German 2.Bundesliga
2022-07-17 - Eintracht Braunschweig vs Hamburger SV
A Sports Betting Pick by Niko
Football; Germany: 2.Bundesliga
Eintracht Stadion – Braunschweig
Sunday, 17th July 2022 - kickoff 13:30 CET
Eintracht Braunschweig
Eintracht Braunschweig finished second in 3.Liga last season and automatically climbed up in 2.Bundesliga. The past two decades have been a roller-coaster ride for the club, as Eintracht Braunschweig experienced 11 promotions/relegations in 20 years.
Now they will be looking to finally settle and build up a team that will play regular football in the upcoming seasons.
So far Eintracht Braunschweig faced Hamburger SV total of five times across Bundesliga, 2.Bundesliga and DFB Pokal games, losing 4 of those 5 duels and winning just once.
Eintracht Braunschweig played only one friendly pre-season game, beating Union Berlin 0-1 away last week.
Hamburger SV
Hamburger SV is reluctantly starting their fifth straight season in 2.Bundesliga. They are narrowly missing out on promotion in four consecutive years, so now they believe enough is enough. Only Bundesliga promotion is what counts, and anything other than that would be a disaster.
That thinking may put extra pressure on them again, but Hamburger SV has upgraded their team from last season with some good reinforcements. Now their competition is seemingly weaker than last season when Hamburger SV had to compete with solid sides of Schalke 04 and Werder Bremen, which both got promoted.
Hamburger SV changed its sporting director this summer and is planning for the long term. They had only one friendly match before the start of this season but showed an excellent performance in the 1-5 away trashing of the Swiss side Basel.
Hamburger SV is entering this 2.Bundesliga season on the back of five straight wins, with each of those games ending with over 2.5 goals scored.
The Betting Verdict
Team quality and experience are both on Hamburger SV's side, who are big favorites to open the season with a victory.
Eintracht Braunschweig will likely have a not-so-easy season, battling to avoid relegation, and I believe they will lose this match. Back Hamburger SV to win at fair odds.
The Pick :
Eintracht Braunschweig 0-2 Hamburger SV
FIXED ODDS BETTING TIP :
Take Hamburger SV to win at odds of 1.61 with Bet365
