4 29 21 13 5 4 4 19 15 12 42
9 1860 München 27 11 9 7 45 38 13 6 6 1 26 14 14 5 3 6 19 24 7 42
10 Hansa Rostock 28 12 6 10 38 33 14 8 3 3 22 13 14 4 3 7 16 20 5 42
11 Uerdingen 28 12 6 10 34 40 13 5 2 6 16 22 15 7 4 4 18 18 -6 42
12 Kaiserslautern 28 9 10 9 43 45 13 3 8 2 15 14 15 6 2 7 28 31 -2 37
13 Viktoria Köln 28 9 8 11 48 57 14 4 4 6 19 26 14 5 4 5 29 31 -9 35
14 Chemnitzer FC 27 8 10 9 44 44 14 6 6 2 22 15 13 2 4 7 22 29 0 34
15 Magdeburg 28 7 12 9 37 32 14 5 3 6 24 18 14 2 9 3 13 14 5 33
16 Hallescher FC 27 9 6 12 43 43 14 4 5 5 26 26 13 5 1 7 17 17 0 33
17 Zwickau 28 8 9 11 42 43 14 5 4 5 25 19 14 3 5 6 17 24 -1 33
18 Preuen Munster 27 6 9 12 37 48 14 4 5 5 19 23 13 2 4 7 18 25 -11 27
19 Sonnenhof Groaspach 28 5 6 17 23 54 15 2 3 10 13 35 13 3 3 7 10 19 -31 21
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 27 4 5 18 27 61 13 2 2 9 11 25 14 2 3 9 16 36 -34 17

Germany:
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 MSV Duisburg 27 14 5 8 50 35 13 9 2 2 27 15 14 5 3 6 23 20 15 47
2 Unterhaching 28 12 11 5 42 31 14 5 6 3 19 18 14 7 5 2 23 13 11 47
3 Waldhof Mannheim 28 10 14 4 42 33 14 3 7 4 18 21 14 7 7 0 24 12 9 44
4 Bayern München II 28 13 5 10 54 47 14 7 3 4 28 22 14 6 2 6 26 25 7 44
5 Eintracht Braunschweig 28 12 8 8 46 40 15 7 4 4 28 22 13 5 4 4 18 18 6 44
6 Würzburger Kickers 28 13 5 10 51 46 13 7 1 5 22 20 15 6 4 5 29 26 5 44
7 Meppen 28 11 9 8 51 39 14 6 2 6 26 21 14 5 7 2 25 18 12 42
8 Ingolstadt 28 11 9 8 48 36 15 6 5 4 29 21 13 5 4 4 19 15 12 42
9 1860 München 27 11 9 7 45 38 13 6 6 1 26 14 14 5 3 6 19 24 7 42
10 Hansa Rostock 28 12 6 10 38 33 14 8 3 3 22 13 14 4 3 7 16 20 5 42
11 Uerdingen 28 12 6 10 34 40 13 5 2 6 16 22 15 7 4 4 18 18 -6 42
12 Kaiserslautern 28 9 10 9 43 45 13 3 8 2 15 14 15 6 2 7 28 31 -2 37
13 Viktoria Köln 28 9 8 11 48 57 14 4 4 6 19 26 14 5 4 5 29 31 -9 35
14 Chemnitzer FC 27 8 10 9 44 44 14 6 6 2 22 15 13 2 4 7 22 29 0 34
15 Magdeburg 28 7 12 9 37 32 14 5 3 6 24 18 14 2 9 3 13 14 5 33
16 Hallescher FC 27 9 6 12 43 43 14 4 5 5 26 26 13 5 1 7 17 17 0 33
17 Zwickau 28 8 9 11 42 43 14 5 4 5 25 19 14 3 5 6 17 24 -1 33
18 Preuen Munster 27 6 9 12 37 48 14 4 5 5 19 23 13 2 4 7 18 25 -11 27
19 Sonnenhof Groaspach 28 5 6 17 23 54 15 2 3 10 13 35 13 3 3 7 10 19 -31 21
20 Carl Zeiss Jena 27 4 5 18 27 61 13 2 2 9 11 25 14 2 3 9 16 36 -34 17

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The 3. Liga (Dritte Liga) is the third division in German football. It consists of 20 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 380 fixtures. The two top teams of the final league table are promoted and number three can promote through a playoff. The bottom three teams are relegated.