1. FC Magdeburg vs Karlsruher SC
Match details. 2. Bundesliga, Regular Season - 9. Kick-off is Sat 24 Oct, 12:00 Lagos time. It is played at Avnet Arena, Magdeburg. The referee is Felix Wagner.
What's at stake. 1. FC Magdeburg are 6th on 13 points after 8 games, 1 point behind 1. FC Heidenheim, 1 point clear of FC St. Pauli. A win would take them above 1. FC Heidenheim. Karlsruher SC are 13th on 8 points after 8 games, level on points with VfL Osnabrück, level on points with VfL Bochum. A win would take them above VfL Osnabrück.
Form. 1. FC Magdeburg have won four, drawn one and lost three of their last eight, 1.6 points a game. Their last five, newest first: L W D W L. In this competition 1. FC Magdeburg have gone L W D W L W. Karlsruher SC have won two, drawn two and lost four of their last eight, 1.0 points a game. Their last five, newest first: W L L L D. In this competition Karlsruher SC have gone W L L L D L.
The numbers. 1. FC Magdeburg score 1.8 and concede 1.4 a game over their last eight, with four clean sheets. 1. FC Magdeburg average 15.2 shots (5.5 on target), 5.4 corners and 2.5 cards a game, with 53% of the ball. Karlsruher SC score 1.2 and concede 1.8 a game over their last eight, with two clean sheets and four games without a goal. Karlsruher SC average 16.2 shots (5.9 on target), 6.6 corners and 1.8 cards a game, with 47% of the ball.
Head to head. In the last ten meetings 1. FC Magdeburg have won two, drawn three and lost five. Five of the ten went over 2.5 goals and both teams scored in six. In the last four, one was drawn and Karlsruher SC won three. The last time they met, on 1 Mar 2026, it finished 1. FC Magdeburg 1-3 Karlsruher SC: 1. FC Magdeburg had 23 shots to 8, 63% of the ball, six yellow cards.
Where it pulls both ways. It pulls both ways: their goals for and against make 1. FC Magdeburg the likelier winners, but 1. FC Magdeburg are the stronger side on form and the table; the meetings favour Karlsruher SC.
The case against. Karlsruher SC's record still gives them 40% to win. The meetings do not back them.
The read. 1. FC Magdeburg or the draw. An open game. Their goals for and against make 1. FC Magdeburg the likelier winners; 1. FC Magdeburg are the stronger side on form and the table; the meetings favour Karlsruher SC. Their goals for and against point to an open game. Their records put over 2.5 goals at 64%.
The bets. No bet yet: nothing I'd back is priced yet. Leave: Under 4.5 Goals (no unders on an open read); Under 5.5 Goals (no unders on an open read). Predicted score: 1. FC Magdeburg 2-1 Karlsruher SC (9% chance).
Every score's chance from both teams' checked games, never cut or rescaled. The lit square is the likeliest score that fits the read (the call and an open game).