The Bundesliga 2 fixture at Volksparkstadion on Friday will see home team Hamburg taking on opponents Eintracht Braunschweig.
Scroll down for all of our predictions, poll and stats for the Hamburg v Eintracht Braunschweig game - as well as up-to-date odds.
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Form Guide
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Hamburg
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Hamburg, buoyed by their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after the 0-3 Bundesliga 2 victory vs Nuremberg.
In that match, Hamburg managed 60% possession and 24 attempts on goal with 8 of them on target. For Hamburg, goals were scored by Jean-Luc Dompé (9', 37') and Robert Glatzel (84'). For their opponents, Nuremberg got 9 shots at goal with 3 on target.
A common characteristic of more recent Hamburg games is seeing a zero in the scoreline.
From their prior 6 clashes leading up to this one, in as many as 5 of them a wager on BTTS would've been a losing one.
Coming into this contest, Hamburg haven't been defeated in their previous 16 home league matches. What a fantastic run.
Eintracht Braunschweig
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Eintracht Braunschweig head into the meeting following a 3-2 Bundesliga 2 win with the downing of SC Paderborn 07 in their last game.
In that game, Eintracht Braunschweig had 41% possession and 9 attempts on goal with 5 on target. For Eintracht Braunschweig, goals were scored by Richmond Tachie (44'), Rayan Philippe (71') and Leon Bell Bell (78'). On the other side, Paderborn 07 got 20 shots at goal with 6 on target. Filip Bilbija (26') and Adriano Grimaldi (48') scored for SC Paderborn 07.
Eintracht Braunschweig have regularly broken through opposing defences leading up to this encounter, scoring 7 times in their last 6 matches. Having said that, Eintracht Braunschweig have been somewhat leaky at the back, having also been scored against in 6 of those same matches. That being said, we will just have to wait and see if that pattern might be sustained in this upcoming match.
Going into this game, the form guide shows that Eintracht Braunschweig:
- are unbeaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.
- have not won away from home in their last 3 matches in the league.
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Head to head
Looking at their past head to head meetings stretching back to 08/08/2021 shows us that Hamburg have won 5 of these & Eintracht Braunschweig 1, with the tally of drawn matches standing at 0.
Those games weren’t short on goals, either, with 22 in total which averages out at 3.67 goals per meeting.
The last league fixture featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 12 on 08/11/2024 when it finished Eintracht Braunschweig 3-1 Hamburg.
That time, Eintracht Braunschweig had 33% possession and 17 attempts on goal with 4 of them on target. The goals were scored by Rayan Philippe (35', 65') and Fabio Di Michele Sanchez (49').
Hamburg had 24 attempts on goal with 7 on target. Łukasz Poręba (73') scored.
The referee was Daniel Siebert.
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Team News: Hamburg
Jonas Meffert (Broken nose bone), Davie Selke (Back problems), Dennis Hadzikadunic (Shoulder injury), Matheo Raab (Broken hand), Bakery Jatta (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Noah Katterbach (Cruciate ligament tear) and Aboubaka Soumahoro (Tendon rupture) won’t be available for Hamburg gaffer Merlin Polzin.
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Team News: Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig boss Daniel Scherning has multiple availability issues to deal with. Tino Casali (Cruciate ligament tear), Sidi Sané (Cruciate ligament tear), Niklas Tauer (Cruciate ligament tear) and Johan Gómez (muscular problems) are names that won’t be on the team sheet.
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Prediction
We feel that Eintracht Braunschweig will likely create enough chances to score a goal against this Hamburg outfit, although that possibly won’t quite be as many as the goals that they could concede.
Our tip is for a close game with a 2-1 winning margin for Hamburg at the end of the match. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
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⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?
Turning to the betting odds in the WDW market, the win for Hamburg is best priced at 1.38, backing a drawn result is 4.75 & putting your money on the winner to be Eintracht Braunschweig comes in at 7.5. They’re the most competitive returns being offered as of now.
Lucas Pereira,
18:07 07/04/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
🏟️ Team Focus:
Hamburg
Formed: 1887
Stadium: Volksparkstadion (57,000)
Captain: Sebastian Schonlau
Chairman: Marcell Jansen
Manager: Merlin Polzin
Competitions: Bundesliga 2 position 1
⭐ Star Player: Davie Selke
Regularly taking up the Striker position, Davie Selke was born in Schorndorf, Germany. After having played his first senior match for Werder Bremen in the 2013 - 2014 season, the talented Forward has managed 17 league goals in the 2. Bundesliga 2024 - 2025 campaign so far coming from a total of 25 appearances.