Match Report
15 points separated the sides: Magdeburg 14th on 47, Sonnenhof Großaspach 19th on 32. Magdeburg ranked 10th in the league on five-round form, well above their 14th table position. Against a league average of 1.5 goals per team per game, Magdeburg ran at 1.29 scored and 1.11 conceded, Sonnenhof Großaspach at 0.87 and 1.76.
Magdeburg had drawn three in a row.
The head-to-head ledger counts 7 games: 5 Magdeburg wins, 2 for Sonnenhof Großaspach, 0 draws, at 3.29 goals per meeting. The pattern favours whoever hosts: home teams have won 71% of the meetings. History points to goals: 86% of the meetings had three or more, and both sides scored in 57%.
M. Burda officiated: 78 games logged, averaging 1.9 yellow cards each. MDCC-Arena in Magdeburg staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,250. Half-time and full-time told different stories: it was 0-0 at the break, before 1 more goal closed it at 0-1.