On the 10th of November, Magdeburg will host Darmstadt 98 in a clash of these two extremely mismatched 2. Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Magdeburg is fresh off their 2-1 win against Nürnberg. Cristiano Piccini scored the first goal for Magdeburg in the 58th minute, but Dominik Reimann got the equalizer for Nürnberg on an own goal in the 65th minute. Magdeburg is looking for direction having earned 14 points in their last 10 matches, while darmstadt 98 sits at 1st place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-0 shutout win against Hannover 96. Marvin Mehlem scored the first goal for Darmstadt 98 in the 63rd minute, and that was all the excitement the two teams could muster In the end, Hannover 96 was frustrated by Darmstadt 98’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Darmstadt 98 ended the match with the shutout victory. With 20 points in their last 10 matches Darmstadt 98 should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Sunday Sep 13th, Magdeburg hosted Darmstadt 98 at the Mdcc-arena in their last match together. Darmstadt 98 won by a score of 3 to 2. Tobias Müller struck first for Magdeburg in the 14th minute, then Beck added another in the 26th minute on a feed from Daniel Steininger But luckily in the 100th minute, they were able to complete the comback with a goal by Honsak.
Phillip Tietz has been the most prolific scorer on Darmstadt 98 in the last 5 matches with 2 goals. Magdeburg’s top weapon lately has been Cristiano Piccini, who has two goals in the last five matches.