Germany League - 2nd Bundesliga Prediction Thread

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and there is already the first big surprise on this matchday . kiel loses the match at home against braunschweig with 1:2 . i didn't expect that at all .
in the other friday match karlsruhe won against osnabrück with 2:1 . karlsruhe is now on place 9 and osnabrück stays on the last place and will probably be relegated to the 3.bundesliga again at the end of the season

Holstein Kiel : Eintracht Braunschweig  1:2
Karlsruher SC : VFL Osnabrück 2:1

An important win for Braunschweig. After leading behind 1-0 and a break in the game, Braunschweig were more motivated and managed to finish the game as a winner. This certainly gives them a bit more confidence to aim for the next 3 points in the next game. Home game against Magdeburg who are 6 points away.
Osnabrück, on the other hand, have not managed to move out from last place in the table. They are now 9 points away from place 15. That will not be eays for the next few games.

[Soonandwaite]

An important win for Braunschweig. After leading behind 1-0 and a break in the game, Braunschweig were more motivated and managed to finish the game as a winner. This certainly gives them a bit more confidence to aim for the next 3 points in the next game. Home game against Magdeburg who are 6 points away.
Osnabrück, on the other hand, have not managed to move out from last place in the table. They are now 9 points away from place 15. That will not be eays for the next few games.

yes. it will be damn hard for osnabrück. i think they will be 100% relegated to the 3.bundesliga . but it remains very exciting at the top. kiel loses at home ,
the hsv and st. pauli win and it can look completely different next weekend. maybe the hamburger sv will be in 2nd place again .
or in first place ? st. pauli has to pick up points in düsseldorf and kiel has to go to fürth . that will be very difficult for both teams.
hsv has the match against karlsruhe at home. i think we will see another team in first place next week . but which team will it be ? let's be surprised. anything is possible  


source:https://www.soccerstats.com/latest.asp?league=germany2 

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source:https://www.soccerstats.com/latest.asp?league=germany2 

The teams at the first 5 places are pretty close together in terms of points. After place 5 the gap to place 3 is already bigger. Paderborn and Nürnberg have a gap of 7 points to place 3. The situation is pretty similar to last season.
Apart from that, I am puzzled about the situation in Hannover. They were one of the favourites to fight for promotion. They were also in the top five from matchday 6 to matchday 13. But now they are in the midfiled of the table and are already 9 points behind place 3.

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Matchday number 19 starts today.

Kaiserlautern vs. Schalke. Both teams are in the danger zone and have lost their last game. Now both teams have the opportunity to pick up
points. A 6-point game for both. The gap between the two is 2 points.


The other game today is Hannover vs. Nürnberg. Also a 6-point game. And the gap is also only 2 points. A win would be important for both so that they do not lose touch with the top five.
Hannover are almost exactly in the middle of the table. 8 points ahead of place 16 and 9 points behind place 3.

[Soonandwaite]

Kaiserslautern : Schalke 04  4:1

what is going on with schalke 04 ? schalke lost again with 1:4 in kaiserslautern. 0 points this year. even the new coach does not bring any points .
it is really a catastrophic season for schalke 04 . 15th place and 20 points. so it will be nothing more with a relegation place .
in today's other match hannover 96 won 3:0 against nürnberg. hannover is now in sixth place with 28 points

[mv1986]

Kaiserslautern : Schalke 04  4:1

what is going on with schalke 04 ? schalke lost again with 1:4 in kaiserslautern. 0 points this year. even the new coach does not bring any points .
it is really a catastrophic season for schalke 04 . 15th place and 20 points. so it will be nothing more with a relegation place .
in today's other match hannover 96 won 3:0 against nürnberg. hannover is now in sixth place with 28 points

They had a phase when they played acceptable football, but now they are going back to old but gold in a negative sense. It's how they started this season into the 2. Bundesliga and even though still 99% of the people would bet against Schalke being relegated eventually, I think this is more serious now than ever. It mostly doesn't really matter whether you lose 1-0 or 4-1, but in this case it was against one of their contenders in the fight against the relegation zone. Big win for Kaiserslautern and an even bigger loss for Schalke. But I like the trouble, it's sometimes fun to see clubs with so much potential being on the brink of getting punished for doing so many things wrong for so long.

