After Thursday night’s disappointing lack of goals in Slovenia on Thursday, Saturday’s Football Bet of the Day sees me head to the German second tier, and I’ve highlighted a goals-based selection in one of the fixtures.
⚽️ Greuther Furth vs 1. FC Magdeburg
🇩🇪 2. Bundesliga
⏰ Saturday 8 March, 12:00
Third-placed Magdeburg will look to keep the pressure on the top two as they travel to Bavaria at Saturday lunchtime to take on mid-table Greuther Furth in a fixture that appeals to me for goals.
Jan Siewert’s hosts have scored 36 goals across their opening 24 German 2. Bundesliga fixtures this season, with 18 (50%) of them coming on home soil.
The Cloverleaves have found the back of the net in 10/12 (83%) of their league contests in front of their supporters – notching on multiple occasions in five of their last six – and will be confident of breaching a Magdeburg backline that has recorded only shutouts on their travels this campaign, shipping 2+ goals in each of their last four and six of their past eight.
FCM are the highest scorers in the German second tier, slamming in 52 goals across their opening 24 matches, with an eye-catching 33 (63%) of them coming on their travels.
Christian Titz’s visitors have found the back of the net in all 12 (100%) of their league outings on their travels – scoring 2+ goals in an impressive nine (75%) of them – and will be confident of continuing their excellent goal-scoring record away from home against a Greuther Furth backline that has kept just four clean sheets in the league this season, with half of those coming against the bottom three.
Bet of the Day
Greuther Furth’s opening 12 fixtures at home in the German second tier this term have averaged 3.33 goals per game, with Over 2.5 Goals paying out in nine (75%) of them – including in eight of their past nine – whilst eight (67%) have also produced goals at both ends.
Magdeburg's opening 24 matches in the German second tier have averaged an eye-catching 3.71 goals per game, with 19 of their past 23 producing a minimum of three strikes – including 11/12 (92%) of them overall away from home – whilst 18 (78%) of them in that 23-game sample have also featured goals at both ends, including 10/12 (83%) away from home.
What’s more, these two sides played out a 2-2 draw in the reverse fixture back at the start of October, and I’m hoping we see a similarly high-scoring encounter in Bavaria on Saturday.
- Both Teams to Score & Over 2.5 Goals
- Pays 4/5 (William Hill)
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