2. Bundesliga 2022/2023: Matchday marked by derbies!

The 9th matchday of the 2nd league is just around the corner and we can look forward to a lot of exciting games. If you are still looking for a suitable sports betting bonus, take a look here in our overview.

Matchday 9 of the 2nd Bundesliga: all important information

Hamburger SV – Fortuna Düsseldorf

This week’s top game on Saturday evening will take place in Hamburg. In the Volksparkstadion kick-off is at 20:30 between HSV and Fortuna Düsseldorf.

After 5 years in the second division, the promotion should finally succeed. 18 points after 8 games is a good start. For this 6 victories were necessary, last week in the northern duel against Kiel, so far they lost only against Darmstadt and Rostock. In the previous 4 meetings in the 2nd league, there was only one win for HSV, the subsequent three games ended in a draw. Hsv’s defence is particularly convincing with only 5 goals conceded in 8 games. Offensively, on the other hand, there is sometimes still a lack of penetration (12 goals in 8 games), because the 1st-placed from Paderborn already has twice as many goals. The 12 goals are the worst value in the top 10, but the 5 goals conceded are even top in the league. Heil and Megeed are missing the HSV injured.

After a strong second half, the club from Düsseldorf saved itself in the midfield of the table. This season things are going better so far and after 8 games they are in 6th place. With 14 points, they are only 3 behind the relegation place and only 4 behind HSV. The offensive is particularly convincing with 16 goals, i.e. with 4 goals more than HSV. Last week they picked up three points against Rostock at home. But overall, the away weakness is striking this season. The last three were not won and only against Braunschweig they got at least one point. This away weakness should be discarded as soon as possible if you want to score points against HSV. However, Uchino, Hennings, Ginczek, de Wijs and Ampomah are missing.

Due to the away weakness of the Dusseldorf, the 1.90 odds for a victory of the Hamburg will be interesting. If you prefer an even safer bet, you should choose the double chance for a victory of the guests or hosts, because HSV has not yet played a draw. There is a 1.28 odds for this.

1. FC Heidenheim – 1. FC Kaiserslautern

Another top game will take place on Sunday at half past 2 in Heidenheim. The 1st FC Kaiserslautern is a guest at the 1st FC Heidenheim.

The 1st FC Heidenheim is after 8 matchdays on the 3rd place of the table, quite within reach of the direct promotion places. 15 points were needed for this placement. But after a strong start to the season, not everything went smoothly lately. After the 3:0 against Nuremberg, followed two draws against Bielefeld and Darmstadt. Most recently they won against Düsseldorf, but last week followed the next draw against KSC. Is 1 win from 4 games enough for real promotion chances? Probably not so much. After all, with 5 goals conceded together with HSV, they have the best defense in the league, but they only scored 12 own goals. Striking in the direct encounters: never before won the away team. In all 8 games so far, they either drew or the hosts won. No players are missing injured.

As a newcomer, the 1st FCK plays for the top places in the table, which testifies to a strong performance. They have already collected 13 points, including some fast-paced games (4-4 against Magdeburg, 3-3 against Darmstadt last week). The offense works at the expense of the defense, which is also reflected in the goal difference of 16:13. It will be interesting to see how the offensively strong, but defensively susceptible guests will play against the defensively strong, but offensively harmless Heidenheimer. Bakhat and Zolinksi are missing injured, Opoku is suspended.

Especially the statistics of the away weakness in direct comparison, provides additional security at the 1.95 odds for a victory of the hosts. Safer is the 1.66 odds for “both teams meet”, as Kaiserslautern has already been able to fulfill this bet many times this season, thanks to the offensive style of play.