Eintracht Braunschweig is the team of the hour in the Bundesliga 2. The euphoria is also huge among the fans. On Saturday, the full team will travel to S04.

Eintracht Braunschweig is currently the team of the hour in the Bundesliga 2. After four consecutive wins, the Lower Saxony team, which had seemed to be relegated, is now back within striking distance of the non-relegation places.

Only a goal difference of four goals separates Braunschweig from FC Schalke 04. No wonder that the euphoria surrounding coach Daniel Scherning’s team is huge.

This is also reflected in the number of fans traveling to the away game at Schalke on Saturday. Almost 6,000 fans of the team in sixteenth place will accompany the team to the relegation thriller in Gelsenkirchen. “The entire guest area is sold out,” the club announced on its homepage.

That would be more than twice as many as in the previous season. According to the portal “fussballmafia.de”, Braunschweig is currently in 9th place in the away travel table. 2,441 supporters have accompanied the team on average in the previous nine away games. As expected at Schalke, 6,000 fans were also guests at the away game against Hertha BSC in the Berlin Olympic Stadium. The fewest fans were there for the Karlsruhe SC game, with only 670 supporters.

To ensure that the BTSV fans get to the Ruhr area safely, Deutsche Bahn is providing a relief train for 1,200 people. What’s special about this is that it is not a non-stop train, but the fans have to change trains at Minden station. They have half an hour to do so. They have to get up early anyway. The train departs Braunschweig at 6:55 a.m. The first train arrives in Minden at 8:05 a.m., and the next train leaves at 8:36 a.m. The train is scheduled to arrive at Gelsenkirchen Central Station at 11:07 a.m.

The trains are accompanied by a security service from the club. 400 vouchers were issued free of charge upon presentation of a ticket. The remaining 800 were used by members and fan organizations. After the game, the train will leave at 4:53 p.m.

This also means that the Veltins-Arena will be almost sold out again with over 60,000 spectators, even against Eintracht Braunschweig.