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Magdeburg vs Hallescher Prediction & Betting tips
No less than 7,500 spectators are allowed into the stadium near Magdeburg against Halle. However, only fans of the home side are allowed in this Saxony-Anhalt derby. This is not due to the death of FCM supporter Hannes, who was still between the two teams, who fell from a moving train after meeting HFC fans, but rather to the hygiene concept.
Thus, the FCM in the MDCC arena alone has to ensure a derby atmosphere, but enjoys a full home advantage, which is also noticeable in the odds at Magdeburg against Halle, as the odds comparison of the betting base shows.
In Magdeburg against Halle, the prognosis is also influenced by the strong home record of the blue-whites. Magdeburg has won all of the last four home games against HFC. Last season there was a narrow 1-0 win, in which Sören Bertram scored the golden goal of the day just before the break.
Nevertheless, the FCM is considered a draw king, which is why the point sharing should be included in the tip for Magdeburg against Halle.
Magdeburg:
After relegation from the 2nd Bundesliga in the 2018/19 season, 1. FC Magdeburg naturally hoped to play a slightly larger role in the 3rd division. While the relegated Ingolstadt and Duisburg fought for direct promotion, the kickers from Saxony-Anhalt only landed 14th in the final table.
The FCM had only eleven defeats on the account. Even promoted Würzburg lost one more game. But because 17 of the 38 league games ended with a division of points, bigger jumps were not possible for the three-time GDR champions.
In summer there was a clear cut in the blue-white team. Thomas Hoßmang took over from Claus-Dieter Wollitz as trainer and worked with the sports management team on a new squad, which was a tough affair with the rather low financial resources.
Shortly before the Saxony-Anhalt derby, however, those responsible managed a coup. Thore Jacobsen, who was already one of the top performers at FCM in the 2019/20 season but returned to SV Werder Bremen after the loan, could be loaned for another year from the Weser and could become an important piece of the puzzle in the defensive midfield.
Even without the returnee, the club, which once won the European Cup Winners’ Cup in 1974, presented itself strongly at the season debut in the DFB Cup. FCM was already leading 2-0 against second division Darmstadt 98 before Tobias Müller, of all players, injured himself to make it 1-0 and Magdeburg lost the game in extra time.
The fact that Tobias Müller missed the league opener together with five other players is a quite striking weakening. Against this background, it makes sense not to play against Halle tip 1 at Magdeburg without additional protection.
Halle :
Hallescher FC also experienced an extremely turbulent season, in the course of which there was an unprecedented winless series that almost led to fourth division. The HFC could not win 13 games in a row.
Only Florian Schnorrenberg, under whom 13 points from eight games were scored after only one defeat in the final spurt of the season, was finally able to pull the cart out of the mud. No wonder that those responsible stuck to him and started the new season with the 43-year-old.
A lot has also changed in terms of personnel at HFC, which did not come off too well on the transfer market. The loans from Hansch, Drinkuth and Hilßner could not be extended. With Baxter Bahn, Mai, Sohm, Göbel and Washausen some other regular players went.
A total of nine players could be signed, among whom Marcel Titsch Rivero, Julian-Maurice Derstroff and Michael Eberwein are definitely men with experience in the top two German divisions. Overall, the Red-Whites’ squad seems a little less competitive than in previous years, when Halle was often involved in the race for promotion.
The impression is growing that the HFC is facing another difficult season, which would be certain at the latest if nothing countable can be kidnapped in the Sachsen-Anhalt derby on matchday one from arch rivals Magdeburg of all places.
At Magdeburg against Halle, the odds of the bookmakers speak very clearly against the red-whites, for whose away win the bookmaker Sunmaker, tested by betting base, even offers quotations of 3.40. No wonder, because the HFC did not win a single of the eight duels against the FCM in the 3rd division (two draws, six defeats) and even lost all four games away in the MDCC arena.
Magdeburg vs Hallescher head to head matches
16.06.20 3LIG Hallescher Magdeburg 1 : 1
02.11.19 3LIG Magdeburg Hallescher 1 : 0
28.04.18 3LIG Hallescher Magdeburg 0 : 2
25.11.17 3LIG Magdeburg Hallescher 2 : 1
29.04.17 3LIG Hallescher Magdeburg 1 : 1