An important duel in the bottom section of the 3. Liga, with both MSV Duisburg and Magdeburg experiencing more worry than joy. This match is a classic "six-pointer" with the home team placed 19th and the visitors in 18th place.
- MSV Duisburg has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in 3. Liga
- Magdeburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
It's no vacation for neither Duisburg nor Magdeburg 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.
MSV Duisburg form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the 3. Liga this season. MSV Duisburg have only managed 2 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses from their games here at Schauinsland-Reisen-Arena. Hopes of three in a row are alive for Duisburg after consecutive victories at their own ground.
Prior to that, an away loss at Ingolstadt.
This is expected to be a close game, with Duisburg perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with MSV Duisburg as a small favourite), we find eight games. MSV Duisburg has won two of these, drawn four and lost two.
The match schedule is unforgiving for MSV Duisburg as they have a new game in only three days, a 3. Liga match thankfully also at home. Hansa Rostock are visiting.
Duisburg are certainly not overdoing their scoring at home in league matches, having created 9 goals in 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. MSV Duisburg have conceded 17 from these games.
Magdeburg form and stats
The hunting on away grounds haven’t been very fruitful for Magdeburg so far with only 9 points returning home. The records show 2-3-4 (win-draw-lose).
Magdeburg play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 2-0 victory visiting Unterhaching (placed 15th). The game before that, was lost at home, a 1-2 defeat against Saarbrucken.
As mentioned above, this is an open game with no clear favourite. We have found nine similar matches played by Magdeburg in our archives, and the results are: two wins for Magdeburg, four draws and three defeats.
There might be some complaints about the fixture list from the Magdeburg manager T. Hoßmang as the team has another away game coming up in only three days, this time against Hallescher FC.
The visiting Magdeburg have scored more than one goal per away game in the league so far. The grand total is 9 goals from 9 games. As opposed to that, Magdeburg have seen the ball go into their own net 13 times on the road. There's been improvement defensively lately, as only 1 of these goals has been conceded in their last 3 away matches.
Head 2 Head
MSV Duisburg-Magdeburg H2H statistics last six meetings regardless of arena: Duisburg three wins, Magdeburg zero wins, three draws. two of these six matches had three or more goals (over 2,5).Top Goalscorers
  V. Vermeij 7 goals |   A. Müller 4 goals | R. Obermair 4 goals |
MSV Duisburg missing players
Magdeburg missing players
| MSV Duisburg | Magdeburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 18 | 9 | 2 | Played | P | 4 | 9 | 18 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Won | W | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| 6 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 2 | 3 | 6 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 4 | 8 |
| 21 | 9 | 2 | Scored | S | 5 | 9 | 17 |
| 30 | 17 | 1 | Conceded | C | 2 | 13 | 24 |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 94% |
| 83% | 78% | 50% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 75% | 67% | 78% |
| 56% | 56% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 39% | 44% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 22% | 11% |
| 11% | 22% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 11% | 6% |
| 61% | 44% | 50% | BTTS | BTTS | 50% | 56% | 56% |
| 22% | 22% | 50% | Clean Sheets | C S | 50% | 22% | 22% |
| 22% | 44% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 22% | 28% |
| 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 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1.8 | 2 | 2.2 |
| 2 | 2 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 2 | 3 |
| 7.8 | 7.2 | 9 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 9 | 8.7 | 9.4 |
| 3.1 | 2.9 | 4.5 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 3.2 | 3.1 | 3.2 |
| 38% | 35% | 22% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 38% | 32% | 29% |
- MSV Duisburg has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (8) in 3. Liga
- MSV Duisburg has the most conceded goals in the second half (22) in 3. Liga
- Magdeburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game away.
| 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 | 18 | 11 | 2 | 5 | 30 | 16 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 14 | 35 |
| 2 | Ingolstadt | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 27 | 20 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 14 | 7 | 34 |
| 3 | 1860 München | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 37 | 19 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 21 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 8 | 18 | 30 |
| 4 | Turkgucu-Ataspor | 18 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 28 | 23 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 14 | 5 | 30 |
| 5 | Verl | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 34 | 26 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 12 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 18 | 14 | 8 | 29 |
| 6 | Hansa Rostock | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 25 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 15 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 7 | 29 |
| 7 | Saarbrucken | 18 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 31 | 25 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 19 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 12 | 6 | 29 |
| 8 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 18 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 15 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 16 | 16 | 3 | 27 |
| 9 | Hallescher FC | 18 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 24 | 31 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 13 | 17 | -7 | 25 |
| 10 | Uerdingen | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 16 | 19 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | -3 | 24 |
| 11 | Bayern München II | 18 | 6 | 5 | 7 | 26 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 18 | 0 | 23 |
| 12 | Waldhof Mannheim | 18 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 30 | 32 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 25 | 20 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 12 | -2 | 23 |
| 13 | Viktoria Koln | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 22 | 31 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 13 | -9 | 23 |
| 14 | Meppen | 19 | 7 | 1 | 11 | 20 | 27 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -7 | 22 |
| 15 | Unterhaching | 18 | 6 | 2 | 10 | 21 | 27 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 8 | 13 | -6 | 20 |
| 16 | Kaiserslautern | 19 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 17 | 23 | 9 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 14 | -6 | 20 |
| 17 | Zwickau | 16 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 7 | -5 | 18 |
| 18 | Magdeburg | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 24 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 13 | -7 | 18 |
| 19 | MSV Duisburg | 18 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 21 | 30 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 12 | 13 | -9 | 18 |
| 20 | VfB Lubeck | 18 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 28 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 18 | -7 | 16 |
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