1. FC Magdeburg vs 08.08.26 11:001 – 6Full Time
Eintracht Braunschweig — 2. Bundesliga: stats, lineups & analysis
Match report
Braunschweig thrash 10-man Magdeburg 6-1 on opening weekend
Eintracht Braunschweig began their 2. Bundesliga campaign with a resounding 6-1 win away at 1. FC Magdeburg on matchday one, a result that lifted them to the top of the table. The scoreline, lopsided from early on, offered little resistance from the hosts after their first-half collapse.
AI-assisted match report written from official match data.
Aaron Opoku opened the scoring in the 15th minute, assisted by Max Marie, before Jan Urbich doubled the lead six minutes later with the same provider. Urbich struck again in the 26th minute, this time set up by S. Di Benedetto, and Magdeburg's afternoon worsened when Herbert Bockhorn was sent off in the 31st minute. Mehmet Aydın converted a penalty on the stroke of half-time to make it 0-4 at the break.
Mateusz Żukowski gave Magdeburg brief hope with a goal three minutes into the second half, assisted by Barış Atik, but Di Benedetto restored the five-goal margin moments later with an assist from Y. Sturm. Florian Flick completed the rout in the 61st minute, sealing a 6-1 defeat that dropped Magdeburg to tenth in the standings with a man light for most of the contest.
Jan Urbich scored twice inside the opening half-hour and finished with a rating of 8.6, the highest of the match, while Florian Flick and S. Di Benedetto each contributed a goal and combined for further influence in the second half.
Braunschweig's dominance was reflected in their 24 shots to Magdeburg's 10, with 13 finding the target compared to just three for the hosts.
Eintracht Braunschweig won 6–1 away against 1. FC Magdeburg (half-time 0–4).
1. FC Magdeburg met Eintracht Braunschweig in the 2. Bundesliga (Regular Season - 1). Kick-off was Saturday, 8 August 2026, 11:00 UTC at Avnet Arena. Referee: Felix Prigan.
Team pages: 1. FC Magdeburg · Eintracht Braunschweig · 2. Bundesliga
Key moments
- 15' Goal: Aaron Opoku (assist: Max Marie) — 0–1 · Watch Aaron Opoku's goal video (15')
- 21' Goal: Jan Urbich (assist: Max Marie) — 0–2 · Watch Jan Urbich's goal video (21')
- 26' Goal: Jan Urbich (assist: S. Di Benedetto) — 0–3 · Watch Jan Urbich's goal video (26')
- 31' Red card: Herbert Bockhorn
- 44' Goal (penalty): Mehmet Aydın — 0–4 · Watch Mehmet Aydın's goal video (44')
- 49' Goal: Mateusz Żukowski (assist: Barış Atik) — 1–4 · Watch Mateusz Żukowski's goal video (49')
- 50' Goal: S. Di Benedetto (assist: Yann Sturm) — 1–5 · Watch S. Di Benedetto's goal video (50')
- 61' Goal: Florian Flick — 1–6 · Watch Florian Flick's goal video (61')
Starting line-ups
1. FC Magdeburg (4-3-3)
Eintracht Braunschweig (4-3-1-2)
Sirius · Why these numbers
Before kick-off Sirius gave 1. FC Magdeburg 55%, the draw 29%, Eintracht Braunschweig 16%. It finished 1. FC Magdeburg 1–6 Eintracht Braunschweig.
1. FC Magdeburg's rating edge, but the draw is in play — 1. FC Magdeburg are the stronger side on our strength rating, and their control of the ball on top gives 1. FC Magdeburg a clear lead. The draw at 29% is lifted by the early-season fade in home wins.
Why 1. FC Magdeburg at 55%?
1. FC Magdeburg sit 109 points higher on our strength rating — 1534 to 1425. Sides with a 100–200-point rating edge at home won 57.2% of 12,653 such games. 1. FC Magdeburg hold 8 more possession points (51 to 43 in recent games) across a 109-point rating gap. Control now carries a receipt beyond near-equals too: sides with this control edge at a 75–150-point rating gap won 42.6% of 8,562 such games where the class table expected 41.3%. The 300 most similar past games finished 51–31–18.
Why only 55%?
Both sides are inside their first six league games — home wins land softer this early in the season, so this trims 1. FC Magdeburg's column. Across 10,505 opening-stretch games since 2010, home sides won 42.8% where the rating map expected 44.9%, with draws up 2.0 — negative in every season since 2018.
Why is the draw second, ahead of the Eintracht Braunschweig win?
With a rating gap this size the draw starts at 24.1%. These teams' recent games average 2.5 goals — a typical goals environment. Games in that environment drew 26.2% of 27,507. Early-season fixtures add 2.0 points to the draw. The goals environment adds 1.2 points to the draw.
What did we measure but not count?
1. FC Magdeburg scored +0.40 goals per game beyond chance-quality lately — hot streaks like that have cooled off. Measured across 2,741 games at this rating gap, hot-finishing sides won 42.1% vs 42.9% class-expected — inside the noise band, so it scores 0 until the receipt clears its evidence bar.
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About this match
On this page: the 1. FC Magdeburg vs Eintracht Braunschweig final score and result, goal highlights and video clips of every goal, who scored, starting lineups, match stats and the full match report from this 2. Bundesliga fixture.
- Who scored and when — a goal-by-goal timeline of the match.
- Match stats — possession, shots, expected goals (xG), corners and cards.
- Starting lineups and player ratings for both teams.
- Head-to-head record and recent form for both sides.
- Watch Aaron Opoku's goal against 1. FC Magdeburg (15').
- Watch Jan Urbich's goal against 1. FC Magdeburg (21').
- Watch Jan Urbich's goal against 1. FC Magdeburg (26').
- Watch Mehmet Aydın's goal against 1. FC Magdeburg (44').
- Watch Mateusz Żukowski's goal against Eintracht Braunschweig (49').
- Watch S. Di Benedetto's goal against 1. FC Magdeburg (50').
- Watch Florian Flick's goal against 1. FC Magdeburg (61').
Watch the goals: goal highlights and video clips of every goal from 1. FC Magdeburg 1–6 Eintracht Braunschweig. Explore more on the 1. FC Magdeburg and Eintracht Braunschweig team pages or the 2. Bundesliga page.