FC Magdeburg vs Hannover 96 Prediction & Betting Tips

How both sides have been playing

Magdeburg's recent Bundesliga run reads draw, win, loss, win, loss across their last five league outings, so there's been no real consistency despite occasional big scorelines like the 3-0 win over Kaiserslautern.

FC Magdeburg: 20 completed matches; Hannover 96: 20 completed matches.

FC Magdeburg

20 matches

Win

65% 13 / 20

Draw

10% 2 / 20

Loss

25% 5 / 20

Scored

46

Conceded

23

Difference

+23

Hannover 96

20 matches

Win

60% 12 / 20

Draw

25% 5 / 20

Loss

15% 3 / 20

Scored

50

Conceded

20

Difference

+30

Hannover's away-heavy sample shows a similar pattern: a home win over Bochum, an away loss at Nürnberg, a home draw with Karlsruhe, an away win at Darmstadt and a home defeat to Wolfsburg. Both teams can win and lose in short spaces of time.

Neither side has any real momentum going into this one.

Comparative Team Statistics: FC Magdeburg vs Hannover 96

A fairly even recent history

The last meeting in January 2026 saw Hannover win 2-1 at Magdeburg's ground, while the reverse fixture back in August 2025 went the other way, Hannover winning 3-1 at home.

Further back there's a 0-0 draw and some heavier scorelines in both directions, including a couple of big Magdeburg wins in 2024. Overall it's not a fixture that clearly favours either club.

Where they sit right now

After six games, Magdeburg are sixth with 10 points from three wins, a draw and two losses, scoring 11 and conceding nine.

Hannover are down in tenth on seven points, with two wins, one draw and three losses, and their goal difference is negative too, at 7 for and 9 against.

Magdeburg have the better points tally, though the gap isn't huge given how early it is.

Players making an impact

Magdeburg's attack has had joint contributions lately, with E. Iyoha on four goals from six matches and A. Nollenberger not far behind with three, while B. Atik has chipped in four assists in five appearances.

FC Magdeburg:

Best scorers:

E. Iyoha - 4

A. Nollenberger - 3

Best assist providers:

B. Atik - 4

Penalty cards:

T. Müller x 1 x 2

H. Bockhorn x 1

A. MacNulty x 3

Hannover 96:

Best assist providers:

K. Oudenne - 2

On cards, several Magdeburg players have picked up multiple yellows recently, and H. Bockhorn has a red card logged in his last four matches, though that doesn't confirm he'll be missing here. Hannover's data shows K. Oudenne with two assists in six games.