1. FC Magdeburg v 1. FC Nürnberg prediction

2. Bundesliga · Sat, 12 Dec 2026 12:30 GMT · Avnet-Arena

Updated 30 Jul 2026, 10:25 UK · refreshed continuously

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TACTIX’s free model pick for 1. FC Magdeburg v 1. FC Nürnberg, 2. Bundesliga on Sat, 12 Dec 2026 12:30 GMT posts shortly before kick-off. Form, head-to-head and league standing for both sides are below.

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The match

1. FC Magdeburg host 1. FC Nürnberg in the 2. Bundesliga on Saturday 12 December (kick-off 12:30 UK).

Form and the table

Nine of 1. FC Magdeburg’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (60%). Both teams scored in seven of 1. FC Magdeburg’s last 15 results in all competitions (47%). At home, 1. FC Magdeburg have five wins, no draws and two defeats in their last 7 home matches in all competitions — 2.14 points per game, scoring 2.29 and conceding 1.14. 1. FC Magdeburg have scored 21 goals, the fourth-most of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games). 1. FC Magdeburg have conceded 13 goals, the sixth-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs.

10 of 1. FC Nürnberg’s last 15 results in all competitions went over 2.5 goals (67%). Both teams scored in 11 of 1. FC Nürnberg’s last 15 results in all competitions (73%). Away from home, 1. FC Nürnberg have three wins, five draws and one defeat in their last 9 away matches in all competitions — 1.56 points per game, scoring 2.00 and conceding 1.78. 1. FC Nürnberg have scored 24 goals, the second-most of the 18 clubs (2026/27 so far, after 10 games). 1. FC Nürnberg have conceded 13 goals, the sixth-fewest (shared) of the 18 clubs.

1. FC Magdeburg (fifth) and 1. FC Nürnberg (second) are four points apart, 2026/27 so far. TACTIX’s Glicko-2 team ratings have 1. FC Nürnberg the stronger side, 132 rating points above 1. FC Magdeburg (1. FC Nürnberg 1727, 1. FC Magdeburg 1596, after at least 180 rated matches each).

Head-to-head

The most recent meeting, on 26 April 2026, finished 1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 1. FC Magdeburg.

Team news

Predicted 1. FC Magdeburg XI (4-3-3): D. Reimann, A. MacNulty, T. Müller, P. Nadjombe, A. Nollenberger, T. Müsel, L. Hyryläinen, F. Michel, E. Iyoha, B. Atik, M. Żukowski — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, B. Atik (4.8 per match over 11 appearances, seven assists) and L. Hyryläinen (4.4 per match over 12 appearances, one goal and two assists) have been 1. FC Magdeburg’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for 1. FC Magdeburg (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), B. Atik averages 1.3 shots per 90 over 962 minutes, with a shot in eight of the last 10 appearances. L. Hyryläinen averages 0.7 key passes per 90 over 950 minutes, with a key pass in five of the last 10 appearances.

Predicted 1. FC Nürnberg XI (4-2-3-1): J. Reichert, A. Kalogeropoulos, T. Janisch, F. Otto, E. Porstner, A. Marhiev, J. Fernandez, J. Justvan, R. Lubach, R. Ghrieb, P. Scobel — derived from the last 8 line-ups, most-used eleven. By TACTIX Impact, A. Marhiev (6.4 per match over 12 appearances, three goals and three assists) and M. Zoma (6.1 per match over nine appearances, seven goals) have been 1. FC Nürnberg’s most influential players 2026/27, all competitions. In numbers for 1. FC Nürnberg (2026/27, all competitions, before kick-off), A. Marhiev averages 1.4 key passes per 90 over 1571 minutes, with a key pass in eight of the last 10 appearances. M. Zoma averages 2.0 key passes per 90 over 720 minutes, with a key pass in seven of the last 10 appearances.

Written from the matches TACTIX holds for both sides; each figure names the games it is counted over.

