This is 2. Bundesliga and Magdeburg - Karlsruher SC. In this preview and prediction you'll find stats, results, numbercrunching, tendencies and news!
- Magdeburg have not yet lost a game at home.
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
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.
Magdeburg form and stats
Seven points from three 2. Bundesliga home games is a great start for Magdeburg, who are hoping to build on that form here at MDCC-Arena.
In their previous game, the manager Titz led his Magdeburg to a defeat away at Nürnberg. The manager is hoping to put things right immediately here at MDCC-Arena. The striker Atik was declared "man of the match" for Magdeburg with the rating of 7.61/10. Atik hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 3 of 5 times and had 36 successful passes (of 45 total).
In the match before that, Magdeburg hosted Paderborn and drew the game 1-1.The bookmakers consider this a fairly even contest. One could say only the home advantage separates the teams. It could be relevant to look at how Magdeburg have performed in matches similar to this (as small favourites). Our database has found 6 matches with the results: Won 1, drawn 2 and lost 3.
At MDCC-Arena, Magdeburg has the goal stats of 9-6 (for/against) from 3 league fixtures.
Karlsruher SC form and stats
Playing away, Karlsruher SC have won 1 game, drawn 0 and suffered 3 defeats in the 2. Bundesliga this season. The pressure to perform on the road is increasing on Eichner, the Karlsruher SC manager, as the last three away games were defeats.
Home advantage was not enough for Karlsruher SC in their previous game as they lost hosting Holstein Kiel, 0-2. Jensen got a match rating of 7.62 in that game, top player of the team. Jensen hit one key pass.
A 3-4 defeat away at SpVgg Greuther Fürth before that.As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found 8 similar matches played by Karlsruher SC in our archives, and the results are: 1 win for Karlsruher, 1 draw and 6 defeats.
Karlsruher SC has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 7 goals from 4 games. Karlsruher SC have conceded 10 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
As for the last five games between these two teams, there's three Magdeburg victories, one draw and one Karlsruher SC win. Over/under statistics; two of these games ended with three goals or more, three matches with two goals or less.
Top Goalscorers
  L. Schuler 4 goals |   M. Wanitzek 4 goals |  S. Gnaka 3 goals |
Magdeburg missing players
Karlsruher SC missing players
| Magdeburg | Karlsruher SC | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 8 | 3 | 1 | Played | P | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 3 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| 2 | 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 3 | 4 |
| 17 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 0 | 7 | 12 |
| 14 | 6 | 1 | Conceded | C | 0 | 10 | 15 |
| 88% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 75% | 88% |
| 50% | 67% | 100% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 75% | 50% |
| 38% | 33% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 50% | 25% |
| 75% | 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 75% | 62% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 12% |
| 25% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 25% | 25% |
| 2.8 | 2.3 | 1 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 6.8 | 7 |
| 6.2 | 4.7 | 5 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 5.5 | 5.1 |
| 3 | 2.3 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 2.8 | 1.9 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.1 | 16.7 | 15 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 0 | 14 | 17.4 |
| 5.1 | 6.7 | 5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 0 | 6.5 | 6.1 |
| 41% | 45% | 40% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 27% | 24% |
| 16.1 | 12.7 | 10 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 0 | 14.8 | 13.2 |
| 6.5 | 5 | 4 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 0 | 5.8 | 5.1 |
- All of Magdeburg's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Karlsruher SC have created more than twice as many corners as Magdeburg.
- Karlsruher SC have failed to keep a clean sheet in all their away matches.
- Karlsruher SC have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
- Karlsruher SC haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Magdeburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Magdeburg have not yet lost a game at home.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | St. Pauli | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 |
| 2 | Hamburger SV | 8 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 16 |
| 3 | Hannover 96 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 11 | 15 |
| 4 | Holstein Kiel | 8 | 5 | 0 | 3 | 14 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 15 |
| 5 | Fortuna Dusseldorf | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 8 | 14 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 8 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 14 |
| 7 | Magdeburg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 14 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 12 |
| 8 | Nürnberg | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 9 | -1 | 12 |
| 9 | Hansa Rostock | 8 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 6 | -2 | 12 |
| 10 | Paderborn | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | -3 | 11 |
| 11 | Elversberg | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 5 | -3 | 11 |
| 12 | Hertha BSC | 8 | 3 | 0 | 5 | 16 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 9 |
| 13 | SpVgg Greuther Fürth | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 15 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 9 | -2 | 9 |
| 14 | Karlsruher SC | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 10 | -3 | 8 |
| 15 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 6 | -4 | 8 |
| 16 | Schalke 04 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 13 | -5 | 7 |
| 17 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 8 | -7 | 5 |
| 18 | Osnabruck | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 10 | 20 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | -10 | 5 |
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