Match Report
28 points for Magdeburg U19 (3rd), 38 for Union Berlin U19 (1st): a 10-point gap. Union Berlin U19 had been under-performing their position — 79th on five-round form against 1st in the table. Per game in the league, Magdeburg U19 were scoring 2.86 and conceding 1.71, Union Berlin U19 3.14 and 0.93, against a competition average of 2.02 goals per team per game.
Union Berlin U19 entered with three wins in a row, having scored in 10 consecutive games. The five-game form split read 5/15 points for Magdeburg U19 against 13/15 for Union Berlin U19.
5 meetings are on record — 0 won by Magdeburg U19, 5 by Union Berlin U19, 0 drawn, at 4 goals per meeting. Hosting has counted for little in this fixture — the home side has won only 40% of those meetings. Goals tend to flow: 100% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 80%.
Platz 2 MCDD-Arena, capacity 1,000, hosted the game. Half-time and full-time told different stories: Union Berlin U19 led 1-0 at the break, before 3 more goals closed it at 1-3.
Goal scorers
Magdeburg U19: Max Kleinschmidt (87') · Union Berlin U19: Mekhi Gray (45'), Mekhi Gray (56'), Yann Megaptche (64')