Concentrated defending and one goal up front: 1. FC Magdeburg secured an important three points to start the second half of the Bundesliga 2 season. The FCM won 1:0 (0:0) against Wehen Wiesbaden. Tatsuya Ito (80') scored the late winner. Wiesbaden's Amar Catic was shown a yellow card shortly before the end after a repeated foul (85'). With 23 points, Magdeburg overtook Wiesbaden in the table and are now six points clear of the relegation zone.
Returner Tobias Müller was in the starting line-up, Cristiano Piccini found himself on the bench instead. Coach Christian Titz had to do without his center forwards and instead started with the mobile Mohammed El Hankouri in the attacking line. Magdeburg focused on possession and short passing, while the visitors were on the lookout for counter-attacks.
In an initial attack by the Elbe side, Wehen goalkeeper Florian Stritzel cleared the ball straight onto the head of Baris Atik (7'), but the Magdeburg man was too surprised to convert it. Wehen preferred to counter-attack down the right flank and Müller was able to clear a header from Ivan Prtajin (12). Magdeburg were able to create situations in the penalty area, but rarely scored. The hosts controlled the game completely, but were unable to score against a deep-lying opponent before the break.
