Preview: Magdeburg likely to beat Sandhausen at MDCC-Arena

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Competition: Germany 2. Bundesliga
Competition: Sat 15.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: MDCC-Arena (27250 seats)

2. Bundesliga: What this fixture might miss in glamour it should compensate in guts and attitude. Get set for Magdeburg - Sandhausen!

Insights:
  • Sandhausen have the most conceded goals (53) in 2. Bundesliga

This promises to be an intriguing game with lots of spark and excitement as both sides are well refreshed since they last ran out on the pitch. Get ready!

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Magdeburg form and stats

The complete 2. Bundesliga stats playing at home this season for Magdeburg are 4-3-6 (wins-draws-losses).

The home team returns to MDCC-Arena after drawing with Jahn Regensburg (placed 16th) on their last time out; the game ended 2-2. Attacking player Atik edged out all teammates in that fixture and received a match rating of 7.85 out of 10. Atik scored one goal and hit six key passes.

Before that game, the 3-0 home victory against Hansa Rostock.

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 Magdeburg's earlier matches at home being 55%-60% favourite: Played 4 games, won 4 matches, drawn 0 and lost 0.

On the other hand, Magdeburg have conceded 16 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last three home matches.

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Sandhausen form and stats

There's been little loot from Sandhausen's travels as they have only collected 9 points from 14 away games in the 2. Bundesliga. Sandhausen only have 2 wins to counter their 9 defeats and 3 draws. Recent form does not give Sandhausen much hope, as the visitors have lost three games in a row. Magdeburg will be a tough nut to crack.

Home advantage was not enough for Sandhausen in their previous game as they lost hosting Greuther Furth, 0-2. El-Zein got a match rating of 7.32 in that game, top player of the team. El-Zein hit four key passes, dribled past the opponent 2 of 4 times and had 31 successful passes (of 36 total).

Preceding that game, the 1-3 loss visiting Hannover 96's place.

Looking at the earlier recent performances of Sandhausen when being an outsider away as they are today, we find 7 matches with the visitors losing 3 times, drawing 3 and winning 1 game.

Sandhausen struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 26 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

The most recent registered result featuring both these contenders is the Sandhausen - Magdeburg 1-0 played previously this season. Magdeburg-Sandhausen H2H statistics last three meetings regardless of arena: Magdeburg one win, Sandhausen two wins, zero draws. zero of these three matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).

Top Goalscorers

MagdeburgM. Kwarteng
M. Kwarteng
8 goals
MagdeburgB. Atik
B. Atik
6 goals
SandhausenC. Kinsombi
C. Kinsombi
6 goals

Magdeburg missing players

Sandhausen missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Magdeburg Sandhausen
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
27 13 3 Played P 5 14 27
9 4 2 Won W 0 2 5
5 3 0 Drew D 2 3 6
13 6 1 Lost L 3 9 16
36 13 4 Scored S 6 14 27
47 16 2 Conceded C 10 26 53
96% 92% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 96%
81% 77% 67% Over 1.5 O 1.5 80% 79% 78%
67% 46% 33% Over 2.5 O 2.5 60% 57% 59%
33% 8% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 60% 29% 33%
19% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 20% 14% 19%
59% 46% 0% BTTS BTTS 80% 64% 56%
15% 31% 67% Clean Sheets C S 0% 7% 15%
30% 31% 33% Failed to Score F T 20% 29% 33%
 
4.8 4.8 3.7 Corners for (avg) C F 4.2 2.6 3.7
5.3 4.5 3.3 Corners against (avg) C A 8 6.6 6
2.3 2 1 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 3 2.7 2.8
4 2 0 Red cards R C 1 1 2
 
14.4 14.8 15 Shots (avg) S ( 10.8 8.9 10.1
4.9 5 6.7 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.6 3 3.2
27% 20% 20% Goal Efficiency G E 33% 33% 31%
 
