German 2.Bundesliga
2025-11-02 - Fortuna Dusseldorf vs Kaiserslautern
A Sports Betting Pick by Niko
Football; Germany: 2.Bundesliga
Merkur Spiel Arena – Düsseldorf
Sunday, 02nd November 2025 - kickoff 13:30 CET
Fortuna Düsseldorf
The Fortuna Düsseldorf side that fought for Bundesliga promotion last year is long gone. This is a shadow of that side, so don’t expect them to be anywhere near promotion spots this season.
They sacked their coach, Daniel Thioune, three weeks ago, replacing him with Markus Anfang, yet nothing has changed. Fortuna Düsseldorf has lost four of its last five and all of its last three 2.Bundesliga games, displaying dismal performances.
Last week, they lost 1-0 to Hertha Berlin, and their midweek cup game against SC Freiburg was game over in the 5th minute of the match, when they were already 0-2 down (eventually lost 1-3).
Kaiserslautern
Kaiserslautern is in good form and very close to the top three promotion spots. Last week’s 1-1 draw against Nurnberg was a minor setback, but they won four of the last six, so it’s not that bad.
Kaiserslautern also entered the Round of 16 in the cup by winning 0-1 away at Greuther Furth last midweek, so their confidence is high before this tricky trip.
Another thing that could inspire Kaiserslautern is that they beat Fortuna Düsseldorf twice last season (3-4 and 3-1), when Fortuna Düsseldorf were much stronger than they are now.
The Betting Verdict
Fortuna Düsseldorf are slight favorites here, but I don’t see them as favorites at all.
Things are certainly not going well for Fortuna Düsseldorf at the moment. Even the change of coach has had no effect after three consecutive defeats.
Besides losing three in a row in the league, they also gave up the cup game too easily, quickly falling behind 0-2 within the first five minutes, so something is definitely wrong with them.
Kaiserslautern is still shaky on the road, and perhaps that’s why the odds are so high on them, but they are a much better side than Fortuna Düsseldorf this season.
Also, Kaiserslautern won two of their last three away games, so they are improving.
Backing the away team on a double chance bet looks like a good choice, so take Kaiserslautern to emerge unbeaten from this match.
The Pick :
Fortuna Dusseldorf 1-2 Kaiserslautern
FIXED ODDS BETTING TIP :
Take Kaiserslautern to win or draw (X2) at odds of 1.53 at Bet365
