The moment has finally arrived, after a painfully long wait the 2. Bundesliga is about to return. Eva and Matthew are back for 2023 to discuss how all 18 sides are shaping up heading into the Rückrunde, and preview all the action from MD18:

1. Darmstadt : Regensburg 
2. Hamburg : Braunschweig 
3. Heidenheim : Rostock 
4. Hannover : Kaiserslautern 
5. Karlsruhe : Paderborn 
6. Düsseldorf : Magdeburg 
7. Nürnberg : St. Pauli
8. Bielefeld : Sandhausen 
9. Kiel : Fürth 

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