Schalke hosts Hamburger SV in round 1 of German Bundesliga 2. The match will be played on Friday, July 23rd at Veltins Arena (Gelsenkirchen)
The opening match of Bundesliga 2 will take place in Gelsenkirchen. At the Veltins Arena, the local Schalke 04 will play against Hamburger SV. The fans of Schalke were very disappointed with the results of the previous season of the German championship. The Miners unexpectedly took the last place, losing 24 of 34 matches, and as a result, they left the top division for the first time in 33 years. The change of several coaches did not help. The team is now led by Dimitrios Grammozis. In the summer, all the leading and famous football players left the club. Now, having a not-so-stellar roster, the Miners will have to start everything from scratch.
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Hamburg cannot return to the Bundesliga in any way. The team will play for the 4th consecutive season in the second division of German football. In the previous championship, the club from the city of the same name was on the verge of getting into promotion playoffs. The Dinosaurs took the final 4th place, and the gap to the third line, where FC Holstein Kiel was located, was only four points. Interesting fact: Hamburg was the most productive team in the last season of the Second Bundesliga. The Red Shorts scored 71 goals. For comparison, Bochum, which won the championship, upset the opponents’ goalkeepers 66 times. If Schalke has the most expensive squad in the league, Hamburg is on the third line by this parameter.
Schalke, Werder Bremen, and Hamburger SV are the main favorites of the Second Bundesliga of the 2021/2022 season, according to bookmakers. Thus, in the opening match of the new season, we will immediately see the central confrontation of the entire first round. The game is unlikely to be boring. The teams have the most expensive footballers by the standards of the second division. They are equal opponents, and their previous head-to-head confrontations usually were rich in goals. Over the past five years, Schalke and Hamburg have crossed paths six times (one friendly game and five matches in the top league). On average, the teams scored 3.5 goals per game. We will see the battle of the favorites of the season, so we offer to bet on high production.
Prediction for the match: Over 2.5 goals scored