[Soonandwaite]

there are 2 big winners this weekend in the 2.bundesliga. st.pauli and greuther fürth. both teams won their matches and are now in first and second place.
hsv lost 3:4 at home against Karlsruhe and kiel lost 1:2 in fürth. eintracht braunschweig have now won their fourth match in a row and now have 20 points.
for me there are three big losers this weekend : hamburger sv,schalke 04 and hertha bsc berlin . here are all the results from the weekend :


source:https://www.flashscore.info/football/germany/2-bundesliga/results/ 

[mv1986]

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It is no surprise that the 2. Bundesliga table is so compressed in the promotion zone as well as in the relegation zone, but this time the relegation zone is worth looking at. As I said before, I think Schalke is on the fence of getting relegated this season. This game against Kaiserslautern speaks volumes and while Schalke lost, Braunschweig and Rostock won their games. The funny thing is that Schalke will be playing against Braunschweig on the next matchday. That's going to be a thriller.

Hamburg is doing business as usual! Giving the impression that they are very serious about their ambitions for a few months and then mess it all up within a few weeks. Fürth and Pauli both didn't lose a game for quite a long time and my guess is that Hamburg, in a best case scenario, will play for 3rd position.

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Kaiserslautern : Schalke 04  4:1

what is going on with schalke 04 ? schalke lost again with 1:4 in kaiserslautern. 0 points this year. even the new coach does not bring any points .
it is really a catastrophic season for schalke 04 . 15th place and 20 points. so it will be nothing more with a relegation place .
in today's other match hannover 96 won 3:0 against nürnberg. hannover is now in sixth place with 28 points

Schalke 04 have 50/50  probability of staying in the league or facing another demotion, this is not the Schalke 04 I know in bundesliga all these years. What's really happening to Schalke 04 this season? They're no showing any sign of improvement for upcoming matches, they're failing to meeting up the require standard of an elite team. Wait a minute, what's the primary job for Karel Geraerts who's consider the new coach of the team? He's doing absolutely nothing for the club because their previous match, it was a heavy defeat, 4-1 against Kaiserslautern.

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It is no surprise that the 2. Bundesliga table is so compressed in the promotion zone as well as in the relegation zone, but this time the relegation zone is worth looking at. As I said before, I think Schalke is on the fence of getting relegated this season. This game against Kaiserslautern speaks volumes and while Schalke lost, Braunschweig and Rostock won their games. The funny thing is that Schalke will be playing against Braunschweig on the next matchday. That's going to be a thriller.

Hamburg is doing business as usual! Giving the impression that they are very serious about their ambitions for a few months and then mess it all up within a few weeks. Fürth and Pauli both didn't lose a game for quite a long time and my guess is that Hamburg, in a best case scenario, will play for 3rd position.

Nobody really can not understand Hamburg any more. They played confidently and calmly against Schalke. And in their first home game they play desolately. Seems to be going in the same direction as the last few years.

And it will also be exciting in the danger zone. Braunschweig have now won their fourth game in a row. The change of the coach was a good decision and his philosophy was implemented quickly  from the team.
For Osnabrück, on the other hand, the situation is getting worse and worse.

[Marvell1]

Kaiserslautern : Schalke 04  4:1

what is going on with schalke 04 ? schalke lost again with 1:4 in kaiserslautern. 0 points this year. even the new coach does not bring any points .
it is really a catastrophic season for schalke 04 . 15th place and 20 points. so it will be nothing more with a relegation place .
in today's other match hannover 96 won 3:0 against nürnberg. hannover is now in sixth place with 28 points

Schalke 04 have 50/50  probability of staying in the league or facing another demotion, this is not the Schalke 04 I know in bundesliga all these years. What's really happening to Schalke 04 this season? They're no showing any sign of improvement for upcoming matches, they're failing to meeting up the require standard of an elite team. Wait a minute, what's the primary job for Karel Geraerts who's consider the new coach of the team? He's doing absolutely nothing for the club because their previous match, it was a heavy defeat, 4-1 against Kaiserslautern.

