After four games without a win in a row, 1. FC Magdeburg is ready to turn things around again against Hannover 96. Baris Atik, who is back after his yellow card suspension, should help with this.
At the end of the international break, 1. FC Magdeburg wants to end the series of four games without a win in the league and finally score three points again. On Friday night (6:30 p.m, in the audio live stream and ticker on sport-im-osten.de and in the SpiO app) In Hanover it’s against the currently strongest offensive team in the second upper house of football, but the FCM doesn’t have to hide by any means.
FCM has “a lot to make up for”
After 1-1 draw against Karlsruher SC there was one in the league last week 4:2 friendly win against league rivals Eintracht Braunschweig. The team should and wants to take the momentum from the test match with them to Hanover on Friday. Leon Bell Bell said in a media round on Wednesday that everyone is “very keen” and that they “have a lot to make up for after the last few games.” Hannover also has a “very good team, offensively”, but the 27-year-old emphasized that the hosts also “allow counterattack opportunities” that the FCM offensive wants to exploit.
For Christian Titz, the international break was more about defense. The FCM coach spoke in the press conference before the game about how the way of defense needs to change so that “the players learn to stay longer in the concentration phase” to avoid “mistaken passes where there was no pressure at all ” to avoid. The coaching team wouldn’t go into every single bad pass because “mistakes are part of football and they happen.” To do this, “we address the duel behavior, although you still have to say that we are already very good at it and win a lot of duels,” Titz also highlighted the positive. In the league comparison of duels won, the Magdeburgers are currently in fourth place with 902.
Atik back after yellow card suspension
In addition to Mohammed El Hankouri (knee problems) and Julian Pollersbeck (inflammation), who have been injured for a long time, Christian Titz and Jean Hugonet cannot yet play in Hanover. Magdeburg’s coach “at first feels personally sorry for Jean”. The hope was that it would be enough against Hannover, but Hugonet “can train, but cannot go beyond this point for a long time.” What is particularly important for the Magdeburg game is the return of Baris Atik, who missed the game in Karlsruhe due to a yellow card suspension.
Offensive player Baris Atik returns after his suspension.
In addition to the sporting explosiveness, the duel between the two teams also brings with it increased interest on the fan side. By the “friendly relationship” There is a common rivalry between Magdeburg and Braunschweig with the Hanoverians. Especially since the Lower Saxony derby between 96 and BTSV is taking place in a few weeks, this relationship will be an issue in the stands on Friday. Among the approximately 38,000 expected spectators, almost 4,200 will be from Magdeburg.
3:3 on points – or goals?
In the past season, the balance of power between the FCM and Hannover 96 was balanced, at least in terms of points. While the Hanoverians were able to take all three points with a clear 4-0 win in Magdeburg, the blue-whites took revenge with one in the Lower Saxony state capital 1:2 away win. A 3:3 on points last season, which, judging by the offensive performance of both teams in the current season, would also be a realistic result for Friday evening. With 18 goals from 9 games, the Magdeburgers are only slightly inferior to the league’s top score (20 goals), which the 96ers currently hold. So no spectator has to be afraid of a goalless draw.
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