Home advantage could prove decisive in Magdeburg - VfB Lübeck battle

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sun 25.April
Match begins: 11:00 (UTC)
Venue: MDCC-Arena (27250 seats)

With their 10 point advantage in the league table, Magdeburg fans are hoping to see their team collect maximum points from this game against VfB Lübeck.

Insights:
  • Magdeburg is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • VfB Lübeck have the most dropped points from leading position (25) in 3. Liga

It’s busy days for these teams as both were in action only a few days ago. There’s no rest for the wicked, or in this case; no rest for Magdeburg and VfB Lübeck.

Magdeburg are fighting like crazy to avoid relegation and desperately need points in this fixture. VfB Lübeck are fighting to avoid relegation and will work hard for points.

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Magdeburg form and stats

Overall 3. Liga stats at home this season for Magdeburg are 4-5-7 (wins-draw-losses).

Happy days for Magdeburg in their previous game, a 3. Liga match away at Meppen (placed 15th) that ended with a 2-1 victory. The spoils were shared after 90 minutes before that, a home game that ended 0-0 versus Zwickau.

The home team are moderate favourites in this game. How does Magdeburg handle that role? We have found ten games in our database similar to this one, based on the home odds. The stats for these games are four wins, two draws and four defeats.

Magdeburg have scored 12 league goals here from 16 matches, not a lot. Magdeburg have conceded 20 in these home matches. 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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VfB Lübeck form and stats

The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for VfB Lübeck, who have the most conceded goals (32) away in 3. Liga, so far with only 12 points returning home. The records show 3-3-10 (win-draw-lose).

Lübeck delivered a 1-1 draw playing at home against Ingolstadt (placed 2nd) in their previous match; a 3. Liga game. Prior to that match, the VfB Lübeck manager R. Landerl faced defeat when travelling to Waldhof Mannheim and losing 2-3.

We have checked recent matches where VfB Lübeck have had similar odds to win. Win-draw-lose statistics from those eight games were three victories, one draw and four defeats.

Lübeck are scoring more than one goal per away game on average, having accumulated 21 away goals from 16 games (in the league). The Lübeck manager R. Landerl has some worries about the defense as 32 goals have been conceded in these travels.

Head 2 Head

These teams' last encounter with each other was the VfB Lübeck - Magdeburg 1-1 earlier this season. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: three - three - four (Magdeburg wins - draws - VfB Lübeck wins). As for goals, two matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), eight had two or less.

Top Goalscorers

VfB LübeckY. Deichmann
Y. Deichmann
8 goals
MagdeburgB. Atik
B. Atik
6 goals
MagdeburgA. Müller
A. Müller
5 goals

Magdeburg missing players

VfB Lübeck missing players

Total First Half Second Half
Magdeburg VfB Lübeck
Total Home vs low Statistics Stat vs mid Away Total
33 16 4 Played P 6 16 33
11 4 2 Won W 2 3 7
8 5 2 Drew D 0 3 10
14 7 0 Lost L 4 10 16
34 12 4 Scored S 11 21 37
41 20 2 Conceded C 12 32 50
94% 88% 75% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 94% 94%
73% 75% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 81% 73%
33% 31% 25% Over 2.5 O 2.5 83% 62% 42%
12% 6% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 44% 27%
6% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 33% 31% 18%
45% 38% 50% BTTS BTTS 83% 75% 61%
27% 31% 50% Clean Sheets C S 17% 12% 21%
33% 44% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 19% 24%
 
0 0 0 Corners for (avg) C F 0 0 0
0 0 0 Corners against (avg) C A 0 0 0
2.3 2.7 1.8 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2 1.8 1.8
7 3 0 Red cards R C 0 0 2
 
