As week 9 of the 2025-2026 2. Bundesliga arrives, Fortuna Düsseldorf take on Eintracht Braunschweig at Merkur Spiel-Arena on 2025-10-17 (kick-off 17:30 GMT).
With the data available to us, D. Thioune and H. Backhaus have not met as managers before.
Current league positions have Fortuna Düsseldorf 13th on 10 points and Eintracht Braunschweig 15th on 7 points.
Fortuna Düsseldorf and Eintracht Braunschweig will both field their strongest squads with no absentees.
We're predicting Fortuna Düsseldorf to deploy a four-at-the-back 4-5-1, and Eintracht Braunschweig are expected to line up in 3-5-2.
In their last outing, Fortuna Düsseldorf's highest-rated performer was J. Niemiec (6.2), while Eintracht Braunschweig's standout was F. Di Michele Sanchez (8.9).
Fortuna Düsseldorf came off a win (3-1 vs Heracles) and Eintracht Braunschweig also triumphed (6-0 vs Magdeburg).
Fortuna Düsseldorf look strong (3-0-2) over the last 5 matches, whereas Eintracht Braunschweig have 1-0-4 in the same span.
Dominance for Fortuna Düsseldorf: across 19 clashes, they've won 8 games and only lost 3 games to Eintracht Braunschweig, with 8 stalemates.
We predict Fortuna Düsseldorf to prevail 2-1 given their strong home form (0-1-3) and 0.50 goals/game.
Dusseldorf is going head to head with Braunschweig on 17/10/2025 16:30 GMT at Merkur Spiel-Arena for the Germany 2. Bundesliga. You can view the match information, lineups, odds, live score, result, goalscorers, cards, substitutions, standings, recent form, player ratings, injuries, tv channels, our users most predicted scores and Dusseldorf v Braunschweig H2H statistics!