16 13.2 8 Shots against (avg) S A 13.8 15.9 14.6
5.5 5.1 4.7 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 5.1 5.1
Key stats in 2. Bundesliga this season:
  • Sandhausen have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won away.
  • Sandhausen have the most conceded goals (53) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have the most conceded goals in the second half (32) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have the the worst goal difference (-26) in 2. Bundesliga
  • Sandhausen have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • Sandhausen haven’t played a single 0-0 game 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 Darmstadt 98 27 17 7 3 43 22 14 9 5 0 24 9 13 8 2 3 19 13 21 58
2 Hamburger SV 27 16 5 6 54 33 14 9 2 3 30 14 13 7 3 3 24 19 21 53
3 Heidenheim 27 14 9 4 53 31 14 10 3 1 37 16 13 4 6 3 16 15 22 51
4 St. Pauli 27 13 8 6 41 28 13 8 5 0 20 7 14 5 3 6 21 21 13 47
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 27 13 5 9 47 36 13 8 3 2 28 14 14 5 2 7 19 22 11 44
6 Paderborn 27 13 4 10 51 34 13 9 0 4 35 16 14 4 4 6 16 18 17 43
7 Kaiserslautern 27 10 10 7 41 37 13 5 6 2 23 20 14 5 4 5 18 17 4 40
8 Holstein Kiel 27 9 10 8 46 45 13 4 4 5 22 20 14 5 6 3 24 25 1 37
9 Karlsruher SC 27 10 6 11 43 42 14 6 3 5 24 22 13 4 3 6 19 20 1 36
10 Hannover 96 27 9 7 11 37 40 13 6 3 4 21 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -3 34
11 Greuther Furth 27 8 9 10 37 40 13 6 6 1 20 14 14 2 3 9 17 26 -3 33
12 Magdeburg 27 9 5 13 36 47 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 5 2 7 23 31 -11 32
13 Nürnberg 27 8 6 13 23 39 14 6 2 6 13 14 13 2 4 7 10 25 -16 30
14 Arminia Bielefeld 27 8 5 14 41 45 14 5 2 7 24 23 13 3 3 7 17 22 -4 29
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 7 8 12 32 44 14 6 3 5 19 17 13 1 5 7 13 27 -12 29
16 Jahn Regensburg 27 7 6 14 27 43 14 4 6 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 13 23 -16 27
17 Hansa Rostock 27 7 4 16 23 43 14 3 1 10 12 24 13 4 3 6 11 19 -20 25
18 Sandhausen 27 5 6 16 27 53 13 3 3 7 13 27 14 2 3 9 14 26 -26 21

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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 Darmstadt 98 27 17 7 3 43 22 14 9 5 0 24 9 13 8 2 3 19 13 21 58
2 Hamburger SV 27 16 5 6 54 33 14 9 2 3 30 14 13 7 3 3 24 19 21 53
3 Heidenheim 27 14 9 4 53 31 14 10 3 1 37 16 13 4 6 3 16 15 22 51
4 St. Pauli 27 13 8 6 41 28 13 8 5 0 20 7 14 5 3 6 21 21 13 47
5 Fortuna Dusseldorf 27 13 5 9 47 36 13 8 3 2 28 14 14 5 2 7 19 22 11 44
6 Paderborn 27 13 4 10 51 34 13 9 0 4 35 16 14 4 4 6 16 18 17 43
7 Kaiserslautern 27 10 10 7 41 37 13 5 6 2 23 20 14 5 4 5 18 17 4 40
8 Holstein Kiel 27 9 10 8 46 45 13 4 4 5 22 20 14 5 6 3 24 25 1 37
9 Karlsruher SC 27 10 6 11 43 42 14 6 3 5 24 22 13 4 3 6 19 20 1 36
10 Hannover 96 27 9 7 11 37 40 13 6 3 4 21 17 14 3 4 7 16 23 -3 34
11 Greuther Furth 27 8 9 10 37 40 13 6 6 1 20 14 14 2 3 9 17 26 -3 33
12 Magdeburg 27 9 5 13 36 47 13 4 3 6 13 16 14 5 2 7 23 31 -11 32
13 Nürnberg 27 8 6 13 23 39 14 6 2 6 13 14 13 2 4 7 10 25 -16 30
14 Arminia Bielefeld 27 8 5 14 41 45 14 5 2 7 24 23 13 3 3 7 17 22 -4 29
15 Eintracht Braunschweig 27 7 8 12 32 44 14 6 3 5 19 17 13 1 5 7 13 27 -12 29
16 Jahn Regensburg 27 7 6 14 27 43 14 4 6 4 14 20 13 3 0 10 13 23 -16 27
17 Hansa Rostock 27 7 4 16 23 43 14 3 1 10 12 24 13 4 3 6 11 19 -20 25
18 Sandhausen 27 5 6 16 27 53 13 3 3 7 13 27 14 2 3 9 14 26 -26 21

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