The Numbers

Kick-off: Sat, 12 Dec 2026 12:30 GMT · 2. Bundesliga · Avnet-Arena
Head-to-head (last 6): 1. FC Magdeburg 2 · draws 0 · 1. FC Nürnberg 4 · 2.83 goals/game
Recent form: 1. FC Magdeburg 2W 1D 2L · 1. FC Nürnberg 1W 2D 2L

1. FC Magdeburg v 1. FC Nürnberg (2. Bundesliga): the key numbers are on this page — and TACTIX’s live, market-by-market track record is one click away (as of 30 July 2026). See the live track record →

Key Stats

2 / 1.88

Goals

against 1.63 / 1.88 · 3 of the last 5 over 2.5

over 8 matches

4.25 / 6.13

Corners

against 4.75 / 5.38 · 2 of the last 5 over 9.5

over 8 matches

5.63 / 6.13

Shots on target

against 5 / 5.75 · 4 of the last 5 over 8.5

over 8 matches

2 / 2.13

Cards

against 2.13 / 2.88 · 2 of the last 5 over 3.5

over 8 matches

Per game, last 8 completed matches, to 1 November 2026. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.

Per game, last 8 played matches, friendlies left out, to 1 November 2026. Goals in a match that went to extra time count at the 90-minute score; its other figures are left out. Bars: for (mint) against (amber), scaled to the larger figure in the row. Over/under figures use standard thresholds, not bookmaker lines.
Per game	1. FC Magdeburg for / against	Line	1. FC Nürnberg for / against
Goals scored	2 for · 1.63 against n 8 Last 5	2.5standard	1.88 for · 1.88 against n 8 Last 5
Corners won	4.25 for · 4.75 against n 8 Last 5	9.5standard	6.13 for · 5.38 against n 8 Last 5
Shots	15 for · 13.25 against n 8 Last 5	19.5standard	18.13 for · 16.13 against n 8 Last 5
Shots on target	5.63 for · 5 against n 8 Last 5	8.5standard	6.13 for · 5.75 against n 8 Last 5
Fouls committed	8.25 for · 10.38 against n 8 Last 5	21.5standard	10.88 for · 15 against n 8 Last 5
Cards shown	2 for · 2.13 against n 8 Last 5	3.5standard	2.13 for · 2.88 against n 8 Last 5

1. FC Magdeburg

1. FC Magdeburg Goalkeeper

1. FC Magdeburg — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
D. Reimann	12	901080 min	393.3 /90	121 /90	00 /90

1. FC Magdeburg — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Magdeburg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
D. Reimann n 8	90	2.9 7/5

1. FC Magdeburg Defensive

1. FC Magdeburg — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. MacNulty	12	901080 min	221.8 /90	171.4 /90	60.5 /90	504.2 /90	141.2 /90	50.4 /90
T. Müller	11	80877 min	131.3 /90	121.2 /90	30.3 /90	232.4 /90	80.8 /90	30.3 /90
A. Nollenberger	11	76832 min	141.5 /90	40.4 /90	20.2 /90	394.2 /90	60.6 /90	10.1 /90
P. Nadjombe	10	67668 min	101.3 /90	40.5 /90	30.4 /90	405.4 /90	91.2 /90	40.5 /90
H. Bockhorn	9	57513 min	173 /90	81.4 /90	20.4 /90	366.3 /90	81.4 /90	00 /90
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1. FC Magdeburg — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Magdeburg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. MacNulty n 8	90	1 5/3	0.9 5/2	—
D. Reimann n 8	90	0 0/0	0.1 1/0	—
E. Iyoha n 8	84.8	0.1 1/0	0.3 2/0	—
L. Hyryläinen n 8	73.9	0.5 3/0	1.7 6/4	—
B. Atik n 8	87.6	0.4 3/0	1.9 7/5	—
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1. FC Magdeburg — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Magdeburg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. MacNulty n 8	90	2.3 8/5
E. Iyoha n 8	84.8	0.8 4/2
L. Hyryläinen n 8	73.9	1.8 6/4
B. Atik n 8	87.6	0.5 3/1
M. Żukowski n 8	85.9	0.3 2/0
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1. FC Magdeburg Attacking

