Germany 2. Bundesliga Predictions and Tips

The German second division is a high-class tournament where 18 clubs battle for promotion to the Bundesliga. MightyTips' pundits have a proven record in the tournament and will provide loads of betting tips throughout the season. Check out our Bundesliga 2 predictions today!

Eighteen clubs are battling it out in the German second division, all eyeing promotion to the Bundesliga. With 30 rounds of games during the season, there will be a great deal of 2. Bundesliga tips to come. Last season, 1. FC Köln and Hamburger SV were promoted to the elite, while SSV Ulm and Jahn Regensburg went down to the 3. Liga. They were replaced by Arminia Bielefeld and Dynamo Dresden.

The bookmakers can’t see clear favourites to earn a promotion, as, according to the odds, at least eight clubs have real chances of advancing to the Bundesliga. The list of participants includes former German champions 1. FC Kaiserslautern, Eintracht Braunschweig, and 1. FC Nürnberg, as well as Schalke 04, the 1997 UEFA Cup winners. The season won’t lack intrigue, and if you’d need a Bundesliga 2 prediction, make sure to bookmark this page.

Hertha, only 11th last season, sold their key striker Ibrahim Maza to Bayer Leverkusen for €12 million. The capital club still has a decent squad to reach their goal. Hertha has a huge fan base - last season, 71,500 were in attendance at the Olympiastadion for the game against Hamburger SV, a season record.

Hannover 96 finished ninth last time round and opted for a very experienced manager, Christian Titz, in June. They were highly active on the transfer market, but changing half of your team will always require at least some time before achieving results.

Schalke 04 also changed their manager in the summer, signing Miron Muslić. While having some experience, he never worked in German football, and that's a big question mark. However, the class and depth of the squad should allow Schalke to at least contest the top three.

Paderborn decided to put trust in Ralf Kettemann, who has never worked in senior football previously. In the meantime, Holstein Kiel is coached by Marcel Rapp, who has worked with the club since 2021. That's a significant advantage, despite the club being relegated from the Bundesliga last season.

We also have to mention Dieter Hecking, the biggest strength of VfL Bochum. He is the most experienced manager in the league, who won the DFB Cup and DFL Supercup with VfL Wolfsburg in 2015. Bochum couldn't stay in the elite last season, but will be eager to return immediately.

Prediction: We think that Bochum and Holstein Kiel will return to the Bundesliga straight away. Hertha will finish third to take part in the promotion playoffs.

Germany 2. Bundesliga - odds on the favourites

According to the bookmakers, Hertha BSC and Hannover 96 were the favourites to take first place ahead of the new season. Schalke 04, Holstein Kiel, and SC Paderborn were the next group of contenders for the title. As the odds suggest, there's no clear favourite, and the battle for promotion should be exciting until the very end.

Eighteen teams in the second German division play a round-robin tournament, with each side facing other clubs home and away. The top two teams are promoted to the Bundesliga automatically. At the same time, the third-placed club will play in the promotion/relegation playoff against the side that finishes in the top division. This is a two-legged encounter with the winner earning the right to play in the Bundesliga.

In the meantime, the two bottom teams are relegated to the 3. Liga, and the 16th-placed team faces the club that finished third in the third division for a place in the 2. Bundesliga. This promotion/relegation playoff is also a two-legged clash, home and away. Plenty of exciting matches are coming, so make sure to read our Germany's 2nd Bundesliga predictions and improve your betting results.

We are trying to identify the most valuable betting spots when preparing our Bundesliga 2 tips. Obviously, some betting markets are much more popular than others, yet our experts try to examine everything there is on offer to propose the most beneficial options. These are some of the betting markets that are of greatest interest to our readers:

• 1x2
• Both teams to score
• Over 2.5 goals
• Correct score
• Double chance

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