Bundesliga
Once again, our "What's the Match?" game schedule quiz provided plenty of entertainment for and we'd like to thank you for your participation! Many of you correctly guessed that the latest fixture list match reveal in Bundesliga 2 was Hannover versus Kaiserslautern!
Let's look back over the answers to our game-reveal clues ...
Clue 1: Kaiserslautern ran a total of 3,839.5 kilometers last season, while Hannover covered 3,804 kilometers.
Clue 2: For the Lower Saxony club, the number contained in their name is, of course, 96, while for Kaiserslautern, it's 1.
Clue 4: Hannover and Kaiserslautern met in the 1987/88 Bundesliga season on March 5, 1988, in heavy snowfall. The match ended 1-0 for Hannover thanks to a goal by Detlev Dammeier.
Clue 5: From the Fritz-Walter-Stadion in Kaiserslautern, it is almost 450 kilometers via the A5 and A7 motorways to the Heinz von Heiden Arena in Hanover.
The 2025/26 fixture reveal continues ...
It seems that for 74 per cent of you, a picture is slowly emerging! We know there are quite a few Bundesliga 2 teams with a number in their logo, so that's impressive you are nearing an answer!
For hint 2 of our big Bundesliga 2 fixture reveal, we can tell you that both teams' crests contain a number? Any ideas of who they might be?
What will be the next fixture reveal for opening day in Bundesliga 2? As you have seen from the quiz in our app, Hint 1 says that both teams involved ran less than 4,000km in 2024/25. A toughie to start ...
Schalke and Hertha will open the new Bundesliga 2 season while Bayern and Leipzig will begin the Bundesliga campaign. Newly-promoted Hamburg and Cologne, meanwhile, also discovered some of their initial games. HSV will travel to Munich on Matchday 3 while Cologne are headed to Stuttgart for Carnival in February. As we saw in our mystery quiz reveal yesterday, Frankfurt will start against Werder Bremen.
Schalke will play at home to Hertha Berlin in the opening fixture of the 2025/26 Bundesliga 2 season on 1 August (at 8.30pm CEST) in a heavyweight tussle to raise the curtain on the new campaign.
Think you have it all figured out? Go on and take your final guess!
Clue number 3 coming your way at 3pm CEST folks, don't miss it!
..Are on the ball so far with your guesses for the mystery fixture.
Just in time, your second clue is there now! Are you any closer to figuring it out?
Half of all participants have no idea what this mystery fixture could be. The other half however, may be on to something....
Fans won't have to wait much longer for the complete fixture list, which will be released at 2pm CEST on Friday.
Bayern's Harry Kane has topped the Bundesliga scoring charts for two seasons running, but he'll have stiff competition from the likes of Serhou Guirassy and Patrik Schick in 2025/26. Let us know below who you think will claim this year's crown.
The fixture lists for the Bundesliga and Bundesliga 2 are set to be released in full on Friday, 27 June. Have your calendars at the ready to plan the next season.