Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
Saturday’s matinee at Merkur Spiel-Arena pits together Fortuna Dusseldorf and Elversberg, the two promotion-chasing sides. Die Fortunen aim to put an end to their three-game winless run, but you should know that they have won only one game at home this term. Both Dawid Kownacki and Nicolas Gavory are sidelined with injuries, while Robert Kwasigroch should recover in time to face Elversberg.
Horst Steffen’s troops, on the other hand, aim to build on a 3-1 win over Hannover. As both Elversberg and Fortuna Dusseldorf aim to move closer to the automatic promotion places, we believe that there is a big value in betting on both teams to score. The likes of Luca Schnellbacher, Robin Fellhauer, Semih Sahin, Florian Le Joncour, Frederik Jakel, and Patryk Dragon are out of contention with injuries for the visiting team. In their last encounter in the 2. Bundesliga the two sides played out a 1-1 draw.
Highlighted Team (Dusseldorf):
Founded on May 5, 1985, Fortuna Dusseldorf are a German side that compete in Bundesliga . The Fingeraner welcome their rivals at their Espirit Arena, the venue that was opened in 2004. The capacity of the stadium is 54,600, but the venue did not host 2016 FIFA World Cup games.
Fortuna Dusseldorf play home games in red shirts and red shorts, with the team wearing white shirts with red stripes and white shorts on the travels. The club did well to win the Western German championship in 1931 and two years later they lifted the trophy in the German championship, which is considered their biggest success.
Speaking of the German Cup, Fortuna Dusseldorf won the DFB-Pokal twice (1979, 1980), while making it to the final of the competition in 1937, 1957, 1958, 1962 and 1978. The likes of Paul Janes, Anton Turek, Stanislaus Kobierski, Klaus Allofs, Ernst Albrecht and Erich Juskowiak are some of notable footballers who played for the Fingeraner in the past.