1. FC Magdeburg — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
E. Iyoha	12	831001 min	60.5 /90	00 /90	211.9 /90	90.8 /90	100.9 /90	90.8 /90
B. Atik	11	87962 min	00 /90	70.7 /90	141.3 /90	40.4 /90	302.8 /90	191.8 /90
M. Żukowski	11	85940 min	80.8 /90	00 /90	413.9 /90	242.3 /90	90.9 /90	40.4 /90
R. Šimić	3	42125 min	10.7 /90	00 /90	21.4 /90	10.7 /90	00 /90	00 /90
R. Tachie	3	2060 min	00 /90	00 /90	23 /90	23 /90	11.5 /90	00 /90
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1. FC Magdeburg — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Magdeburg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
A. MacNulty n 8	90	0.4 2/1	0.3 2/0
D. Reimann n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
E. Iyoha n 8	84.8	1.9 7/6	1.1 6/2
L. Hyryläinen n 8	73.9	0.8 4/1	0.3 2/0
B. Atik n 8	87.6	1.5 7/3	0.4 3/0
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1. FC Magdeburg — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Magdeburg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
A. MacNulty n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0 0/0
D. Reimann n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
E. Iyoha n 8	84.8	0.7 4/1	0 0/0
L. Hyryläinen n 8	73.9	0 0/0	0 0/0
B. Atik n 8	87.6	0 0/0	0.4 3/0
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1. FC Nürnberg

1. FC Nürnberg Goalkeeper

1. FC Nürnberg — Goalkeeper: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Saves	Goals conceded	Penalties saved
J. Reichert	11	90990 min	403.6 /90	111 /90	10.1 /90

1. FC Nürnberg — Goalkeeper saves: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Nürnberg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 2+, lower cell 3+.
Player	Mins	Saves 2+3+
J. Reichert n 8	90	3.9 6/6

1. FC Nürnberg Defensive

1. FC Nürnberg — Defensive: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Tackles	Interceptions	Blocks	Duels won	Fouls committed	Yellow cards
A. Kalogeropoulos	11	88966 min	151.4 /90	242.2 /90	90.8 /90	474.4 /90	90.8 /90	30.3 /90
E. Porstner	11	82897 min	191.9 /90	50.5 /90	40.4 /90	404 /90	80.8 /90	30.3 /90
T. Janisch	11	77852 min	91 /90	40.4 /90	10.1 /90	384 /90	101.1 /90	10.1 /90
F. Otto	10	84836 min	91 /90	202.2 /90	50.5 /90	434.6 /90	40.4 /90	00 /90
G. Masouras	6	22134 min	53.4 /90	10.7 /90	10.7 /90	106.7 /90	10.7 /90	21.3 /90
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1. FC Nürnberg — Discipline: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Nürnberg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Fouls committed 1+2+	Fouls won 1+2+	Likely duel
A. Marhiev n 8	90	2.3 8/4	2.8 8/8	—
J. Reichert n 8	90	0 0/0	0.3 2/0	—
J. Fernandez n 8	89.6	1.9 7/6	0.8 4/2	—
A. Kalogeropoulos n 8	87	0.6 4/1	1 5/3	—
E. Porstner n 8	81.4	0.6 4/0	1.1 4/1	—
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1. FC Nürnberg — Tackles: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Nürnberg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Tackles 1+2+
A. Marhiev n 8	90	2.1 7/6
J. Fernandez n 8	89.6	1.9 7/5
A. Kalogeropoulos n 8	87	1.8 7/5
E. Porstner n 8	81.4	1.9 8/5
P. Scobel n 8	76.4	0.3 2/0
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1. FC Nürnberg Attacking