9.6 9.9 7.8 Shots (avg) S ( 7.3 8.3 8.5
3.6 3.6 2.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 3.3 2.9 3.1
28% 21% 40% Goal Efficiency G E 55% 45% 37%
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Magdeburg have the fewest matches over the total-line (11) in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg is in the best form (5-1-0)
  • VfB Lübeck have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • VfB Lübeck have the most conceded goals (32) away in 3. Liga
  • VfB Lübeck have the most dropped points from leading position (25) 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 Hansa Rostock 33 18 8 7 46 29 16 10 3 3 27 16 17 8 5 4 19 13 17 62
2 Ingolstadt 33 17 9 7 44 35 16 11 4 1 23 11 17 6 5 6 21 24 9 60
3 Dynamo Dresden 31 18 5 8 51 26 15 9 5 1 28 11 16 9 0 7 23 15 25 59
4 1860 München 33 16 10 7 60 29 17 7 7 3 31 17 16 9 3 4 29 12 31 58
5 Saarbrucken 33 14 10 9 60 46 17 8 5 4 37 23 16 6 5 5 23 23 14 52
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 14 10 9 53 44 16 8 5 3 28 20 17 6 5 6 25 24 9 52
7 Verl 33 13 10 10 61 50 17 6 6 5 30 23 16 7 4 5 31 27 11 49
8 Viktoria Koln 33 13 8 12 45 50 17 6 2 9 21 28 16 7 6 3 24 22 -5 47
9 Turkgucu-Ataspor 33 12 10 11 42 42 16 6 6 4 17 18 17 6 4 7 25 24 0 46
10 Zwickau 33 11 10 12 40 41 17 5 3 9 19 23 16 6 7 3 21 18 -1 43
11 Waldhof Mannheim 33 10 12 11 43 50 16 6 5 5 32 28 17 4 7 6 11 22 -7 42
12 Magdeburg 33 11 8 14 34 41 16 4 5 7 12 20 17 7 3 7 22 21 -7 41
13 Hallescher FC 33 10 10 13 37 54 17 6 6 5 19 23 16 4 4 8 18 31 -17 40
14 MSV Duisburg 32 10 9 13 43 54 17 6 4 7 23 28 15 4 5 6 20 26 -11 39
15 Meppen 33 11 4 18 33 53 16 7 0 9 20 31 17 4 4 9 13 22 -20 37
16 Bayern München II 33 8 11 14 42 47 16 5 3 8 19 20 17 3 8 6 23 27 -5 35
17 Kaiserslautern 33 6 17 10 36 42 16 3 10 3 16 17 17 3 7 7 20 25 -6 35
18 Uerdingen 32 9 9 14 32 42 16 3 4 9 12 25 16 6 5 5 20 17 -10 33
19 VfB Lübeck 33 7 10 16 37 50 17 4 7 6 16 18 16 3 3 10 21 32 -13 31
20 Unterhaching 33 8 4 21 35 49 17 6 2 9 21 23 16 2 2 12 14 26 -14 28

Germany:
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 Hansa Rostock 33 18 8 7 46 29 16 10 3 3 27 16 17 8 5 4 19 13 17 62
2 Ingolstadt 33 17 9 7 44 35 16 11 4 1 23 11 17 6 5 6 21 24 9 60
3 Dynamo Dresden 31 18 5 8 51 26 15 9 5 1 28 11 16 9 0 7 23 15 25 59
4 1860 München 33 16 10 7 60 29 17 7 7 3 31 17 16 9 3 4 29 12 31 58
5 Saarbrucken 33 14 10 9 60 46 17 8 5 4 37 23 16 6 5 5 23 23 14 52
6 Wehen Wiesbaden 33 14 10 9 53 44 16 8 5 3 28 20 17 6 5 6 25 24 9 52
7 Verl 33 13 10 10 61 50 17 6 6 5 30 23 16 7 4 5 31 27 11 49
8 Viktoria Koln 33 13 8 12 45 50 17 6 2 9 21 28 16 7 6 3 24 22 -5 47
9 Turkgucu-Ataspor 33 12 10 11 42 42 16 6 6 4 17 18 17 6 4 7 25 24 0 46
10 Zwickau 33 11 10 12 40 41 17 5 3 9 19 23 16 6 7 3 21 18 -1 43
11 Waldhof Mannheim 33 10 12 11 43 50 16 6 5 5 32 28 17 4 7 6 11 22 -7 42
12 Magdeburg 33 11 8 14 34 41 16 4 5 7 12 20 17 7 3 7 22 21 -7 41
13 Hallescher FC 33 10 10 13 37 54 17 6 6 5 19 23 16 4 4 8 18 31 -17 40
14 MSV Duisburg 32 10 9 13 43 54 17 6 4 7 23 28 15 4 5 6 20 26 -11 39
15 Meppen 33 11 4 18 33 53 16 7 0 9 20 31 17 4 4 9 13 22 -20 37
16 Bayern München II 33 8 11 14 42 47 16 5 3 8 19 20 17 3 8 6 23 27 -5 35
17 Kaiserslautern 33 6 17 10 36 42 16 3 10 3 16 17 17 3 7 7 20 25 -6 35
18 Uerdingen 32 9 9 14 32 42 16 3 4 9 12 25 16 6 5 5 20 17 -10 33
19 VfB Lübeck 33 7 10 16 37 50 17 4 7 6 16 18 16 3 3 10 21 32 -13 31
20 Unterhaching 33 8 4 21 35 49 17 6 2 9 21 23 16 2 2 12 14 26 -14 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.