I loved the Schalke team very much. But now this group is quite weak. They are consistently playing poorly in every match. The team probably won't be able to qualify for the second Bundesliga either.

Schalke team has managed to win only 6 matches out of 19 matches. The main weakness of this team is their defense. Although the performance of the attacking players was good enough, Schalke failed to score points due to poor defense. They conceded 41 goals in just 19 matches. I would say Schalke should change their match tactics and play defensive tactics. If not, this team may fall into the relegation zone.

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As is currently seems, Schalke will have to fight against relegation from Bundesliga 2 until the last matchday. In the past meantime they have had a phase where things were going better. Everyone thought that the team had understood the philosophy of the new coach Karel Geraerts. But that was only a short phase and now they are deep in the danger zone again.

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source:https://www.soccerstats.com/latest.asp?league=germany2 

The teams at the first 5 places are pretty close together in terms of points. After place 5 the gap to place 3 is already bigger. Paderborn and Nürnberg have a gap of 7 points to place 3. The situation is pretty similar to last season.
Apart from that, I am puzzled about the situation in Hannover. They were one of the favourites to fight for promotion. They were also in the top five from matchday 6 to matchday 13. But now they are in the midfiled of the table and are already 9 points behind place 3.

The scores are very close to each other. Leader Pauli has no defeats yet. 10 wins 9 draws. The number of draws is also quite high, but when you renew, the odds for leadership are higher. They are currently 4 points ahead of Fürth in second place. If they are to be in the race for the top after 15 matches, they must continue not to lose.

[mv1986]

It is no surprise that the 2. Bundesliga table is so compressed in the promotion zone as well as in the relegation zone, but this time the relegation zone is worth looking at. As I said before, I think Schalke is on the fence of getting relegated this season. This game against Kaiserslautern speaks volumes and while Schalke lost, Braunschweig and Rostock won their games. The funny thing is that Schalke will be playing against Braunschweig on the next matchday. That's going to be a thriller.

Hamburg is doing business as usual! Giving the impression that they are very serious about their ambitions for a few months and then mess it all up within a few weeks. Fürth and Pauli both didn't lose a game for quite a long time and my guess is that Hamburg, in a best case scenario, will play for 3rd position.

Nobody really can not understand Hamburg any more. They played confidently and calmly against Schalke. And in their first home game they play desolately. Seems to be going in the same direction as the last few years.

And it will also be exciting in the danger zone. Braunschweig have now won their fourth game in a row. The change of the coach was a good decision and his philosophy was implemented quickly  from the team.
For Osnabrück, on the other hand, the situation is getting worse and worse.

The worst thing is that everybody gets used to Hamburg being a 2. Bundesliga club, but they should definitely be in the 1. Bundesliga with all the infrastructure and resources they have. Hamburg games have well been worth a visit in the past when they were still a relevant team in the 1. Bundesliga, but this idea of Hamburg being one of the nicest addresses in Europe has by now been fallen apart. You are either a big Hamburg fan and go anyway, or you would probably not buy a ticket to ever watch a Hamburg game because it is sooo interesting.

[Marvell1]

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As is currently seems, Schalke will have to fight against relegation from Bundesliga 2 until the last matchday. In the past meantime they have had a phase where things were going better. Everyone thought that the team had understood the philosophy of the new coach Karel Geraerts. But that was only a short phase and now they are deep in the danger zone again.

