The Verl manager G. Capretti attacks this game with the team placed 8th so far. In the visitors dressing room Magdeburg and their manager T. Hoßmang are in 15th place before this match.
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.
Verl form and stats
OK but not perfect. That could be the conclusion for Verl's two home games in the 3. Liga so far this season, having collected 3 points here at Benteler-Arena.
Verl lost their last game at Ingolstadt (placed 5th) after a 1-2 scoreline. Before that game, the home loss against Hansa Rostock with the scoreline 2-3.
This is expected to be a close game, with Verl perhaps considered small favourites due to their home advantage. Looking back at earlier matches similar to this one (expected to be close with Verl as a small favourite), we find five games. Verl has won three of these, drawn zero and lost two.
At Benteler-Arena, Verl has the goal stats of 5-3 (for/against) from 2 league fixtures.
Magdeburg form and stats
Still no away game victory in the 3. Liga for Magdeburg with 1 draw and 1 loss from their first 2 attempts.
The supporters enjoyed Magdeburg's previous game versus Türkgücü-Ataspor (placed 11th), a 3. Liga 2-0 win played at home. It was a defeat before that one as the away game against Dynamo Dresden wasn't a success with a 0-1 loss.
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 eight relevant matches. Results were one Magdeburg win, four draws and three defeats.
The visitors are returning home after this fixture, hosting Wehen Wiesbaden in just four days.
It's early days yet, but Magdeburg has scored 1 and conceded 2 goals from their travels in the league so far (2 games).
Head 2 Head
H2H stats regardless of arena (last two matches): Verl zero wins, zero draws and Magdeburg two victories. As for goals, zero matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), two games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  A. Yildirim 3 goals |  Z. Janjić 2 goals | M. Kurt 1 goals |
Verl missing players
Magdeburg missing players
| Verl | Magdeburg | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 5 | 2 | 0 | Played | P | 0 | 2 | 5 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 1 | 0 | 0 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2 | 1 | 0 | Lost | L | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 8 | 5 | 0 | Scored | S | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 6 | 3 | 0 | Conceded | C | 0 | 2 | 6 |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 0% | 100% | 100% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 0% | 50% | 80% |
| 80% | 100% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 20% | 50% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 60% | 50% | 0% | BTTS | BTTS | 0% | 50% | 20% |
| 40% | 50% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 0% | 20% |
| 20% | 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 50% | 60% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 3.2 | 4 | 0 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 0 | 1.5 | 2.4 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 0 | 0 | 1 |
| 49 | 25 | 0 | Total Shots | T S | 0 | 13 | 44 |
| 22 | 13 | 0 | Shots on Target | S O | 0 | 7 | 16 |
| 36% | 38% | 0% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 0% | 14% | 19% |
- All of Verl's home-matches have had more than 2,5 goals.
- Magdeburg has the fewest matches over the total-line (0) in 3. Liga
- Magdeburg has the most matches under the total-line (5) in 3. Liga
- Magdeburg have yet to win a game away.
- Magdeburg haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Verl has the fewest matches under the total-line (1) in 3. Liga
- Verl has the most matches over the total-line (4) in 3. Liga
- Verl have scored more than double the goals of Magdeburg.
| Verl | Last season | Magdeburg | |||||
| Total | Home | Statistics | Stat | Away | Total | ||
| 2 | 1 | Played | P | 19 | 38 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Won | W | 4 | 10 | ||
| 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 11 | 17 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Lost | L | 4 | 11 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Scored | S | 18 | 49 | ||
| 3 | 1 | Conceded | C | 18 | 42 | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 79% | 89% | ||
| 100% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 68% | 74% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 26% | 34% | ||
| 50% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 16% | 21% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 0% | 8% | ||
| 100% | 100% | BTTS | BTTS | 58% | 55% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 32% | 26% | ||
| 0% | 0% | Failed to Score | F T | 32% | 29% | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | ||
| 1.5 | 3 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 2.4 | 2.2 | ||
| 0 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 4 | 5 | ||
| 21 | 11 | Total Shots | T S | 180 | 391 | ||
| 11 | 4 | Shots on Target | S O | 60 | 143 | ||
| 27% | 25% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 30% | 34% | ||
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | 1860 München | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 11 |
| 2 | Saarbrucken | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 10 |
| 3 | Viktoria Koln | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 10 |
| 4 | Dynamo Dresden | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 10 |
| 5 | Ingolstadt | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| 6 | Unterhaching | 5 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 9 |
| 7 | Hansa Rostock | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 8 |
| 8 | Verl | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 |
| 9 | Waldhof Mannheim | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| 10 | Zwickau | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
| 11 | Türkgücü-Ataspor | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 6 |
| 12 | Wehen Wiesbaden | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 6 |
| 13 | Bayern München II | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 6 |
| 14 | Uerdingen | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | -2 | 5 |
| 15 | Magdeburg | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | -3 | 4 |
| 16 | Meppen | 5 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 2 | -3 | 3 |
| 17 | Kaiserslautern | 5 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | -4 | 3 |
| 18 | Hallescher FC | 4 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -6 | 3 |
| 19 | MSV Duisburg | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | -2 | 2 |
| 20 | VfB Lübeck | 5 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | -5 | 2 |
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