The next big Bundesliga 2 - Play-offs tie on Friday sees Saarbrucken ready themselves for the battle with Eintracht Braunschweig.
All of our predictions, stats and the user poll for Saarbrucken v Eintracht Braunschweig are shown below (including the best match odds).
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Saarbrucken
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Saarbrucken will want to continue from where they left off last time out with the 2-1 3rd Liga victory against Borussia Dortmund II.
For Saarbrucken, the scorers were Kai Brünker (67') and Patrick Schmidt (86'). Julian Hettwer (34') was the scorer for Borussia Dortmund II.
Saarbrucken have been finding it hard to keep clean sheets of late, but they’ve also managed to hit the back of the net themselves. Analysis of their previous 6 games shows that Saarbrucken have seen their goal breached in 5 of them as well as managing to get on the scoresheet in 6 of those games.
Eintracht Braunschweig
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Since being beaten in their last game against Nuremberg in Bundesliga 2 action, Eintracht Braunschweig and their travelling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one.
In that match, Eintracht Braunschweig had 42% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 2 of them on target. The scorer for Eintracht Braunschweig was Sebastian Polter (90'). For their opponents, Nuremberg had 16 shots at goal with 9 of them on target. Mahir Emreli (10', 20', 45') and Julian Justvan (31') scored for Nuremberg.
The stats don’t lie, and Eintracht Braunschweig have been scored against in 5 of their last 6 matches, conceding 12 goals in all. At the back, Eintracht Braunschweig have seen their frailties exposed. However, it remains to be seen if that trend might be sustained in this next game.
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Head to head
Inspecting their past head-to-head clashes going back to 18/12/2005 tells us that Saarbrucken have won 3 of these and Eintracht Braunschweig 2, with the number of draws being 1.
In all, 15 goals were scored between them during those clashes, with 8 of them from Saarbrücken and 7 netted by Braunschweig. That’s an average goals per game figure of 2.5.
The previous league game featuring these sides was 3rd Liga match day 30 on 12/03/2022 when it finished Eintracht Braunschweig 0-2 Saarbrucken.
The referee was Martin Thomsen.
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Team News: Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig boss Daniel Scherning has some current player fitness concerns. Tino Casali (Cruciate ligament tear), Ron-Thorben Hoffmann (Ill), Sidi Sané (Cruciate ligament tear), Niklas Tauer (Cruciate ligament tear), Sidney Raebiger (Muscle injury) and Kevin Ehlers (Knee problems) are not able to play.
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Prediction
In this match, Eintracht Braunschweig should be able to break down this Saarbrucken lineup, but that is unlikely to be enough to prevent defeat.
We’re going for a very close game with a 2-1 win for Saarbrucken when the full-time whistle blows. Let’s wait and see how it plays out.
Victor Martins,
16:00 19/05/2025
Odds correct at time of publishing. All odds subject to change.
⚽️ Team Focus:
Saarbrucken
Formed: 1903
Stadium: Ludwigsparkstadion (16,003)
Captain: Manuel Zeitz
Chairman: Hartmut Ostermann
Manager: Alois Schwartz
Competitions: 3rd Liga position 3, Bundesliga 2 - Play-offs (Relegation Play-off)
🔑 Key Player: Kai Brünker
Normally taking to the field in the Striker position, Kai Brünker was born in Germany. Having made a first senior appearance for Sonnenhof Großaspach in the 2018 - 2019 season, the dangerous Forward has hit 8 league goals in the 3. Liga 2024 - 2025 season to date coming from a total of 26 appearances.