Possible nail-biting contest in Osnabrück - Magdeburg game

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Competition: Germany 3. Liga
Competition: Sat 14.May
Match begins: 11:30 (UTC)
Venue: Bremer Brücke (16667 seats)

Tempo is expected at Bremer Brücke when Osnabrück challenge Magdeburg in what looks to be a top-notch game. Here's all you need to know!

Insights:
  • Magdeburg have the most scored goals (78) in 3. Liga

Happy, happy days for Magdeburg who are already winners of the 3. Liga. This could affect their motivation.

There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.

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Osnabrück form and stats

When playing at home in the 3. Liga, Osnabrück have managed 8 wins, 3 draws and suffered 6 defeats from 17 games.

The spoils were shared in Osnabrück's previous game, also at home. Visiting Magdeburg (placed 1st) travelled back with a draw after a 1-1 scoreline.

Before that match, a win away at Havelse.

This is expected to be a close game, with Osnabrück perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Osnabrück as a small favourite), we find 6 games. Osnabrück has won 1 of these, drawn 0 and lost 5.

Osnabrück has scored 21 league goals at home this season, in 17 matches. From these home matches, Osnabrück have conceded only 14 goals.

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Magdeburg form and stats

10 wins, 2 draws and 5 losses. That’s the product of Magdeburg playing as the away team in the 3. Liga this season.

Magdeburg has to pack their bags again for the second away game in a row. Last time they traveled to Osnabrück for a 1-1 draw.

That result followed a home victory 4-0 versus 1860 München.

So, this is expected to be a close game, an even contest. Looking at earlier matches with Magdeburg playing away and similar expectations, we found 11 relevant matches. Results were 5 Magdeburg wins, 1 draw and 5 defeats.

Today's guests are confident travelers having scored 44 goals in 17 league games away this season. Magdeburg struggle to build an impenetrable defensive wall in away matches with a total of 28 goals conceded from these games.

Head 2 Head

It's not the first time these sides meet this campaign, as the history books show this recent match: Magdeburg - Osnabrück 2-1. As for the last nine games between these two teams, there's two Osnabrück victories, one draw and six Magdeburg wins. Over/under statistics; four of these games ended with three goals or more, five matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

MagdeburgB. Atik
B. Atik
18 goals
MagdeburgL. Schuler
L. Schuler
12 goals
OsnabrückM. Heider
M. Heider
10 goals

Osnabrück missing players

Magdeburg missing players

Osnabrück Magdeburg
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
36 18 4 Played P 4 18 36
16 8 1 Won W 2 10 23
11 4 1 Drew D 1 3 7
9 6 2 Lost L 1 5 6
56 22 5 Scored S 10 45 79
44 15 5 Conceded C 6 29 39
92% 89% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 100% 100% 94%
69% 56% 75% Over 1.5 O 1.5 100% 94% 86%
53% 39% 50% Over 2.5 O 2.5 75% 72% 61%
31% 17% 25% Over 3.5 O 3.5 50% 56% 36%
17% 6% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 25% 44% 25%
61% 44% 75% BTTS BTTS 75% 78% 61%
22% 28% 0% Clean Sheets C S 25% 17% 36%
25% 39% 25% Failed to Score F T 0% 6% 8%
 
6.3 6.4 7 Corners for (avg) C F 3.8 4.1 5.4
5 5.2 6.2 Corners against (avg) C A 5.2 3.9 4.1
2 1.9 2 Yellow cards (avg) Y C 2.8 2.3 1.9
2 1 0 Red cards R C 0 1 2
 
11.8 11.8 12.8 Shots (avg) S ( 12 12.6 13.6
4.6 4.8 7.2 Shots on Target (avg) S O 7 5.8 6.1
34% 26% 17% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 43% 36%
 
8.8 7.8 8 Shots against (avg) S A 9 9.2 8.8
4.3 3.7 3.5 Shots on Target against (avg) S O 5 4.6 4.1
Key stats in 3. Liga this season:
  • Magdeburg have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Magdeburg have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Magdeburg have scored at least twice as many goals away as Osnabrück have scored home.
  • Magdeburg have the most scored goals (44) away in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have the most scored goals (78) in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have the most scored goals in the first half (41) in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have the the best goal difference (+40) in 3. Liga
  • Magdeburg have won significantly less corners away then at home.
  • 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 Magdeburg 35 23 6 6 78 38 18 13 4 1 34 10 17 10 2 5 44 28 40 75
2 Eintracht Braunschweig 35 18 10 7 61 35 17 8 6 3 27 20 18 10 4 4 34 15 26 64
3 Kaiserslautern 36 18 9 9 56 27 18 12 4 2 37 11 18 6 5 7 19 16 29 63
4 1860 München 35 16 10 9 61 47 17 8 4 5 33 25 18 8 6 4 28 22 14 58
5 Osnabrück 35 16 10 9 55 43 17 8 3 6 21 14 18 8 7 3 34 29 12 58
6 Waldhof Mannheim 35 15 12 8 51 40 17 7 5 5 26 21 18 8 7 3 25 19 11 57
7 Saarbrücken 35 14 10 11 49 43 18 8 5 5 25 20 17 6 5 6 24 23 6 52
8 Wehen Wiesbaden 35 14 8 13 48 43 18 6 6 6 20 19 17 8 2 7 28 24 5 50
9 Borussia Dortmund II 35 14 7 14 48 42 18 4 6 8 17 19 17 10 1 6 31 23 6 49
10 Freiburg II 35 12 10 13 33 41 17 8 5 4 23 17 18 4 5 9 10 24 -8 46
11 Zwickau 35 10 14 11 39 44 17 5 6 6 20 24 18 5 8 5 19 20 -5 44
12 Meppen 35 12 8 15 43 57 18 7 4 7 29 26 17 5 4 8 14 31 -14 44
13 Hallescher FC 35 10 12 13 45 47 17 7 6 4 30 24 18 3 6 9 15 23 -2 42
14 Viktoria Köln 35 11 9 15 38 52 18 7 6 5 27 22 17 4 3 10 11 30 -14 42
15 MSV Duisburg 35 13 2 20 45 70 18 7 2 9 25 37 17 6 0 11 20 33 -25 41
16 Verl 35 10 9 16 55 65 17 5 4 8 28 32 18 5 5 8 27 33 -10 39
17 Viktoria Berlin 35 10 7 18 41 58 17 7 3 7 22 25 18 3 4 11 19 33 -17 37
18 Würzburger Kickers 35 7 9 19 34 52 18 2 5 11 18 32 17 5 4 8 16 20 -18 30
19 Havelse 35 5 8 22 28 64 18 4 1 13 14 34 17 1 7 9 14 30 -36 23
20 Turkgucu-Ataspor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0

Germany:

Read more about 3. Liga

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.