1. FC Nürnberg — Attacking: season totals in played matches, friendlies left out, appearances of 15+ minutes; per 90 minutes under each figure; total minutes under the average, before kick-off.
Player	Apps	Avg mins	Goals	Assists	Shots	Shots on target	Key passes	Dribbles completed
P. Scobel	11	78854 min	50.5 /90	10.1 /90	353.7 /90	171.8 /90	101.1 /90	20.2 /90
W. Bøving	7	39270 min	00 /90	20.7 /90	41.3 /90	00 /90	31 /90	31 /90
S. Haugen	4	31123 min	21.5 /90	00 /90	64.4 /90	32.2 /90	00 /90	00 /90
A. Marhiev	11	90990 min	30.3 /90	20.2 /90	161.5 /90	60.5 /90	171.5 /90	151.4 /90
J. Fernandez	11	89974 min	00 /90	30.3 /90	131.2 /90	40.4 /90	100.9 /90	131.2 /90
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1. FC Nürnberg — Shooting: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Nürnberg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Shots 1+2+	Shots on target 1+2+
A. Marhiev n 8	90	1.6 7/3	0.5 4/0
J. Reichert n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
J. Fernandez n 8	89.6	1.1 6/3	0.1 1/0
A. Kalogeropoulos n 8	87	0.4 3/0	0 0/0
E. Porstner n 8	81.4	0.4 3/0	0 0/0
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1. FC Nürnberg — Goalscoring: per 90 minutes, each player’s last 8 appearances of 15+ minutes in played matches, friendlies left out for 1. FC Nürnberg before kick-off, to 1 November 2026. Meter: one column per match, newest first; upper cell 1+, lower cell 2+.
Player	Mins	Goals 1+2+	Assists 1+2+
A. Marhiev n 8	90	0.1 1/0	0.3 2/0
J. Reichert n 8	90	0 0/0	0 0/0
J. Fernandez n 8	89.6	0 0/0	0.4 3/0
A. Kalogeropoulos n 8	87	0 0/0	0 0/0
E. Porstner n 8	81.4	0 0/0	0.4 3/0
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Form, Head-to-Head & Standings

The numbers behind 1. FC Magdeburg v 1. FC Nürnberg — recent results, past meetings and where each side sits. (TACTIX’s model forecast is in the projections below.)

Recent form

1. FC MagdeburgWLWLD

Last 5: 2W 1D 2L · 2.2 scored / 2 conceded per game

1. FC NürnbergDDLLW

Last 5: 1W 2D 2L · 2 scored / 2.4 conceded per game

Head-to-head last 6

1. FC Magdeburg 2 · 0 draws · 1. FC Nürnberg 4 · 2.83 goals/game

2026-04-26 1. FC Nürnberg 1–0 1. FC Magdeburg
2025-11-29 1. FC Magdeburg 3–0 1. FC Nürnberg
2025-02-08 1. FC Magdeburg 3–4 1. FC Nürnberg
2024-08-31 1. FC Nürnberg 0–4 1. FC Magdeburg
2024-03-09 FC Magdeburg 0–1 FC Nurnberg
2023-10-01 FC Nurnberg 1–0 FC Magdeburg

League standing · 2026/27

1. FC Magdeburg#5 pos17 pts10 pl+8 GD

1. FC Nürnberg#2 pos21 pts10 pl+11 GD

Goals per game

1. FC Magdeburg scored2.1

1. FC Nürnberg scored2.4

1. FC Magdeburg conceded1.3

1. FC Nürnberg conceded1.3

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the head-to-head record between 1. FC Magdeburg and 1. FC Nürnberg?: In their last 6 meetings, 1. FC Magdeburg won 2, 1. FC Nürnberg won 4 and there were 0 draws, averaging 2.83 goals per game.
What is the recent form of 1. FC Magdeburg and 1. FC Nürnberg?: Recent form — 1. FC Magdeburg 2W 1D 2L; 1. FC Nürnberg 1W 2D 2L.

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