Category Archives: Matches

2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 3-0 Heidenheim: Frank Schmidt’s men beaten but benefit from Hamburg capitulation

1. FC Heidenheim were well beaten by champions Arminia Bielefeld on the 2. Bundesliga’s final day but a spectacular collapse from Hamburger SV ensured they still finished third. Fabian Klos, Andreas Voglsammer and Jonathan Clauss scored for the hosts as they ended the season on a high, with Heidenheim rarely threatening. However Hamburg were beatenContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 3-0 Heidenheim: Frank Schmidt’s men beaten but benefit from Hamburg capitulation”

Nürnberg and Karlsruhe prepare for final day Fernduell

Whilst most eyes will be trained on the Fernduell between 1. FC Heidenheim and Hamburger SV at the top of the 2. Bundesliga on Sunday, for 1. FC Nürnberg and Karlsruher SC the final matchday is just as important as they look to avoid finish 16th and a play-off to avoid relegation to the 3.Continue reading “Nürnberg and Karlsruhe prepare for final day Fernduell”

2. Bundesliga Preview – Bielefeld vs Heidenheim: Tough test for Frank Schmidt’s side’s promotion credentials

Come half five German time on Sunday (or ‘halb sechs´ as they say there), Arminia Bielefeld will get to lift the 2. Bundesliga trophy, a deserved feat for a wonderfully-played season, although doing so in an empty stadium will feel rather hollow. Before then though, they face 1. FC Heidenheim, for whom the game itselfContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Preview – Bielefeld vs Heidenheim: Tough test for Frank Schmidt’s side’s promotion credentials”

2. Bundesliga Round-Up – Stuttgart celebrate promotion, Dresden and Wiesbaden all but down

VfB Stuttgart have all but won promotion back to the Bundesliga, however Dynamo Dresden and SV Wehen Wiesbaden are all but relegated to the 3. Liga. Stuttgart promotion virtually guartanteed Stuttgart following their 5-1 win over Sandhausen in midweek with an even more incredible performance to destroy 1. FC Nürnberg 6-0, who themselves had wonContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Round-Up – Stuttgart celebrate promotion, Dresden and Wiesbaden all but down”

2. Bundesliga Report – Heidenheim 2-1 Hamburg: Konstantin Kerschbaumer knockout blow as Heidenheim move into third

Konstantin Kerschbaumer scored a stunning winner for 1. FC Heidenheim as they beat Hamburger SV to move into third in 2. Bundesliga ahead of next week’s final day. Hamburg, third before kick-off, took the lead moments into the second half through Joel Pohjanpalo, but an unfortunate Jordan Beyer own goal brought the hosts level. Kerschbaumer’sContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Heidenheim 2-1 Hamburg: Konstantin Kerschbaumer knockout blow as Heidenheim move into third”

2. Bundesliga Preview – Heidenheim vs Hamburg: The biggest game of the season?

On Sunday, 1. FC Heidenheim and Hamburger SV face off in the Voith-Arena for possibly the most important match of the 2. Bundesliga season. The teams are currently fourth and third respectively, and the implications for this match are clear – a Hamburg win secures a top three finish and could take them above VfBContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Preview – Heidenheim vs Hamburg: The biggest game of the season?”

2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 1-0 Darmstadt: Manuel Prietl confirms Arminia as champions

Manuel Preitl scored the only goal as Arminia Bielefeld beat SV Darmstadt 98 to confirm themselves as 2. Bundesliga champions. Darmstadt had actually had the better of the first half, with Serdar Dursun having a goal rightly chalked off for offside. Bielefeld’s lead rarely looked in danger following Prietl’s header early in the second half,Continue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Bielefeld 1-0 Darmstadt: Manuel Prietl confirms Arminia as champions”

2. Bundesliga Report – Kiel 2-0 Dresden: Dynamo on the brink

Dynamo Dresden are on the verge of relegation to the 3. Liga after a 2-0 defeat to Holstein Kiel in the first of two 2. Bundesliga games on Thursday. Emmanuel Iyoha and Lion Lauberbach scored in each half, with Dresden reduced to ten men after Jannik Müller saw two quick-fire yellow cards. Markus Kauczinski’s sideContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Kiel 2-0 Dresden: Dynamo on the brink”

2. Bundesliga Report – Stuttgart 5-1 Sandhausen: Die Roten return to second in convincing style

VfB Stuttgart returned to second in the 2. Bundesliga with a surprisingly convincing victory over SV Sandhausen. A superb first half display saw them race into a 4-0 lead, with two goals from Nicólas González accompanied by a Gonzalo Castro strike and Tim Kister own goal. Enrique Peña Zauner pulled one back in a moreContinue reading “2. Bundesliga Report – Stuttgart 5-1 Sandhausen: Die Roten return to second in convincing style”