In Round 9 of the Bundesliga on Sunday, October 28, the RB Leipzig – Schalke 04 will be played. The match will take place on the Red Bull Arena, starting at 14:30. Vice Champion in the previous edition, Schalke is now trying to look red in the ranking.
“The Taurus” yielded two points in the move from the previous round in Augsburg. Score 0-0, but the shape shown lately was an encouraging one. So they are now trying to win their fourth consecutive home win after Hannover (3-2), Stuttgart (2-0) and Nuremberg (6-0). With a new success, Leipzig could even climb the podium. The morale of the team was strengthened after the victory won on Thursday in the Europa League, 2-0 with Celtic. Although Emil Forsberg is uncertain, Werner and Diego Demme will return to the top 11, the two being resting in the Celtic game. An interesting aspect is that Werner and Poulsen have scored more goals (8) than the team at Schalke has done (5).
On the other side, the “miners” played in the Champions League and dragged away from Galatasaray, score 0-0, taking second place in group D. It was the second consecutive match in which the offensive did not find the way to the opposing goal after defeat with Bremen. In fact, far from the shape of the previous season, Schalke only occupies the 16th position in the Bundesliga. Moreover, in the last 7 games managed to score only 4 goals. Faced with a number of problems, Fahrmann, Teuchert and Naldo will be absent, for Domenico Tedesco is not announced at all easy times. Transferring this summer from Hoffenheim, Mark Uth scored four times against Leipzig in so many games. However, the 27-year-old striker did not score any goals this season.
In the last direct confrontation disputed in January, Leipzig scored 3-1. It was the second success achieved in the four direct matches recorded so far. Three of them scored voids in both gates.
Probable teams:
Leipzig: Gulacsi – Mukiele, Orban (c), Upamecano, Halstenberg – Demme, Ilsanker, Kampl – Sabitzer, Poulsen, Werner
Schalke: Nübel – Caligiuri, Sane, Nastasic, Mendyl – Mascarell, Bentaleb – Schöpf, McKennie, Harit – Burgstaller
PREDICTION: RB Leipzig to win @ 1.81
