Magdeburg vs Heidenheim betting preview: Even match expected

Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Date: Fri 29.March
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: MDCC-Arena

The visiting Heidenheim side should be favourites in this visit to Magdeburg, as the away team holds a 19 point advantage from their 26 league games this season.

Both teams should be fairly well rested for this game, as they have had some quiet days to prepare. Hopefully this will translate into lots of action on the pitch.

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Magdeburg form and stats

With 1 win, 8 draws and 4 defeats from their home games, Magdeburg, who have the fewest wins (1) at home in 2. Bundesliga, are certainly not brimming with confidence.

Magdeburg drew their last game, 1-1 away at Dynamo Dresden (placed 14th). Ahead of that match, Magdeburg lost 0-1 at home to Sandhausen.

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 four games. Magdeburg has won 0 of these, drawn 3 and lost 1.

Magdeburg has scored 13 goals at home this season, in 13 matches. On the other hand, Magdeburg have conceded 16 goals.

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Heidenheim form and stats

4 wins, 6 draws and 3 losses. That’s the product of Heidenheim playing as the away team this season.

The supporters enjoyed Heidenheim's previous game versus Union Berlin (placed 3rd), a 2. Bundesliga 2-1 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Bochum wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.

As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 20 similar matches played by Heidenheim in our archives, and the results are: 5 wins for Heidenheim, 8 draws and 7 defeats.

Heidenheim have scored 17 goals on their travels this season, 13 away games. As opposed to that, Heidenheim have seen the ball go into their own net 15 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

Magdeburg and Heidenheim have met before this season: Heidenheim - Magdeburg 3-0. Magdeburg-Heidenheim H2H statistics last one meeting regardless of arena: Magdeburg 0 wins, Heidenheim 1 win, 0 draws.

Top Goalscorers

R. Glatzel
12 goals / 1 assists
M. Schnatterer
9 goals / 8 assists
C. Beck
8 goals / 4 assists

Magdeburg missing players

Heidenheim missing players

Magdeburg Heidenheim
Total Home Statistic Away Total
26 13 Played 13 26
88% 85% Over 0.5 100% 96%
65% 62% Over 1.5 77% 81%
46% 31% Over 2.5 62% 54%
31% 23% Over 3.5 38% 27%
19% 15% Over 4.5 23% 15%
58% 62% Both teams to score 62% 73%
23% 23% Clean Sheet 31% 19%
31% 31% Failed To Score 8% 12%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Köln 25 16 3 6 64 31 13 8 2 3 40 18 12 8 1 3 24 13 33 51
2 Hamburger SV 26 15 5 6 38 29 13 7 3 3 16 16 13 8 2 3 22 13 9 50
3 Union Berlin 26 12 11 3 42 23 13 9 4 0 26 6 13 3 7 3 16 17 19 47
4 St. Pauli 26 13 4 9 38 40 13 7 2 4 23 19 13 6 2 5 15 21 -2 43
5 Holstein Kiel 26 11 9 6 51 37 13 6 5 2 27 18 13 5 4 4 24 19 14 42
6 Heidenheim 26 11 9 6 40 32 13 7 3 3 23 17 13 4 6 3 17 15 8 42
7 Paderborn 26 11 8 7 58 40 14 7 6 1 39 21 12 4 2 6 19 19 18 41
8 Jahn Regensburg 26 9 10 7 38 38 13 4 5 4 13 17 13 5 5 3 25 21 0 37
9 Bochum 26 9 7 10 37 39 13 7 1 5 20 16 13 2 6 5 17 23 -2 34
10 Arminia Bielefeld 26 9 7 10 38 41 13 5 2 6 21 21 13 4 5 4 17 20 -3 34
11 Erzgebirge Aue 26 9 5 12 33 35 13 5 4 4 15 15 13 4 1 8 18 20 -2 32
12 Darmstadt 98 26 9 5 12 37 45 13 7 2 4 21 15 13 2 3 8 16 30 -8 32
13 Greuther Fürth 25 8 8 9 26 41 11 4 5 2 16 15 14 4 3 7 10 26 -15 32
14 Dynamo Dresden 25 7 7 11 29 38 13 4 4 5 18 17 12 3 3 6 11 21 -9 28
15 Sandhausen 26 5 8 13 29 38 13 3 5 5 15 14 13 2 3 8 14 24 -9 23
16 Magdeburg 26 4 11 11 28 41 13 1 8 4 13 16 13 3 3 7 15 25 -13 23
17 MSV Duisburg 25 5 6 14 24 42 12 3 0 9 12 23 13 2 6 5 12 19 -18 21
18 Ingolstadt 26 4 7 15 25 45 13 2 4 7 14 19 13 2 3 8 11 26 -20 19

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