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 12th position while the guesting Zwickau worry at 14th.
Magdeburg form and stats
Magdeburg have played 9 3. Liga games at their own stadium so far this season, resulting in 4-2-3 (wins-draws-losses).
An away draw last time out for Magdeburg, facing Eintracht Braunschweig in a game that ended 2-2. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Preußen Münster (0-2).
The hosts are favourites to win this game, with an estimated chance of about 55-60% of that outcome. Earlier Magdeburg matches with similar probabilities have ended with 2 wins, 0 draws and 0 defeats (from two games).
The Magdeburg fans have had their share of opportunities to cheer home goals this season, having seen 16 goals in 9 league matches. Magdeburg's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 10 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.
Zwickau form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Zwickau so far with only 10 points returning home. The records show 2-4-4 (win-draw-lose).
Zwickau delivered a 2-2 draw playing at home against Meppen (placed 7th) in their previous match; a 3. Liga game. Preceding that, the 0-1 home loss versus Waldhof Mannheim.
It looked so good for Zwickau vs Meppen, but the job was not completed and victory was lost as a 2-0 lead was turned into a 2-2 draw.
As mentioned above, the odds for this match puts the home team as favourites. Perhaps this eases the pressure on the away team, who are capable of producing an upset here on a good day. Looking at earlier matches with similar odds and Zwickau playing away, we found seven games. Results were 0 away wins, 1 draw and 6 home wins.
Zwickau find the net in their away games, although not all the time. 12 goals from 10 away fixtures in the league. Zwickau have conceded 17 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
This is the result when the teams met earlier this season; Zwickau - Magdeburg 0-0. Head-2-head stats last ten meetings: 3 - 5 - 2 (Magdeburg wins - draws - Zwickau wins). As for goals, 4 matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), 6 had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  S. Bertram 8 goals |  C. Beck 8 goals |   E. Huth 8 goals |
Magdeburg missing players
Zwickau missing players
| Magdeburg | Zwickau | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 20 | 9 | 0 | Played | P | 4 | 10 | 20 |
| 6 | 4 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 6 |
| 9 | 2 | 0 | Drew | D | 1 | 4 | 6 |
| 5 | 3 | 0 | Lost | L | 1 | 4 | 8 |
| 27 | 16 | 0 | Scored | S | 5 | 12 | 31 |
| 21 | 10 | 0 | Conceded | C | 4 | 17 | 30 |
| 85% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 90% | 90% |
| 75% | 78% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 90% | 80% |
| 40% | 44% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 25% | 50% | 55% |
| 20% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 40% | 40% |
| 10% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 10% | 15% |
| 55% | 44% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 25% | 60% | 50% |
| 30% | 33% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 30% | 35% |
| 30% | 22% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 25% | 20% | 25% |
| 6.2 | 6.1 | 0 | Corners For (avg) | C F | 6 | 5.4 | 6.6 |
| 3.9 | 3.6 | 0 | Corners Against (avg) | C A | 5.8 | 6.3 | 6.5 |
| 1.9 | 2 | 0 | Yellow Cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2.4 | 2.2 |
| 4 | 1 | 0 | Red Cards | R C | 0 | 1 | 2 |
| 214 | 106 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 32 | 94 | 227 |
| 84 | 46 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 13 | 35 | 87 |
| 32% | 35% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 34% | 36% |
- Magdeburg has the fewest conceded goals (21)
- Magdeburg has the fewest conceded goals in the second half (8)
- Magdeburg has the fewest dropped points from leading position (2)
- Magdeburg has the most matches under the total-line (12)
- Magdeburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals home than away.
- Magdeburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game at home.
- Zwickau have won significantly less corners away then at 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 | MSV Duisburg | 20 | 12 | 3 | 5 | 41 | 27 | 9 | 8 | 0 | 1 | 22 | 10 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 39 |
| 2 | Ingolstadt | 20 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 42 | 23 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 37 |
| 3 | Waldhof Mannheim | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 0 | 19 | 9 | 8 | 33 |
| 4 | Eintracht Braunschweig | 20 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 32 | 25 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 5 | Unterhaching | 20 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 30 | 23 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 17 | 16 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 33 |
| 6 | Hallescher FC | 20 | 9 | 5 | 6 | 35 | 22 | 11 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 19 | 16 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 6 | 13 | 32 |
| 7 | Meppen | 20 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 40 | 29 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 22 | 14 | 11 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 18 | 15 | 11 | 31 |
| 8 | Uerdingen | 20 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 24 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 12 | -2 | 30 |
| 9 | Kaiserslautern | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 36 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 25 | 26 | 0 | 29 |
| 10 | 1860 München | 20 | 8 | 5 | 7 | 29 | 29 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 11 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 0 | 29 |
| 11 | Hansa Rostock | 20 | 8 | 4 | 8 | 27 | 28 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 13 | 16 | -1 | 28 |
| 12 | Magdeburg | 20 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 27 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 11 | 11 | 6 | 27 |
| 13 | Würzburger Kickers | 20 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 33 | 40 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 4 | 15 | 16 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 18 | 24 | -7 | 27 |
| 14 | Zwickau | 20 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 30 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 17 | 1 | 24 |
| 15 | Bayern München II | 20 | 6 | 5 | 9 | 35 | 42 | 11 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 19 | 21 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 16 | 21 | -7 | 23 |
| 16 | Viktoria Köln | 20 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 33 | 42 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 21 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 19 | 21 | -9 | 21 |
| 17 | Chemnitzer FC | 20 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 36 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 13 | 10 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 16 | 23 | -5 | 20 |
| 18 | Sonnenhof Groaspach | 20 | 4 | 5 | 11 | 21 | 40 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 14 | -19 | 17 |
| 19 | Preußen Münster | 20 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 29 | 40 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 19 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 12 | 21 | -11 | 16 |
| 20 | Carl Zeiss Jena | 20 | 3 | 3 | 14 | 20 | 45 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 11 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 12 | 28 | -25 | 12 |
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