Magdeburg continues series: 3:0 at Eintracht Braunschweig

1. FC Magdeburg started the second half of the 2nd Bundesliga season with a win. In front of 22,436 spectators, the Elbe city team won 3:0 (1:0) at Eintracht Braunschweig. Mateusz Zukowski (41st minute), Baris Atik (79th) and Maximilian Breunig (90th) scored for FCM against harmless hosts. Magdeburg are now unbeaten in five league games in a row and have climbed to 13th in the table with 20 points.

"We can play to nil and can score goals. We were always aware that at some point the time would come when that would work again. In the end, nothing has been won with today's game," said FCM captain and goalkeeper Dominik Reimann.

Magdeburg coach Petrik Sander fielded exactly the same starting line-up as in the 3-2 win in Kaiserslautern. There are currently no new signings for Magdeburg anyway. Even before kick-off, Sander had emphasized that they would not change their approach to the game, as his players felt comfortable playing possession soccer. Zukowski could have scored early on, but was denied by Braunschweig keeper Ron-Thorben Hoffmann (1st).

Zukowski dusts off the ball to take the lead at the break

The FCM remained the more active team, with Braunschweig lurking for mistakes and counter-attacking opportunities. Magdeburg missed their chances, but Braunschweig had almost none: Erencan Yardimci's header onto the outside of the net was the hosts' best opportunity (30'). Eintracht then pressed, but Magdeburg scored: Hoffmann parried an Atik flick into the middle and Zukowski dusted it off.

After the break, the visitors had the first chance again, but Noah Pesch's shot was blocked (47'). Braunschweig now attacked earlier and Magdeburg had space for counter-attacks. Magdeburg usually fended off the Löwen's attempts to attack early on, but despite having opportunities, they rarely got a shot on target themselves and failed to decide the game for a long time. Atik did better a few minutes later, scoring from twelve meters. Because FCM did not let up after that, Breunig increased the lead to 3-0.

Magdeburg gain confidence for the derby

FCM took revenge for the opening defeat in the first leg, but should have made the result even clearer. Magdeburg thus gained further self-confidence ahead of the eastern duel with Dynamo Dresden.