In Round 10 of the Bundesliga on Saturday, starting at 14:30, the Schalke 04 – Hannover 96 will be played. The match will take place on “Veltins Arena” starting at 14:30. The host team tried to get only the 3rd success of the current season.
With only two victories in 9 stages, the vice-champion of the previous edition is just one point above the red ranking. As if it were not enough, they were on the brink of a shameful elimination in the cup. The second division, FC Koln, led the table until the 88th minute, when Bentaleb turned a 11 meter kick. “Miners” needed penalty shootouts to get the qualification, but so they came to a series of four consecutive games without victory. Moreover, Schalke’s offensive is totally absent this season. In the 14 official matches played in all competitions only two times managed to score more than one goal. With Schweinfurt in the cup and Dusseldorf in the championship. It remains to be seen if things will change in front of one of the weakest offensive in the Bundesliga. Domenico Tedesco will not be able to count on Mendyl, Fahrmann and Teuchert (injured).
On the other hand, the guests were also fighting at the bottom of the leaderboard, taking the 16th position just one point behind Saturday’s opponent. Confronted with serious problems in the championship, Hannover did not seem interested in the cup, being eliminated by Wolfsburg after a 0-2. It was the first time in the last six games when the offensive did not find the way to the opposing goal. For Miiko Albornoz the game is a special one, and the Swedish will dress for the 100th time Hannover’s shirt. But as his band got the last success on a foreign field a year ago, 2-1 with Augsburg in October 2017, the feast could be a sad one. Sarenren Bazee, Hubers and Prib (injured) will be out of the team.
The last direct encounter, disputed in January, ended undecided, score 1-1. It was the only result of a draw in the last 9 straight games, during which Schalke was forced 5 times. In 56 direct matches that took place in the Bundesliga there was no score of 0-0!
Probable teams:
Schalke: Nübel – Caligiuri, Sane, Naldo (c), Schöpf – Bentaleb – Serdar, McKennie, Harit – Embolo, Burgstaller
Hannover: Esser – Elez, Anton (c), Felipe – Bebou, Schwegler, Wallace, Fossum, Albornoz – Wood, Füllkrug
PREDICTION: Schalke to win @ 1.62
