The wisdom of the crowd think Fortuna Düsseldorf will defeat Magdeburg at Merkur Spiel-Arena

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Fri 27.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Merkur Spiel-Arena (54600 seats)

Fortuna Düsseldorf have taken 16 of their 26 in total here in familiar surroundings. Will they claim the win against Magdeburg?

Insights:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Magdeburg have the most conceded goals (33) in 2. Bundesliga

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Fortuna Düsseldorf form and stats

16 points is a decent return from 8 2. Bundesliga games here at Merkur Spiel-Arena for Fortuna Düsseldorf. The data says 5 wins, 1 draw and 2 losses.

Düsseldorf's previous game was also a home match, the defeat 1-2 versus Kaiserslautern (placed 4th). The defeat against Kaiserslautern was especially painful as the deciding goal against was scored six minutes into stoppage time (by Klement). Midfield player Hendrix got a match rating of 7.33 in that game, the max score being 10. Hendrix hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 70 successful passes (of 78 total).

Prior to that, an away loss at Hannover 96.

The betting market estimate that the home team has about 55-60% chance of winning this match. There could be betting value if you think differently, so to help you here are the stats from Fortuna Düsseldorf's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 5 games, won 4 matches, drawn 1 and lost 0.

Fortuna Düsseldorf can score goals in their home matches. After 8 league matches they have found the net 17 times. It's been trouble in front of goal recently, as only 2 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches.

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Magdeburg form and stats

The visitors are W3-D1-L5 on the road this term. That's in the 2. Bundesliga.

It might be tough going out on the road again for Magdeburg, facing their second straight away game. Especially as the previous game, ended with a defeat 1-3 versus Arminia Bielefeld (placed 16th). The attacker Atik got a match rating of 7.62 in that game. Atik hit one key pass, dribled past the opponent 2 of 2 times and had 46 successful passes (of 57 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Arminia Bielefeld's place.

The travelling fans enjoy Magdeburg's attacking play in away games, having scored 14 goals in 9 league matches away. Magdeburg have conceded 20 goals in these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent registered result featuring both these participants is the Magdeburg - Düsseldorf 1-2 played earlier this season. Fortuna Düsseldorf-Magdeburg H2H statistics last five meetings regardless of arena: Fortuna Düsseldorf two wins, Magdeburg two wins, one draw. three of these five matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

Fortuna DüsseldorfD. Kownacki
D. Kownacki
6 goals
Fortuna DüsseldorfS. Appelkamp
S. Appelkamp
4 goals
MagdeburgM. Kwarteng
M. Kwarteng
4 goals

Fortuna Düsseldorf missing players

Magdeburg missing players

Fortuna Düsseldorf Magdeburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
17 8 2 Played P 2 9 17
8 5 2 Won W 1 3 5
2 1 0 Drew D 0 1 2
7 2 0 Lost L 1 5 10
26 17 5 Scored S 3 14 20
20 8 1 Conceded C 4 20 33
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 100%
76% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 78% 76%
59% 75% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 100% 78% 65%
29% 50% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 56% 35%
6% 12% 50% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 33% 18%
53% 62% 50% BTTS BTTS 100% 67% 59%
18% 25% 50% Clean Sheets C S 0% 0% 6%
29% 12% 0% Failed to Score F T 0% 33% 35%
 
5 4.9 8.5 Corners for (avg) C F 7 5.2 5.1
5.1 3.6 7.5 Corners against (avg) C A 5 6.3 5.6
2.5 2 1.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.3 2.2
1 0 0 Red cards R C 0 1 3
 
13.8 14.1 16.5 Shots (avg) S ( 18.5 13.9 13.4
4.9 5.4 7.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 5 4.7 4.4
31% 40% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 30% 33% 27%
 
11.4 11.9 14.5 Shots against (avg) S A 14 18.9 16.3
3.9 4.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.7 5.7
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded at home.
  • Fortuna Düsseldorf haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Magdeburg have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
  • Magdeburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Magdeburg have the fewest clean sheets (1) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Magdeburg have the most conceded goals (20) away in 2. Bundesliga
  • Magdeburg have the most conceded goals (33) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Magdeburg have the the worst goal difference (-13) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Magdeburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Darmstadt 98 17 10 6 1 27 15 9 5 4 0 15 6 8 5 2 1 12 9 12 36
2 Hamburger SV 17 11 1 5 29 19 9 5 1 3 15 10 8 6 0 2 14 9 10 34
3 Heidenheim 17 9 6 2 33 20 8 6 2 0 21 10 9 3 4 2 12 10 13 33
4 Kaiserslautern 17 7 8 2 29 23 9 3 4 2 14 14 8 4 4 0 15 9 6 29
5 Hannover 96 17 8 4 5 25 18 8 5 2 1 12 6 9 3 2 4 13 12 7 28
6 Paderborn 17 8 2 7 35 22 9 6 0 3 26 11 8 2 2 4 9 11 13 26
7 Fortuna Düsseldorf 17 8 2 7 26 20 8 5 1 2 17 8 9 3 1 5 9 12 6 26
8 Holstein Kiel 17 6 7 4 30 28 8 3 3 2 14 10 9 3 4 2 16 18 2 25
9 Hansa Rostock 17 6 3 8 17 23 9 3 1 5 8 11 8 3 2 3 9 12 -6 21
10 Greuther Furth 17 4 8 5 22 26 9 3 5 1 13 12 8 1 3 4 9 14 -4 20
11 Nurnberg 17 5 4 8 16 25 8 3 1 4 8 11 9 2 3 4 8 14 -9 19
12 Jahn Regensburg 17 5 4 8 20 30 9 3 4 2 9 13 8 2 0 6 11 17 -10 19
13 Karlsruher SC 17 5 3 9 26 30 9 3 2 4 16 17 8 2 1 5 10 13 -4 18
14 Eintracht Braunschweig 17 4 6 7 18 26 9 3 2 4 10 11 8 1 4 3 8 15 -8 18
15 St. Pauli 17 3 8 6 23 25 8 3 5 0 13 6 9 0 3 6 10 19 -2 17
16 Arminia Bielefeld 17 5 2 10 23 28 8 4 0 4 16 14 9 1 2 6 7 14 -5 17
17 Magdeburg 17 5 2 10 20 33 8 2 1 5 6 13 9 3 1 5 14 20 -13 17
18 Sandhausen 17 4 4 9 21 29 8 3 2 3 12 12 9 1 2 6 9 17 -8 16

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