The home side will be without injured trio Florian Kath, Max Franzke and Luca Schuler for the visit of Holstein Kiel this weekend. Tim Schelmann will return to the starting XI at centre-back after Alex Bittroff suffered an injury in the victory over SC Karlsruher. Marcel Rapp will be without injured centre-back duo Simon Lorenz and Stefan Thesker for the trip to Magdeburg this weekend. Johannes van den Bergh is the man most likely to step in and fill the void at centre-back.
Magdeburg claimed their first victory since returning to the second tier of German football last weekend, improving on a defeat against Dusseldorf with a 3-2 away win against early strugglers SC Karlsruher. Holstein Kiel have struggled to get their campaign off the ground so far this season, following up an opening day draw with Greuther Fürth with another stalemate against Kaiserslautern. 1:1
Magdeburg have seen under 2.5 goals in their last 8 home matches against Holstein Kiel in all competitions. There have been over 2.5 goals scored in Holstein Kiel's last 5 games (2. Bundesliga). Holstein Kiel have conceded at least 2 goals in 7 of their last 8 away matches (2. Bundesliga).
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Magdeburg VS Holstein Kiel 