Magdeburg take on Eintracht Frankfurt in the first round of the DFB-Pokal on Monday.

Both sides are looking to build on successful seasons, after the hosts gained promotion to Germany's second tier, and Frankfurt won the Europa League to directly qualify for the Champions League group stage.

Magdeburg, who compete in a 30,000-seated stadium at MDCC-Arena, have never progressed beyond the quarter-finals of the DFB-Pokal. That achievement came in the 2000-01 campaign, when they lost 1-0 to eventual champions Schalke 04.

However, they are the only former East German side to lift a European trophy after winning the UEFA Cup Winners' Cup in 1974, having won the former East German top flight on three occasions in the 1970's prior to the nation's reunification.

Der Club fell on hard times thereafter, only returning to the third tier of German football - and therefore reassuming professional status - in 2015. They have flirted between 2. Bundesliga and 3. Liga since, with manager Christian Titz guiding his side to promotion last season after amassing 78 points from 36 games to end as champions.

One win and one defeat from their opening two games back in the second tier suggests surviving another instant relegation should be possible for them. In the meantime, though, they will focus on causing an upset in front of their passionate home support on Monday.

Frankfurt, who have won the DFB-Pokal on five occasions - most recently in 2018 after impressively beating Bayern Munich 3-1 in the final .

After guiding Wolfsburg to a fourth-placed finish and Champions League status in the 2020-21 season, Oliver Glasner worked his magic once again by taking Die Adler all of the way in the Europa League in his debut campaign at the club.

The German side were pushed all of the way by Rangers in the final in Seville, ultimately winning on penalties after a 1-1 draw. The victory crowned Franfurt's first European honour for 32 years, and ensures that they will dine at Europe's top table for only the second ever time after reaching the European Cup final all the way back in 1960.

An unbeaten pre-season period suggests that Glasner's side remain full of confidence ahead of the coming campaign, with Monday's trip to Magdeburg an interesting test ahead of kicking off the 2022-23 Bundesliga season against champions Bayern on Friday night.

Despite the good phase, Magdeburg is still not ready to compete with the first level teams in Germany.

Coming from pre-season undefeated, Frankfurt has everything to have a great season and I believe it starts here with a victory without great difficulty.

You also find the HA -0.75 Frankfurt at around @1.85 in most bookies to be a good value bet.

Probable scores here are 0-2 1-3

Marco Antonio,

GL!

本译文使用有道机器翻译，仅供参考：

马格德堡将在周一举行的德国足协首轮比赛中对阵法兰克福。

在东道主球队升入德国二级联赛、法兰克福赢得欧联杯直接晋级欧冠小组赛之后，双方都希望在成功的赛季基础上更进一步。

马格德堡是在一个能容纳3万人的体育场MDCC-Arena比赛的，他从未晋级过DFB-Pokal的1 / 4决赛。这一成就是在2000-01赛季取得的，当时他们0- 1输给了最终的冠军沙尔克04。

然而，他们是前东德唯一一支在1974年赢得联盟杯优胜者杯后举起欧洲冠军奖杯的球队。在统一前的1970年代，他们曾三次赢得前东德顶级联赛冠军。

此后，德尔俱乐部陷入了困境，直到2015年才重新回到德国足球的第三梯队，并因此恢复了职业地位。他们在2岁之间调情。德甲和3。上赛季，主教练克里斯蒂安·蒂茨带领球队在36场比赛中积78分，最终夺冠。

一胜一负的开局两场比赛在二级联赛中意味着他们有可能再次保级。与此同时，尽管如此，他们将专注于在周一主场球迷的热情支持下制造混乱。

法兰克福队曾五次获得德国世界杯冠军——最近一次是在2018年，他们在决赛中以3比1的惊人成绩击败了拜仁慕尼黑。

在带领沃尔夫斯堡在2020-21赛季取得第四名和欧冠地位后，奥利弗·格拉斯纳再次施展了他的魔法，他在俱乐部的首个赛季就在欧联杯中带着阿德勒一路前行。

在塞维利亚举行的决赛中，德国队被流浪者队一路逼着前进，最终在1比1战平后点球取胜。这场胜利为法兰克福赢得了32年来的首个欧洲荣誉，也确保了他们自1960年进入欧洲杯决赛以来第二次出现在欧洲顶级球队的餐桌上。

赛季前的不败战绩表明格拉斯纳的球队在即将到来的赛季中仍然充满信心，周一的马格德堡之旅是一个有趣的测试，而周五晚上的2022-23赛季德甲联赛将对阵冠军拜仁。

尽管处于良好的阶段，马格德堡仍然没有准备好与德国一线队竞争。

从赛季前的不败战绩来看，法兰克福拥有拥有一个伟大赛季的一切，我相信它会以一场没有太大困难的胜利开始。

你也会发现HA -0.75法兰克福在@1.85左右在大多数赌注是一个很好的价值。

可能比分是0-2 - 1-3