3. Liga preview: Can Magdeburg edge out victory against Waldhof Mannheim?

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sun 19.December
Match begins: 12:00 (UTC)
Venue: MDCC-Arena (27250 seats)

A very important match in 3. Liga as both participants are battling for the top positions. With Magdeburg in 1st place and Waldhof Mannheim at 3rd, this has all the looks of an exciting duel. Read on to learn more!

Insights:
  • Magdeburg have the most scored goals (38) in 3. Liga
  • Waldhof Mannheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

These are active days for the team playing at home, as they had a match only four days ago in the 3. Liga. At least it's nice to return home after that away game at Zwickau.

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Magdeburg form and stats

The home supporters can't complain about results here at MDCC-Arena as Magdeburg have scored 15 goals to get 22 points from 9 games. The overall stats in the 3. Liga are 7-1-1 (wins-draws-losses). After failing to beat Wurzburger Kickers here at MDCC-Arena, Magdeburg has put together a very nice winning streak on their own turf with five wins in a row.

The home team returns to MDCC-Arena after being equal after 90 minutes with Zwickau (placed 13th) on their last time out; the 3. Liga game ended 1-1.

Ahead of that match, Magdeburg won a home game hosting Osnabrück (2-1).

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 five wins, two draws and three defeats.

Magdeburg have proved capable of finding the net in their games here at MDCC-Arena with 15 goals in 9 league matches. Defensively Magdeburg have been outstanding, conceding less than half a goal on average per home game in the league (4 in 9 games). For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Waldhof Mannheim form and stats

As the visiting team in 3. Liga matches, Waldhof Mannheim have produced an overall stat of 4-3-2 so far. Mannheim have won three away matches in a row now and will not be intimidated by being the visitors in this fixture.

Mannheim play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-1 victory visiting Havelse (placed 20th).

A 1-1 draw was the result before that, hosting Wehen Wiesbaden.

Mannheim are the outsiders in this one, but not by much. Their performance in similar games (being the away team and moderate outsiders) is four wins, four draws and three defeats. From a total of eleven matches.

Mannheim have scored 13 goals on their travels this season, from 9 away games in the league. It's worth mentioning that 8 of these goals has been scored in their last three away matches. As opposed to that, Mannheim have seen the ball go into their own net 9 times on the road.

Head 2 Head

The most recent reported result featuring both these contenders is the Waldhof Mannheim - Magdeburg 0-2 played previously this season. As for the last five games between these two teams, there's one Magdeburg victory, three draws and one Waldhof Mannheim win. Over/under statistics; one of these games ended with three goals or more, four matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Waldhof MannheimD. Martinović
D. Martinović
10 goals
MagdeburgB. Atik
B. Atik
9 goals
MagdeburgL. Schuler
L. Schuler
9 goals

Magdeburg missing players

Waldhof Mannheim missing players

Magdeburg Waldhof Mannheim
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
19 9 2 Played P 2 9 19
13 7 2 Won W 0 4 9
2 1 0 Drew D 2 3 7
4 1 0 Lost L 0 2 3
38 15 3 Scored S 0 13 32
18 4 0 Conceded C 0 9 19
95% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 0% 78% 89%
79% 67% 50% Over 1.5 O 1.5 0% 67% 79%
53% 44% 0% Over 2.5 O 2.5 0% 56% 53%
32% 11% 0% Over 3.5 O 3.5 0% 33% 26%
21% 0% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 11% 16%
53% 33% 0% BTTS BTTS 0% 67% 63%
42% 67% 100% Clean Sheets C S 100% 22% 26%
11% 11% 0% Failed to Score F T 100% 33% 21%
 
5.4 6.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.5 5.4 6.2
4.5 5 5 Corners against (avg) C A 3 5.3 4.4
2 1.8 2.5 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 4 3 2.6
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 0 0
 
12.1 13.2 14 Shots (avg) S ( 9.5 7.9 10.2
5.4 6 5.5 Shots on Target (avg) S O 2 3.4 4.9
37% 28% 27% Goal Efficiency G E 0% 42% 34%
 
8.7 7.9 11.5 Shots against (avg) S A 7 10.2 8.8
3.5 3.2 4.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 2.5 4.3 4
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Magdeburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Magdeburg have the fewest conceded goals in the first half (4) in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have the most points (22) at home in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have the most scored goals (38) in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have the most scored goals in the first half (24) in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have the the best goal difference (+20) in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Waldhof Mannheim have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 Magdeburg 19 13 2 4 38 18 9 7 1 1 15 4 10 6 1 3 23 14 20 41
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 19 10 5 4 35 19 9 4 3 2 17 11 10 6 2 2 18 8 16 35
3 Waldhof Mannheim 19 9 7 3 32 19 10 5 4 1 19 10 9 4 3 2 13 9 13 34
4 Saarbrucken 19 9 6 4 30 22 10 5 2 3 17 13 9 4 4 1 13 9 8 33
5 Meppen 19 10 3 6 28 26 9 6 1 2 16 6 10 4 2 4 12 20 2 33
6 Kaiserslautern 19 9 5 5 27 12 9 5 3 1 14 3 10 4 2 4 13 9 15 32
7 Osnabrück 19 8 5 6 25 19 10 4 2 4 9 6 9 4 3 2 16 13 6 29
8 Borussia Dortmund II 19 8 3 8 26 22 9 2 3 4 7 8 10 6 0 4 19 14 4 27
9 Wehen Wiesbaden 19 7 6 6 27 24 9 2 4 3 12 14 10 5 2 3 15 10 3 27
10 1860 München 19 6 8 5 29 27 10 4 3 3 19 15 9 2 5 2 10 12 2 26
11 Freiburg II 19 7 5 7 15 26 10 5 3 2 12 10 9 2 2 5 3 16 -11 26
12 Viktoria Berlin 19 6 5 8 26 25 10 5 2 3 17 11 9 1 3 5 9 14 1 23
13 Zwickau 19 4 11 4 25 25 10 2 5 3 13 14 9 2 6 1 12 11 0 23
14 Hallescher FC 19 5 7 7 26 29 10 4 3 3 17 16 9 1 4 4 9 13 -3 22
15 Viktoria Koln 19 6 4 9 21 32 9 4 3 2 15 10 10 2 1 7 6 22 -11 22
16 Turkgucu-Ataspor 19 5 5 9 19 28 9 4 2 3 13 12 10 1 3 6 6 16 -9 20
17 Verl 19 4 6 9 28 38 10 2 3 5 15 22 9 2 3 4 13 16 -10 18
18 MSV Duisburg 19 5 2 12 23 33 9 4 2 3 13 11 10 1 0 9 10 22 -10 17
19 Wurzburger Kickers 19 3 8 8 14 25 9 1 4 4 7 15 10 2 4 4 7 10 -11 17
20 Havelse 19 3 3 13 15 40 10 2 0 8 7 24 9 1 3 5 8 16 -25 12

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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.