Magdeburg and SpVgg Greuther Fürth delivered a historic performance in the Bundesliga 2. Eight goals in the first half means the previous league record has been broken. This mark had already been set three times before. In the end, the Elbe club were happy to have secured three important points in the relegation battle with the 5:4 (5:3).
The game in Fürth was one of a number of high-scoring matches, all of which had more goals on offer than Friday evening's game: Kaiserslautern - Meppen ended 7-6 in 1997 after a 6-2 half-time score, TeBe Berlin against Fortuna Köln 5-6 (5-3) in 1979 and Nuremberg against Homburg 6-5 (5-3) in 1975.
The fact that Fürth came back into the game at all after FCM had turned a deficit into a 5-1 advantage was due to Magdeburg's weak defending from corner kicks. Fürth came back to within two goals before the break - and the hosts were back in the game after the 5:4 (47') at the latest.
