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With already nine points behind the rescuing bank, FC Schalke 04 has the red lantern in the Bundesliga table. Now, of all times, the Gelsenkirchen RB Leipzig receive. The team against which the last two duels in the league were lost with a total of 0: 9 goals. The Saxons also say hello from second place and have only lost three of their 19 league games.
Finally, there is also the desolate defense of the Royal Blues, who have already conceded 49 goals in 19 league games. The winter newcomers could certainly provide new stability. Against the Red Bulls, the bottom line threatens to concede 50 goals remarkably early.
However, the aspect that the Saxons only won three of their nine league away games and last offered themselves as a build-up opponent for a troubled club in Mainz should not be excluded. At Schalke against RB Leipzig, the tip on the away three of the Nagelsmann-Elf is not a sure-fire success. Meanwhile, we suspect a rather tough match with a maximum of two goals.
Schalke:
FC Schalke 04 continues unchecked towards the second class. After the Knappen finally ended an almost one-year winless series on the first floor of German football with a 4-0 victory over TSG Hoffenheim on January 9, 2021, there were five competitive games in a row without a win.
In the league, Christian Gross’s men took just four points from the last five league games and also failed during the week in the round of 16 of the DFB Cup with 1-0 in Wolfsburg.
The distance to the rescue bank is now nine points, which is why the Gelsenkirchen team, which has been upgraded again in winter, needs results as soon as possible. With Kolasinac, Mustafi, William and Huntelaar, four hopefuls could be piloted into the Ruhr area. With Kabak, Schalke also lost a key player to Liverpool.
Nevertheless, a very slight upward trend remains discernible. At least the Royal Blues got exactly as many points in the six league games under Christian Gross as in the 13 previous Bundesliga games – four in each case. The total of eight points from 19 games still correspond to the second worst result that a team has ever achieved in the history of the Bundesliga.
The Schalke have to stabilize their defensive further. With 49 goals conceded, they finally represent the absolute shooting gallery in the league. On the other hand, more has to be done in the game. The only 15 goals from 19 games are the shared worst value with newly promoted Bielefeld.
In the last two competitive games against Bremen and Wolfsburg there was only one goal conceded. At Schalke against RB Leipzig, this also confirms our tip that there could be a match with less goals in the home game against defensively strong Saxony.
RB Leipzig :
For much of the 2020/21 season, RB Leipzig was preparing to announce the battle for the championship with Bayern Munich. The red bulls, who even led the Bundesliga between the third and fifth match day, are currently the main pursuer of the reigning triple winner as second in the table.
In fact, however, seven points are missing from Munich, which is due to the fact that two of the three lost Bundesliga games of the Saxons in the current season are among the last five games.
The Saxons managed to make a sovereign entry into the DFB Cup quarter-finals during the week in a 4-0 home win over second division Bochum. Overall, however, it can be clearly stated that a real clipper is still missing in the center of the storm. The gap left by Timo Werner has not yet been filled.
Not a single player from Leipzig has five goals this season, let alone a double-digit number of hits. Accordingly, the points have so far only been scored so confidently because of the stable defense, which only allowed 17 goals against in 19 league games.
Even at Schalke, the match plan could work defensively against a troubled opponent and simply score three points with a golden goal with a 1-0 win.
Schalke vs RB Leipzig head to head matches
03.10.20 BUN RB Leipzig Schalke 4 : 0
22.02.20 BUN Schalke RB Leipzig 0 : 5
28.09.19 BUN RB Leipzig Schalke 1 : 3
16.03.19 BUN Schalke RB Leipzig 0 : 1
28.10.18 BUN RB Leipzig Schalke 0 : 0