Bundesliga 2 promotion race and relegation battle: Who needs what on Matchday 33?
Schalke have already secured promotion as Bundesliga 2 champions, leaving three teams to battle for one more automatic promotion spot, while survival in Germany's second tier heads towards a nail-biting finish going into the season's penultimate weekend.
See all the Matchday 33 fixtures here!
Title
Schalke secured promotion to the Bundesliga after beating Fortuna Düsseldorf at home on Matchday 32. They were confirmed as Bundesliga 2 champions the following day after Paderborn failed to beat Elversberg.
Watch: Schalke 1-0 Fortuna Düsseldorf - highlights
Promotion
Elversberg (59 points), Hannover (58) and Paderborn (58) are the three other teams in contention for promotion, with one automatic spot and the play-off position remaining.
- Elversberg will be promoted to the Bundesliga for the first time ever if they win in Düsseldorf on Sunday and both Paderborn (at home to Karlsruhe on Friday) and Hannover (away at Bochum on Saturday) lose
Play-off
- Elversberg will guarantee at least a top-three finish and a chance at the play-off for the second season running if they win in Düsseldorf and either Paderborn or Hannover lose
Watch: Elversberg put five past Paderborn to take control of promotion race
Safety
The current top 10 teams in Bundesliga 2 are all safe from relegation; Bochum in 11th cannot finish in the bottom two.
- Bochum will be safe if:
- They get a point off Hannover
- Arminia Bielefeld lose at Kaiserslautern
- Eintracht Braunschweig fail to beat Dynamo Dresden
- Düsseldorf and Greuther Fürth both fail to win
- Dynamo Dresden will be safe if:
- They avoid defeat in Braunschweig
- Düsseldorf and Greuther Fürth both fail to win
- Arminia Bielefeld will be safe if:
- They win in Kaiserslautern and Braunschweig fail to beat Dresden
- They win in Kaiserslautern and both Düsseldorf and Greuther Fürth fail to win
- Magdeburg will be safe if:
Relegation
Preußen Münster will go down this weekend if:
- They fail to win at home to Darmstadt on Sunday
- Braunschweig win and either Düsseldorf or Fürth gain a point
- Düsseldorf and Fürth both win
Promotion from the 3. Liga
Osnabrück secured their Bundesliga 2 return last weekend as champions of the 3. Liga.
Energie Cottbus, Duisburg, Rot-Weiss Essen, Verl and Hansa Rostock are all in with a chance of securing the second promotion berth or the play-off spot, but nothing can be decided on this penultimate matchday.
Click here for the latest Bundesliga 2 standings!
