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Schalke vs Bayer Leverkusen Prediction & Betting tips
In the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen on Friday the seventh day of the Bundesliga will be opened. The main players: FC Schalke 04 and the guests of Bayer Leverkusen. Both clubs are similar in the new season in the Bundesliga started and if you look at the results so far, then betting on Koenigslaugel. The betters, however, see the game fairly balanced.
Schalke :
With Domenico Tedesco as a new coach from Schalke one hoped for a better performance at the Königsblau than 10th place last season and above all again a mingling around the international places. The start into the new season is quite successful. The HFC BFC Dynamo in the first round of the DFB Cup was taken and on the first matchday of the Bundesliga, Schalke Vizemeister RB Leipzig beat 2-0. As a result, there were still two more victories against Stuttgart and Bremen, as well as three defeats in Hanover, Bayern and Hoffenheim. At the moment, Schalke is on the seventh place with a 3-0-3 result at 7: 8 goals.
With a 3-0 win against Hoffenheim, Schalke have been waiting two times for their own goal. However, the defeat at TSG 1899 Hoffenheim, which scored the 2: 0 in the third minute of the stoppage time after a wrong decision at the throw-in was not absolutely necessary. Even TSG coach Julian Nagelsmann admitted that it was not a deserved victory of his team and a draw or a close defeat would have been possible. However, Schalke returned with zero points despite a good performance. In the local Veltins Arena, Schalke feels quite comfortable. Except for the defeat against the Bavarians, the other two home games were clearly won by two goals.
Bayer Leverkusen :
The start of Bayer Leverkusen in the new season was rather bumpy. In the first round of the DFB Cup the Werkself had to extend to the third league club Karlsruhe in the extension and sat down there only 3: 0. In the Bundesliga, there were only a 2: 2 score at home against Hoffenheim in the first three games, with Bayern and Mainz losing 1: 3. Only on the fourth day there was a kind of liberation blow, when Leverkusen won at home against Freiburg with 4-0 and the first three meters. But already three days later, there was the next failure at Hertha BSC, before Leverkusen concluded the last English week with a 3-0 against the HSV.
So what is happening? Leverkusen have lost all three away games in the Bundesliga. In addition, the Werkself is in a 3: 8 goal ratio in these three away games. On the other hand, Leverkusen is still undefeated and collected all seven points so far. In the home table, Leverkusen is third, while the third place is in the Foreign Table. Looking back on the results of the last duels with Schalke, Leverkusen has won four of the last six. Once there was a draw, once the winner was Schalke. That was in the last comparison, as Schalke in the pre-season the return in Leverkusen with 4: 1 for themselves decided.
Schalke vs Bayer Leverkusen head to head matches
28.04.17 BUN Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 1 : 4
11.12.16 BUN Schalke Bayer Leverkusen 0 : 1
23.04.16 BUN Schalke Bayer Leverkusen 2 : 3
29.11.15 BUN Bayer Leverkusen Schalke 1 : 1
21.03.15 BUN Schalke Bayer Leverkusen 0 : 1