I wouldn't say Schalke's overall situation is too bad. The performance of their forward players is quite good. Pauli, who topped the points table, scored 35 goals in 19 matches, while Schalke's players scored 32 goals. But Schalke fell behind only because of their poor defence. If the defense was strong, their performance would have been even stronger. And the team would have managed to be in the top 5/6 of the table. However, the coach should now fully focus on strengthening Schalke's defence. If the defense is not strengthened, this team has a big chance of falling into the relegation zone.

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I wouldn't say Schalke's overall situation is too bad. The performance of their forward players is quite good. Pauli, who topped the points table, scored 35 goals in 19 matches, while Schalke's players scored 32 goals. But Schalke fell behind only because of their poor defence. If the defense was strong, their performance would have been even stronger. And the team would have managed to be in the top 5/6 of the table. However, the coach should now fully focus on strengthening Schalke's defence. If the defense is not strengthened, this team has a big chance of falling into the relegation zone.

Exactly. The defence is the problem. But they have had this problem very long. They had it already last season in Bundesliga 1 as well. If they could solve their defensive problems, they would not be in the danger zone. But they have not managed it for over 18 months.
The next game is against Braunschweig. Both have 20 points and it is a 6 point game. Braunschweig have won their last 4 games in a row.

[mv1986]

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As is currently seems, Schalke will have to fight against relegation from Bundesliga 2 until the last matchday. In the past meantime they have had a phase where things were going better. Everyone thought that the team had understood the philosophy of the new coach Karel Geraerts. But that was only a short phase and now they are deep in the danger zone again.

I wouldn't say Schalke's overall situation is too bad. The performance of their forward players is quite good. Pauli, who topped the points table, scored 35 goals in 19 matches, while Schalke's players scored 32 goals. But Schalke fell behind only because of their poor defence. If the defense was strong, their performance would have been even stronger. And the team would have managed to be in the top 5/6 of the table. However, the coach should now fully focus on strengthening Schalke's defence. If the defense is not strengthened, this team has a big chance of falling into the relegation zone.

I had to read that sentence twice in order to make sure that it is not me who is getting it wrong, but you literally said that Schalke's overall situation isn't too bad. A former 1. Bundesliga club that won the Europa League and has a gigantic infrastructure compared to any other 2. Bundesliga club has the same number of points as the 17th Hansa Rostock (second last in the table), has by far the worst defense in the 2. Bundesliga and you think that they are doing just fine? Haha, I am still waiting for you to add that smiley to your post It must be sarcasm, it must be!

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Schalke actually wanted to strengthen their right side of their defence with Koffi Kouao from FC Metz . The medical check was supposed to take place today, but it was suddenly cancelled. Schalke only want to loan him. But now Dinamo Zagreb have suddenly said that they want to buy him. It remains to be seen whether they will find a replacement shortly. Because the transfer window will close tonight.

[Soonandwaite]

Schalke actually wanted to strengthen their right side of their defence with Koffi Kouao from FC Metz . The medical check was supposed to take place today, but it was suddenly cancelled. Schalke only want to loan him. But now Dinamo Zagreb have suddenly said that they want to buy him. It remains to be seen whether they will find a replacement shortly. Because the transfer window will close tonight.

now we have to see if this schalker team without new players can finish this season without relegation to the 3.bundesliga. normally the team should be able
to get the necessary points in the remaining games . terrode , kabadayi and karaman should score the necessary goals to get some important points .

the hamburger sv has only signed katterbach from 1. fc köln. is that enough for first or second place? i think it won't be enough for the first bundesliga this season either.
hamburg now has to win in berlin this weekend. if hamburg loses, i think they will be looking for a new coach next week in hamburg 

[Soonandwaite]

two matches in the 2.bundesliga are now over . there were no big surprises today. kiel drew 2:2 in magdeburg and are currently in 2nd place .
in the other match karlsruhe and wehen wiesbaden drew 2:2 . so it remains very exciting in the 2.bundesliga. tomorrow there will be a duel between st.pauli and füth.
1st place against 3rd place . if st.pauli wins tomorrow the team will already have a good lead on 3rd place .