Struggling Magdeburg are aching to pull off an upset when they greet enterprising Darmstadt 98 in the upcoming league fixture. It’s 13th vs 1st and the home supporters will have modest confidence.
- Magdeburg have the most conceded goals (29) in 2. Bundesliga
- Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (4-2-0) in 2. Bundesliga
The hosts Magdeburg saw competitive action as recent as four days ago, playing in the 2. Bundesliga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Nürnberg.
Magdeburg form and stats
Magdeburg's struggle is real here at MDCC-Arena with only 7 points collected from 7 2. Bundesliga games. The win-draw-lost numbers are ugly: 2-1-4.
Magdeburg are returning here after visiting Nürnberg and winning with a 2-1 scoreline. Piccini (2) scored the goal(s). Piccini, defender, was given a rating of 9.31/10 in that game, top of the team. Piccini scored two goals, hit one key pass and won 5 of 6 duels.
The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 1-1 versus Heidenheim.Magdeburg are traveling soon after this match as the 2. Bundesliga match at Arminia Bielefeld awaits in three days.
The goals haven't exactly been flowing for Magdeburg here at MDCC-Arena in the league, with less than one goal per game on average (6 from 7 games). Defensively it’s touch-and-go for the home team as 12 goals have been conceded. When Magdeburg hosts teams that live on the top of the table (like St. Pauli, SpVgg Greuther Fürth, Arminia Bielefeld, Sandhausen and Nürnberg), the matches have ended over 2.5 goals 2 of 3 times.
Darmstadt 98 form and stats
Darmstadt 98 have an excellent away record in the 2. Bundesliga so far with 4-2-1 from 7 games. In general it has been a productive period now for Darmstadt 98 as they haven't lost any of their last 14 games.
Darmstadt are travelling after their nice 1-0 home win in the match against Hannover 96 (placed 6th). Pfeiffer, who plays in defense, got the "man of the match" on his team with the rating 8.13. Pfeiffer hit one key pass and won 16 of 20 duels.
A 1-1 draw at St. Pauli's stadium before that.A new game in only three days for Darmstadt 98, the 2. Bundesliga home match versus SpVgg Greuther Fürth. Busy days.
Darmstadt are not goal shy away from home in the league, finding the net 11 times in 7 away games so far. As opposed to that, Darmstadt 98 have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.
Head 2 Head
The 4 most recent fixtures featuring these opponents have all ended as Darmstadt 98 wins. Will history repeat itself?The matches between these sides have sometimes been hot-tempered, having seen 2 sending-offs from the last four encounters.
Top Goalscorers
  P. Tietz 6 goals |  M. Kwarteng 4 goals | B. Manu 4 goals |
Magdeburg missing players
Darmstadt 98 missing players
| Magdeburg | Darmstadt 98 | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 15 | 7 | 3 | Played | P | 1 | 7 | 15 |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 4 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Drew | D | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 8 | 4 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 19 | 6 | 2 | Scored | S | 1 | 11 | 25 |
| 29 | 12 | 7 | Conceded | C | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 86% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 86% | 80% |
| 67% | 57% | 67% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 57% | 47% |
| 33% | 14% | 33% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 14% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 60% | 57% | 67% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 71% | 60% |
| 7% | 14% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 14% | 33% |
| 33% | 29% | 33% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 14% | 7% |
| 4.7 | 5.3 | 6.3 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 6 | 3.9 | 5.9 |
| 5.7 | 4.6 | 3.7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6 | 5.6 | 4.5 |
| 2.2 | 1.9 | 2 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 3.1 | 2.6 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 13.2 | 13.4 | 15.7 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 14 | 14.4 | 14.3 |
| 4.2 | 4.3 | 3.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4 | 4 | 4.5 |
| 30% | 20% | 18% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 39% | 37% |
| 15.9 | 12.3 | 15 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 21 | 13.6 | 11.9 |
| 5.7 | 5.4 | 5.3 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 9 | 5.1 | 3.8 |
- Darmstadt 98 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Darmstadt 98 have won significantly less corners away then at home.
- Darmstadt 98 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Darmstadt 98 is in the best form (4-2-0) in 2. Bundesliga
- Magdeburg have the most conceded goals (29) in 2. Bundesliga
- Magdeburg have the the worst goal difference (-6) at home 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 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 25 | 14 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 11 | 32 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | 25 | 16 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 31 |
| 3 | Heidenheim | 15 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 24 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 11 | 27 |
| 4 | Paderborn | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 34 | 18 | 8 | 6 | 0 | 2 | 26 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 26 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 15 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 25 | 16 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 26 |
| 6 | Hannover 96 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 22 | 17 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 24 |
| 7 | Kaiserslautern | 15 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 25 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 3 | 23 |
| 8 | Holstein Kiel | 15 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 29 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 13 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 2 | 23 |
| 9 | Jahn Regensburg | 15 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 12 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 12 | -9 | 18 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 22 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 11 | -2 | 17 |
| 11 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 15 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 24 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 14 | -7 | 17 |
| 12 | Hansa Rostock | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 12 | -7 | 17 |
| 13 | Magdeburg | 15 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 19 | 29 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -10 | 17 |
| 14 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 15 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 20 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 12 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 15 | Sandhausen | 15 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 16 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | -5 | 16 |
| 16 | St. Pauli | 15 | 3 | 6 | 6 | 19 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 15 | -2 | 15 |
| 17 | Nürnberg | 15 | 4 | 3 | 8 | 13 | 23 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 13 | -10 | 15 |
| 18 | Arminia Bielefeld | 15 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 18 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 13 | 13 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 14 | -9 | 11 |
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