Magdeburg vs Holstein Kiel Live Stream, Predictions

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Magdeburg

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Magdeburg will be wanting a better result here following the 1-2 Bundesliga 2 defeat in their last game at the hands of Holstein Kiel.

In that match, Magdeburg managed 59% possession and 8 shots on goal with 3 of them on target. The only player on the scoresheet for Magdeburg was Jason Ceka (43'). Holstein Kiel had 15 attempts at goal with 5 of them on target. Marco Komenda (18') and Benedikt Pichler (59') scored for Holstein Kiel.

It has been a rare occasion in recent times that Magdeburg have managed to hold out for a full 90 minutes. In fact, Magdeburg have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 11 goals in the process.

Heading into this fixture, Magdeburg have not emerged victorious against Holstein Kiel in their previous 3 league games.

Holstein Kiel

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In as many as 5 out of the previous 6 games featuring Holstein Kiel, three or more goals have gone in. The average number of goals per game during that spell is 3.33, with the number of goals averaged by Holstein Kiel standing at 1.83. However, it remains to be seen if such a trend will persist in this match.

A look at their previous results shows us that Holstein Kiel:

• are winless against Magdeburg when having played them away from home in the previous 2 league matches.
• haven’t won away from home in the past 2 league games.

👥 Head to head

Looking over their prior head-to-head clashes going back to 02/10/2015 tells us that Magdeburg have won 1 of these games and Holstein Kiel 2, with the tally of draws being 3.

An aggregate of 9 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 4 of them for Magdeburg and 5 for Holstein Kiel. The average goals per game has been 1.5.

The previous league clash featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 21 on 10/02/2019 when it ended Magdeburg 1-1 Holstein Kiel.

The match was refereed by Markus Schmidt.

🗞️ Team News: Magdeburg

Florian Kath (Mononucleosis), Luca Schuler (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Maximilian Franzke (Torn muscle bundle), Alexander Bittroff (Unknown Injury) and Mohammed El Hankouri (Unknown Injury) will not be taking part for Magdeburg boss Christian Titz.

It’s our opinion that Magdeburg will possibly use the 4-3-3 formation in the match featuring Dominik Reimann, Silas Gnaka, Jamie Lawrence, Tim Sechelmann, Leon Bell, Connor Krempicki, Andreas Mueller, Amara Conde, Jason Ceka, M. Kwarteng and Baris Atik.

🗞️ Team News: Holstein Kiel

We reckon that Holstein Kiel might begin the game with a 3-1-4-2 lineup, choosing Thomas Daehne, Marvin Schulz, Patrick Erras, Marco Komenda, Philipp Sander, Julian Korb, Alexander Muehling, Finn Porath, Steven Skrzybski, Jann-Fiete Arp and Benedikt Pichler.

✨ Prediction

It looks to us like Holstein Kiel won’t find it easy at all to get a goal against a Magdeburg side who should win well here.

We think that it’s going to be a very comfortable 3-0 win for Magdeburg at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Lucas Pereira, 16:36 05/08/2022