Magdeburg vs MSV Duisburg betting preview

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 08.May
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: MDCC-Arena (27250 seats)

The home fans are expecting three points in this fixture, as the home advantage should be put to good use versus a struggling visitor. Magdeburg are in the 9th position while the guesting MSV Duisburg worry at 14th.

Insights:
  • Magdeburg have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals (57) in 3. Liga

It's no vacation for neither Magdeburg nor MSV Duisburg as both were in action only a few days ago. Expect some tired legs on the pitch and/or possibly some changes to the lineups.

Magdeburg can neither be promoted or relegated from 3. Liga. Duisburg are struggling to avoid relegation.

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Magdeburg form and stats

5-5-7 (win-draw-lost) are the 3. Liga numbers at home for Magdeburg so far this season. Magdeburg has a nice streak going on as they have played ten consecutive leaguegames without losing (regardless of home/away). They are keen to extend their tally, a streak that began after the Wehen Wiesbaden defeat 69 days ago.

Magdeburg are confident in defense, having played 197 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Previous to that game, a home match hosting VfB Lubeck in a game that was won 1-0.

Magdeburg aren't scoring a lot here at MDCC-Arena in the league, with only 13 goals from 17 games. On the other hand, Magdeburg have conceded 20 goals. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 0 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 home matches.

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MSV Duisburg form and stats

Playing away, MSV Duisburg, who have the most conceded goals (57) in 3. Liga, have won 5 games, drawn 5 and suffered 7 defeats in the 3. Liga this season.

Prior to that match, the MSV Duisburg manager P. Dochev faced defeat when travelling to Dynamo Dresden and losing 0-1.

Duisburg are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 23 away goals from 17 games (in the league). Duisburg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 27 goals conceded from these games. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 2 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; MSV Duisburg - Magdeburg 1-2. Last seven meetings between the teams: Magdeburg won one, MSV Duisburg won three and three draws. three games with over 2,5 goals, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MSV DuisburgM. Stoppelkamp
M. Stoppelkamp
10 goals
MSV DuisburgV. Vermeij
V. Vermeij
7 goals
MagdeburgB. Atik
B. Atik
6 goals

Magdeburg missing players

MSV Duisburg missing players

Magdeburg MSV Duisburg
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
35 17 5 Played P 6 17 35
13 5 3 Won W 1 5 11
8 5 2 Drew D 2 5 10
14 7 0 Lost L 3 7 14
38 13 5 Scored S 8 23 48
41 20 2 Conceded C 12 27 57
94% 88% 80% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 97%
71% 71% 40% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 88% 86%
34% 29% 20% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 65% 66%
11% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 35% 40%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 6% 11%
43% 35% 40% BTTS BTTS 100% 76% 71%
31% 35% 60% Clean Sheets C S 0% 18% 17%
31% 41% 20% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 14%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.5 1.4 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.5 2.2 2.3
7 3 0 Red cards R C 1 1 4
 
10 10.6 10.6 Shots (avg) S ( 10 9.5 9.3
3.8 3.7 3.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 4.3 4.2 4.2
29% 21% 31% Goal Efficiency G E 31% 32% 33%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals (57) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg have the most conceded goals in the second half (33) in 3. Liga
  • MSV Duisburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
  • Magdeburg have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have the fewest scored goals in the first half (14) in 3. Liga

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Dynamo Dresden 35 20 6 9 54 29 17 10 5 2 29 14 18 10 1 7 25 15 25 66
2 Hansa Rostock 35 19 9 7 50 32 17 10 4 3 28 17 18 9 5 4 22 15 18 66
3 1860 München 35 18 10 7 65 29 18 8 7 3 34 17 17 10 3 4 31 12 36 64
4 Ingolstadt 35 18 10 7 48 38 17 12 4 1 26 13 18 6 6 6 22 25 10 64
5 Saarbrücken 35 15 10 10 64 49 18 8 5 5 37 26 17 7 5 5 27 23 15 55
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 35 15 10 10 56 47 17 8 5 4 28 23 18 7 5 6 28 24 9 55
7 Verl 35 13 12 10 63 52 18 6 7 5 30 23 17 7 5 5 33 29 11 51
8 Viktoria Köln 35 13 10 12 48 53 18 6 3 9 23 30 17 7 7 3 25 23 -5 49
9 Magdeburg 35 13 8 14 38 41 17 5 5 7 13 20 18 8 3 7 25 21 -3 47
10 Turkgucu-Ataspor 35 12 10 13 43 48 17 6 6 5 17 20 18 6 4 8 26 28 -5 46
11 Hallescher FC 35 12 10 13 44 55 18 7 6 5 23 24 17 5 4 8 21 31 -11 46
12 Waldhof Mannheim 35 11 12 12 45 52 17 6 5 6 32 30 18 5 7 6 13 22 -7 45
13 Zwickau 35 11 11 13 42 44 18 5 4 9 19 23 17 6 7 4 23 21 -2 44
14 MSV Duisburg 35 11 10 14 48 57 18 6 5 7 25 30 17 5 5 7 23 27 -9 43
15 Kaiserslautern 35 7 17 11 39 47 17 4 10 3 19 19 18 3 7 8 20 28 -8 38
16 Meppen 35 11 5 19 35 56 17 7 0 10 22 34 18 4 5 9 13 22 -21 38
17 Uerdingen 35 10 10 15 35 45 18 3 5 10 13 28 17 7 5 5 22 17 -10 37
18 Bayern München II 35 8 12 15 44 53 17 5 3 9 19 24 18 3 9 6 25 29 -9 36
19 VfB Lubeck 35 7 10 18 37 54 18 4 7 7 16 21 17 3 3 11 21 33 -17 31
20 Unterhaching 35 8 4 23 37 54 18 6 2 10 21 25 17 2 2 13 16 29 -17 28

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The 3. Liga (Dritte Liga) is the third division in German football. It consists of 20 teams playing each other home and away for a total of 380 fixtures. The two top teams of the final league table are promoted and number three can promote through a playoff. The bottom three teams are relegated.