Unterhaching – Magdeburg Prediction & Picks (01.04.2018)

Pure excitement in the promotion battle of the 3rd league! Paderborn, Wehen Wiesbaden and 1. FC Magdeburg are currently fighting for the two direct promotion places. Behind it, Karlsruhe also at least switched to the promotion relegation place three. At the moment Magdeburg is on it, but the club from Saxony-Anhalt has completed a game less than the two current leaders. During the week, the FCM missed the jump in second place, but has the direct ascent in his own hands. Magdeburg has to go to Unterhaching for the away game on Sunday.

Unterhaching:

The SpVgg Unterhaching plays a very strong season and can be completely satisfied with the previous performance. The club, who rose to the 3rd league as champions of the Regionalliga Bayern in the last season, had reached the primary goal of relegation early. After 31 games completed Unterhaching is in the first half of the table again. So far, there have been fourteen wins, five draws and twelve defeats with a balanced goal difference of 46:45. Thus, Unterhaching provides the team with the fifth-most goals, but also has the most conceded by the teams in the seats one to thirteen. At home Unterhaching has a positive record and comes in fifteen home games in the 3rd league on eight threes, three draws and four defeats at 27:23 goals. Unterhaching has been unbeaten in four home games and has won two wins and draws.

The last match of the last match lost Unterhaching at Preußen Münster 0: 2. Basically, the season for Unterhaching has already gone. For down at present has 21 points ahead of the relegation ranks for a long time no more danger and up the Bayern have 14 points behind the promotion relegation place and no more chances to march through to the 2nd Bundesliga. Unterhaching won the first leg in Magdeburg. It was not a sensation, but the 3-0 victory against the still best home team in the height was quite surprising. Unterhaching is the only team that has managed to win this season in the 3rd league in Magdeburg. Will the next coup succeed at home, too?

Magdeburg:

At the end 2: 2 lost could be said from the perspective of 1. FC Magdeburg on the match during the week against the FSV Zwickau. Against the thirteenth of the table led Magdeburg at home with 1: 0 and 2: 1, but was able to bring despite numerous opportunities neither of the leaders over time. Particularly bitter: Both goals fell from the penalty spot, the goal to 2: 2 while good five minutes from the end. The draw kept Magdeburg undefeated in the fourth game in a row, but missed the FCM so to push in the table past Wehen Wiesbaden in second place. Before the 32nd match Magdeburg is third, but the gap to Paderborn is only three and on Wehen Wiesbaden a counter. In addition, Magdeburg still has a catch-up game in the hindquarters, so that the club can still accomplish the rise of their own power.

After three home games in a row, Magdeburg have to play again away on Sunday. While Magdeburg, as already mentioned, is currently the best home team in the 3rd league and comes home at twelve wins, three draws and only one defeat against Unterhaching, the away balance is rather mediocre. Of fourteen away games Magdeburg was able to win exactly half, namely seven. Otherwise, there was only one more draw and six away defeats. Magdeburg has only won one of their last five outings and that was a lucky 3-1 at the bottom of Werder Bremen II. Lucky for that, as goals two and three fell in the 87th minute and in the second minute of stoppage time. Otherwise, Magdeburg has lost three of their last five away games and in the last game his only draw so far on the opponent’s place. That was worth a lot, because it was a 1-1 in front Paderborn.