Hertha Berlin continued their perfect start to the 2026/27 Bundesliga 2 season in an eight-goal thriller away to Eintracht Braunschweig. Miroslav Klose’s Nuremberg will be looking to follow suit when they welcome Arminia Bielefeld on Matchday 3.
Matchday 3 fixtures
Eintracht Braunschweig 3-5 Hertha Berlin
Goals: 1-0 Sturm 10’, 2-0 Ehlers 33’, 2-1 Þorsteinsson 44’, 2-2 Brekalo 45’+4, 2-3 Ehlers 53’ o.g., 2-4 Brekalo 69’ pen., 2-5 Victor Adewumi 87’, 3-5 Urbich 88’
Hertha continued their perfect start to the Bundesliga 2 season with victory in an eight-goal thriller at Braunschweig. The hosts stormed to an early two-goal lead through goals from Yann Sturm and Kevin Ehrlers, but Jón Dagur Thorsteinsson and Josip Brekalo ensured the Old Lady were level at the break.
The visitors then pushed on in the second 45. After forcing an Ehlers own-goal, Brekalo added a second from the spot and substitute Oluwaseun Victor Adewumi later got in on the act. Yann Urbich clawed one back for Braunschweig, but it proved little more than a consolation.
Osnabrück edged Bochum away to claim their first win of the Bundesliga 2 campaign. – IMAGO/Dennis Ewert/RHR-FOTO
Bochum 0-1 Osnabrück
Goals: 0-1 Badjie 4’
Osnabrück held on to their early lead at Bochum to claim their first win of the Bundesliga 2 season. The newly promoted side got off to a lightning-fast start courtesy of a fourth-minute rocket from Ismail Badjie.
Buoyed by their numerical advantage, Osnabrück thought they had scored a second before the interval, but Adrian Beck’s tidy finish was chalked off for offside. Bochum went close late on when Philipp Hofmann’s header rattled the crossbar, but an equaliser would not come for the Ruhr outfit.
Saturday, 29 August (1pm CEST)
Energie Cottbus vs. Greuther Fürth
Nuremberg vs. Arminia Bielefeld (8.30pm CEST)
Sunday, 30 August (1.30pm CEST)
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