Look at this exciting fixture in the 2. Bundesliga. Schalke 04 is in the 12th place from playing five fixtures. They receive Magdeburg who are placed 3rd from five matches.
- All of Schalke 04's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Magdeburg have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in 2. Bundesliga
Schalke 04 and Magdeburg should both be in good shape for this meeting, as there's been enough days for both of them to train and rest since their last matches.
Schalke 04 form and stats
Only two 2. Bundesliga home games for Schalke 04 so far, yet both highs and lows with 1 win, 0 draws and 1 defeat.
The home team returns to Veltins-Arena after drawing with Wehen Wiesbaden (placed 8th) on their last time out; the game ended 1-1. Brunner, defender, was given a rating of 7.61/10 in that game, top of the team. Brunner hit one key pass and won 6 of 8 duels.
Before that game, the home loss against Holstein Kiel with the scoreline 0-2.The hosts are modest favourites in this match, with the bookmakers estimating the chance of a home win at about 50% +- five percent. It's interesting to look at how Schalke have performed under similar circumstances, so here are some numbers: When modest favourites like this (we found 8 games) they have won 4 times, drawn 0 and lost 4.
At Veltins-Arena, Schalke 04 has the goal stats of 3-2 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Magdeburg form and stats
Magdeburg are doing rather OK so far in their away games in the 2. Bundesliga, having played 3 games and collected 5 points (1 win, 2 draws and 0 losses).
Magdeburg had fun at their own home (Veltins-Arena) last time out, beating Hertha BSC 6-4. Bell, Gnaka, Hankouri, Ceka, Schuler and Arslan scored. As you can tell from the result, the match against Hertha BSC was as crazy as a clown in a village circus. Great fun for the neutral supporter with 10 goals, will the fun continue today? Attacker Schuler got a player rating of 8.62 in the game. "Man of the match" Schuler scored one goal, served one assist and hit two key passes.
Preceding that game, the 0-0 draw paying a visit to St. Pauli.We have checked recent matches where Magdeburg have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those 6 games were 3 victories, 1 draw and 2 defeats.
The travelling fans enjoy Magdeburg's attacking play in away games, having scored 5 goals in 3 league matches away.
Head 2 Head
Top Goalscorers
  L. Schuler 4 goals |   S. Terodde 2 goals | A. Arslan 2 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
Magdeburg missing players
| Schalke 04 | Magdeburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 2 | Played | P | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | Won | W | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | 1 | 1 | Lost | L | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | 3 | 3 | Scored | S | 1 | 5 | 13 |
| 9 | 2 | 2 | Conceded | C | 1 | 3 | 8 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 33% | 60% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 33% | 40% |
| 40% | 0% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 67% | 80% |
| 20% | 50% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 50% | Failed to Score | F T | 50% | 33% | 20% |
| 5 | 5.5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 2.5 | 2.7 | 2.6 |
| 6.4 | 7 | 7 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 7 | 6.7 | 5.6 |
| 1.4 | 1 | 1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 3 | 2.7 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 1 | 1 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 13.6 | 14.5 | 14.5 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 7 | 10.7 | 14.2 |
| 5.2 | 6 | 6 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 2 | 4.7 | 6.2 |
| 27% | 25% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 25% | 36% | 42% |
| 18 | 12 | 12 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 19 | 18.7 | 15.8 |
| 6.6 | 4.5 | 4.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 6.5 | 7.3 | 6.6 |
- All of Schalke 04's home-matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
- Magdeburg have conceded at least twice as many corners as they have won.
- Magdeburg have not yet lost a game.
- Magdeburg have the most scored goals in the first half (7) in 2. Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Schalke 04 | Last season | Magdeburg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 34 | 17 | Played | P | 17 | 34 | ||
| 7 | 5 | Won | W | 6 | 12 | ||
| 10 | 5 | Drew | D | 3 | 7 | ||
| 17 | 7 | Lost | L | 8 | 15 | ||
| 35 | 23 | Scored | S | 25 | 48 | ||
| 71 | 36 | Conceded | C | 33 | 55 | ||
| 85% | 88% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 94% | 94% | ||
| 79% | 82% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 76% | 79% | ||
| 62% | 71% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 76% | 68% | ||
| 41% | 47% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 47% | 35% | ||
| 21% | 24% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 29% | 18% | ||
| 50% | 59% | BTTS | BTTS | 65% | 59% | ||
| 21% | 18% | Clean Sheets | C S | 6% | 18% | ||
| 44% | 35% | Failed to Score | F T | 35% | 29% | ||
| 5 | 5.5 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 4.4 | 4.6 | ||
| 6.1 | 5.6 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 6.1 | 5.6 | ||
| 2 | 2.1 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.6 | 2.3 | ||
| 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 2 | 4 | ||
| 13 | 14 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 13.4 | 14.1 | ||
| 3.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 4.4 | 4.8 | ||
| 27% | 30% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 33% | 30% | ||
| 14.6 | 13.8 | Shots against (avg) | S A | 18.6 | 15.7 | ||
| 5.7 | 5.5 | Shots on Target against (avg) | S O | 5.9 | 5.4 | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Hamburger SV | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 13 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 13 |
| 2 | Holstein Kiel | 5 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 12 |
| 3 | Magdeburg | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 13 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 11 |
| 4 | Fortuna Düsseldorf | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 7 | 10 |
| 5 | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Kaiserslautern | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 9 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 9 |
| 7 | Hannover 96 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 8 |
| 8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| 9 | St. Pauli | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Karlsruher SC | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 7 |
| 11 | Nurnberg | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 7 |
| 12 | Schalke 04 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | -2 | 4 |
| 13 | Greuther Furth | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | -3 | 4 |
| 14 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 4 | -3 | 4 |
| 15 | Elversberg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 5 | -6 | 4 |
| 16 | Paderborn | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 11 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 8 | -6 | 4 |
| 17 | Hertha BSC | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 10 | -2 | 3 |
| 18 | Osnabruck | 5 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | -4 | 1 |
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