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1. FC Magdeburg crest
Magdeburg
2. Bundesliga
11:00
UTC, Saturday 24 October 2026
Karlsruher SC crest
Karlsruher

Magdeburg vs Karlsruher: preview, line-ups and kick-off time

1. FC Magdeburg host Karlsruher SC at MDCC-Arena on Saturday 24 October 2026, kick-off 11:00 UTC, in the 2. Bundesliga (round 9). Prediction markets make Magdeburg the favourite at 53%, with the draw at 23% (Polymarket). Magdeburg have had 5 days of rest since playing D Dresden (2. Bundesliga); Karlsruher have had 5 after facing Darmstadt and travel about 415 km. Magdeburg have no reported absences; Karlsruher are missing 2 (Héliton, Moritz Broschinski). Felix Wagner is the referee, averaging 4.6 yellow cards a game against a league average of 4.9. The forecast at kick-off is 11°C with rain.

Win chances

Magdeburg 53%Draw 23%Karlsruher 24%

From Polymarket prediction market prices. For information only: Ninety has no betting links. How win chances work.

Predicted line-ups

Predicted elevens. Official team sheets usually arrive about an hour before kick-off. About predicted line-ups.

Magdeburg 4-3-3

Coach: Petrik Sander

  1. 1 Dominik Reimann GK
  2. 7 Herbert Bockhorn DEF
  3. 5 Tobias Müller DEF
  4. 3 Anselmo MacNulty DEF
  5. 28 Pierre Nadjombe MID
  6. 26 Torben Müsel MID
  7. 38 Luka Hyryläinen MID
  8. 10 Moritz-Broni Kwarteng MID
  9. 8 Emmanuel Iyoha FWD
  10. 22 Mateusz Żukowski FWD
  11. 23 Barış Atik FWD

Bench

  • 30 Noah Kruth GK
  • 17 Alexander Nollenberger DEF
  • 15 Daniel Heber DEF
  • 6 Paul Jaeckel DEF
  • 11 Felipe Chávez MID
  • 33 Leon Mergner MID
  • 35 Magnus Baars MID
  • 29 Richmond Tachie FWD
  • 9 Roko Šimić FWD

Karlsruher 4-4-2

Coach: Maximilian Senft

  1. 1 Hans Christian Bernat GK
  2. 22 Christoph Kobald DEF
  3. 24 Sandro Trémoulet DEF
  4. 28 Marcel Franke DEF
  5. 33 Viktor Bergh DEF
  6. 2 Sebastian Jung DEF
  7. 6 Santeri Väänänen MID
  8. 7 Kevin Wiethaup MID
  9. 10 Marvin Wanitzek MID
  10. 13 Shio Fukuda FWD
  11. 11 Noel Eichinger FWD

Bench

  • 30 Robin Himmelmann GK
  • 3 Deniz Ofli DEF
  • 15 Paul Scholl DEF
  • 26 Danyal Zor MID
  • 5 Hyeok-Kyu Kwon MID
  • 25 Lilian Egloff MID
  • 23 Tim Civeja MID
  • 37 Jason Ponente FWD
  • 27 John Meyer FWD

Injuries and suspensions

Magdeburg

No reported absences.

Karlsruher

  • Héliton injury, back Late October 2026
  • Moritz Broschinski injury, back Early November 2026
Previous meetings
  • Sunday 1 March 2026: 1. FC Magdeburg 1-3 Karlsruher SC
  • Saturday 27 September 2025: Karlsruher SC 1-0 1. FC Magdeburg
  • Saturday 22 February 2025: Karlsruher SC 3-1 1. FC Magdeburg
  • Sunday 22 September 2024: 1. FC Magdeburg 2-2 Karlsruher SC
  • Saturday 7 October 2023: 1. FC Magdeburg 1-1 Karlsruher SC