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Schalke 04 and Eintracht Frankfurt meet at the Veltins-Arena in a match for the 18th round of the Bundesliga. Eintracht Frankfurt won at home (1-0) last time they faced each other in this edition of the league on 08-08-2016. At this stage, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the home team, which has 2 wins and 2 draws in the last 4 games. In fact, the last time they faced in this stage was 23-09-2015, in a game by the Bundesliga that finished with the victory of Schalke 04 by (2-0). The goals of the match were scored by J. Matip (76 ‘) and L. Sané (90’) for Schalke 04. In this match the home factor could play an important role, as both teams show significant differences in the results achieved in Home and as a visitor.
Schalke 04
The home team is currently in 9th place with 21 points, after 6 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, he lost out to Hamburg by (2-1). In the last match, won at home to the Ingolstadt by (1-0). This is a team affected by the home factor, stronger when you play in front of your fans, since in the last 30 matches you have 5 wins, 2 draws and 8 defeats as a visitor, with 15 goals scored and 21 conceded, against 11 wins, 1 draw And 3 home defeats, with 31 goals scored and 14 conceded. For the championship, Schalke 04 had 16 points out of 27, after 5 wins, 1 draw and 3 losses in their last 9 matches at their stadium. In the matches played in their championship stadium, the most frequent result at the end of the first 45 ‘was 0-0, which occurred in 5 of their 9 matches. His attack has scored regularly, as he has managed to achieve in 8 of the last 10 games in this competition. In 17 games in this competition, he only managed 1 turn on the scoreboard in the 8 games in which he suffered the first goal.
The Schalke 04 team arrives at this game with a 1-0 win at home against Ingolstadt, returning to wins after four games without a win: the only goal was scored by Burgstaller in the 92nd minute. This match Home Manager, Markus Weinzierl should have scored for 3-5-2, scoring for more given his team mate and sending it into the net. Poplar-Moting is the second highest scorer in Schalke 04 with 3 goals scored. It is important to note that the home team has great offensive quality, and in the last 9 home games scored on average 1.78 goals per game. For this game the coach can not count on Uchida, Huntelaar, Di Santo, Embolo and Coke, players who recover from injury.
Eintracht Frankfurt
The visiting team is currently in 6th place with 29 points, after 8 wins, 5 draws and 4 losses. In the penultimate match, won at home to Mainz by (3-0). In the last match, lost out to RB Leipzig by (3-0). This is a stronger team when he plays in his stadium, because in the last 30 games he has 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses as a visitor; Against 10 wins and 5 draws in his stadium. In the last 9 out of the league Eintracht Frankfurt has 3 wins, 2 draws and 4 losses, having won 11 points out of 27. In their games away to this competition there is a tendency towards few goals, since in 6 of the last 9 that disputed there were less of 3 goals. In 17 games in this competition, he suffered the first goal 7 times and only got 1 turn on the scoreboard. There are 1 highlights in the last 6 matches played as a visitor for all competitions: he suffered 4 of his 6 goals between minutes (31’-45 ‘).
The Eintracht Frankfurt team come to this unmotivated game, due to a 3-0 defeat away to Leipzig, adding to their fourth defeat in this competition. In this away game coach Niko Kovac should opt for a more defensive team with a setback, taking advantage of only the space on the opponent’s defensive back. However, the visitors show several flaws in the attack, and playing away from home, they scored on average 0.89 goals per game. Still, striker Alexander Meier is Frankfurt’s top scorer with 4 goals scored. For this game the coach can not count on Rebic and Hradecky, suspended, besides Anderson, Stendera, Huszti, Marco Fabian, Regasel, Blum, Varela and Gerezgiher, all injured.
Prediction: BTS – No @ 1.90