20:16
Newcomers Jamie Lawrence and Mohammed El-Hankouri are in the starting line-up for Magdeburg. Loan returnee Dawid Kownacki starts next to Rouwen Hennings in the storm on the Düsseldorf side. In addition, Ao Tanaka starts in central midfield. As in the last test match, Kahled Narey, who is willing to emigrate, is not in the squad. Felix Klaus starts on the right side.
20:10
Left-back Florian Hartherz and midfielder Edgar Prib left Fortuna in the summer. Loan players Ao Tanaka and Jordy de Wijs could be committed. The young Austrian Benjamin Böckle, who joins Fortuna from FC Liefering on a free transfer, takes over from Hartherz. Center forward David Kownacki is also returning to Lech Poznan from a loan deal. The future of Fortuna’s top performer Khaled Narey is still unclear. The winger was released from the friendly against Twente Enschede because he is “mentally thinking about a change,” said sporting director Klaus Allofs.
20:00
Fortuna from Düsseldorf ended last season in tenth place. Coach Daniel Thioune took over the place on the bench from Christian Preuss in February. At this point, the 15th-ranked team was not far from relegation. Thioune turned things around and the ex-HSV coach scored a strong 24 points in his 13 games as Fortuna coach. It was only in the last game of the season against FC Sankt Pauli that he had to admit defeat for the first time as Fortuna coach. The Düsseldorf team want to build on this winning streak this season.
19:51
However, SC Paderborn did not only use Magdeburg once in the transfer window. The captain was followed by full-back Raphael Obermair and striker Sirlord Conteh to the competitor from North Rhine-Westphalia. In addition, Korbinian Burger, Adrian Malachowski, Tobias Knost and Henry Rorig left the club and switched to clubs in league 3. Magdeburg is trying to compensate for the departures with a number of free transfers. Mohammed El-Hankouri is set to replace Raphael Obermair, Bayern Munich amateur loanee Jamie Lawrence takes the place of Tobias Müller in central defence, and Léo Scienza takes Sirlord Conteh’s squad spot.
19:40
1. FC Magdeburg was able to end last season as a third division champion and a promoted team. The team from Saxony-Anhalt was by far the best team over the season. According to head coach Christian Titz, the team feels “well prepared” for the new season. Four wins and only one defeat against Union Berlin speak for preparation according to plan. In the run-up to the game, the coach appointed his midfield strategist Amara Condé as the new team captain, taking over from Tobias Müller, who had moved to Paderborn.
19:32
Hello and welcome to the 2nd Bundesliga on Saturday evening. At 8:30 p.m. Magdeburg and Düsseldorf start the new season.