Match Report
Magdeburg, 1st with 81 points, sat 33 points above Viktoria Köln (13th, 48). Viktoria Köln had been over-performing their table position on recent form: 8th in the league over the last five rounds against 13th overall. Per game in the league, Magdeburg were scoring 2.32 and conceding 1.08, Viktoria Köln 1.11 and 1.43, against a competition average of 1.38 goals per team per game.
GioScore's database holds 5 meetings between the two: 2 for Magdeburg, 2 for Viktoria Köln and 1 drawn, at 2.6 goals per meeting. The host's record in this fixture is thin — 40% of meetings won. Low-scoring is the pattern: just 20% of the meetings went over two goals.
MDCC-Arena in Magdeburg staged the fixture, a ground that holds 27,250. On the scoreboard, Magdeburg led 3-1 at the break; 2 second-half goals set the final 4-2.