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.
- 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.
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.
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
![]() M. Stoppelkamp 10 goals | ![]() V. Vermeij 7 goals | ![]() B. Atik 6 goals |
Magdeburg missing players
MSV Duisburg missing players
| Magdeburg | MSV Duisburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | 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% |
- 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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