10th February 2023 – 20:30, Veltins Arena, Gelsenkirchen
Schalke will take on Wolfsburg in the opening match of the Bundesliga 20th round on Friday evening. The home side searches for a getaway from the bottom of the table, while the visitors look forward to returning to the winning ways.
Schalke Preview & Team News
Schalke goes into this game coming off the back of a goalless Bundesliga draw against Borussia Mönchengladbach. Although it is their second straight game without losing, Schalke hasn’t tasted a win for the previous five Bundesliga rounds. An interesting feature of more recent Schalke games is the high number of scores with nil in them. Taking their last six clashes before this one, in as many as 5 of them, a wager on “Both Teams to Score” would have been a losing one. The hosts need to find a recipe for better results if they don’t want to get relegated at the end of the campaign. Justin Heekeren (Cruciate Ligament Rupture), Sepp van den Berg (Torn Ankle Ligament), and Sebastian Polter (Cruciate Ligament Injury) won’t be playing for Schalke boss Thomas Reis.
Wolfsburg Preview & Team News
Since being beaten in their last game against Bayern Munich in Bundesliga competition, VfL Wolfsburg and their traveling supporters will be hoping that they can get a better result in this one. It was their second defeat in a row, which kept them five points away from the top-six zone. Showing their appetite for high-scoring encounters, goals have been seen as many as 26 times in the last six matches in which VfL Wolfsburg have taken to the pitch, giving a mean average of 4.33 goals each fixture. Their opponents have managed 9 of those goals. Going into this encounter, VfL Wolfsburg remains undefeated over Schalke in away games against them for the last two league games. Thanks to a fully injury-free squad ready to go, the VfL Wolfsburg boss Niko Kovač has zero fitness worries to report ahead of this clash.
Full-Time Winner Odds & Prediction
Schalke has been struggling throughout the season, and despite not being in good form, Wolfsburg could take advantage of that. Therefore, we believe the visitors can pick up all three points from this encounter.
Goals Market Prediction
The hosts have had trouble finding the opponent’s back of the net this season, being the worst goalscoring team in the competition. Moreover, they didn’t score against Wolfsburg in their last four encounters, and we think that trend can continue on Friday evening.
Schalke vs Wolfsburg
Want to bet with another sportsbook? Choose one of these!
18+ Please Gamble responsibly! Visit begambleaware.com
*GEO restrictions may apply