Fortuna Düsseldorf before the final sprint: Now every game counts in the relegation battle

Fortuna Düsseldorf goes into the 33rd matchday of the 2. Bundesliga under maximum pressure. After 32 matches, the club has 34 points and is in 16th place – a position that usually means at least a trip to the relegation play-offs and thus two additional decisive matches to stay in the league. In the home game on Sunday (10.05.2026, 1:30 p.m.), the second-placed team SV 07 Elversberg, of all teams from the top group, comes to Düsseldorf.

The table increases the pressure on Fortuna

The starting position is clearly outlined: Fortuna Düsseldorf is ranked in the table after 32 games with 10 wins, 4 draws, and 18 losses. With 30:49 goals and a goal difference of −19, these values are currently enough for 34 points – and thus for 16th place.

What is particularly explosive is the tight situation at the bottom of the table. SpVgg Greuther Fürth in 17th place also has 34 points. For Düsseldorf, this means: Every point can immediately change the order in the lower area – and every goal conceded can gain additional significance due to the negative goal difference.

Elversberg travels from the top group

Sportingly, the hurdle is high. SV 07 Elversberg is in second place after 32 games with 59 points. While Düsseldorf is fighting to stay in the league, Elversberg is playing for the top spots at this stage of the season – and thus does not come as a build-up opponent, but as a team with clear result stability in the season weeks when small things decide.

Kick-off is on Sunday, 10.05.2026, at 1:30 p.m. After that, Fortuna has only one league game left: On 17.05.2026 (3:30 p.m.), Düsseldorf will be guests at SpVgg Greuther Fürth. The schedule intensifies the situation: first a home game against a promotion candidate, then a direct duel against an immediate competitor at the bottom of the table.

The recent results give little tailwind

The form curve speaks against Düsseldorf before the Elversberg game. From the last five league games, Fortuna achieved only one win and suffered four defeats. Most recently, the team lost 0:1 at FC Schalke 04 on 02.05.2026. Before that, there was a 3:1 home win against SG Dynamo Dresden (24.04.2026), but the other results in the series were negative: 0:3 at 1. FC Kaiserslautern (04.04.2026), 1:2 at home against Holstein Kiel (10.04.2026), and 0:2 at 1. FC Magdeburg (18.04.2026).

The season statistics also make it clear where the points have been lost: 30 goals scored versus 49 goals conceded. The biggest home win of the current season was the 3:1 against Dresden – an indication that Fortuna is capable of clear results at home on occasion, but overall has too rarely managed to turn games decisively in their favor. The highest-scoring game of the season was the 2:5 against Hertha BSC – further evidence that Düsseldorf, in phases when games become open, must defend particularly solidly in order not to fall behind early.

For Fortuna Düsseldorf, the last two matchdays are not just about a single result, but about a sustainable trend reversal: points are needed – as well as the signal that the team can withstand strong opponents in the pressure phase and then deliver in the direct relegation duel.