Our prediction for this Bundesliga match:
Schalke
Match Time & Date:
20/05/2023
15:30
Prediction: 1-2
Frankfurt
Saturday’s football game at Veltins Arena pits together Schalke and Eintracht Frankfurt, the two teams who sit in the opposite halves of the table. Die Knappen are fighting hard to avoid relegation, while die Adler are eyeing a spot in European competitions. Anyhow, home win should not be considered as Schalke experienced all sorts of problems at the back in a 6-0 loss to Bayern Munich.
Marius Bulter is banned for the match, while all Cedric Brunner, Henning Matriciani, Moritz Jenz, Ralf Fahrmann, Solchiro Kozuki, and Justin Heekeren should miss out with injuries. Frankfurt aim to build on a 3-0 win over Mainz and given Schalke’s shaky defence, we predict that the visitors are going to pick up all three points from the match. All Lucas Alario, Kristijan Jakic, Philipp Max, and Hrvoje Smolcic are out of contention with injuries for the away team.
Highlighted Player (Mario Gotze):
Mario Gotze is a German midfielder, who played for Ronsberg and Eintrach Hombruch during his youth career before joining Borussia Dortmund in 2001. He made a great progress during his spell at the Borussia Dortmund’s youth academy and on 21 November, 2009 he made his Bundesliga debut for the Millionaires.
Gotze scored 22 goals in 83 league appearances for the club between 2009 and 2013 and he joined Borussia Dortmund’s bitterest rivals Bayern Munich on April, 2013. The German midfielder, who is capable of playing as a striker as well, failed to impress in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga campaign, but it has to be noted that he was struggling with injury at the start of the season.
Gotze won three Bundesliga trophies with Bayern Munich, but at the end of the 2015/2016 season he returned to Borussia Dortmund. In 2014 he represented Germany at the FIFA World Cup in Brazil and he scored the winner in the final against Argentina. Mario Gotze was born in Memmingen on 3 June, 1992.
Highlighted Team (Schalke):
Schalke 04 are a professional football club founded in 1904. Die Knappen (The Miners) compete in German Bundesliga and they have won seven domestic titles. Schalke have clinched five German Cup trophies as well, while lifting the UEFA Cup title in 1997. The German club defeated Italian side Inter on penalties in the title game and that was the last time the final of the competition was played in a two-legged format.
Schalke 04 play their home matches at Veltins-Arena, the stadium that has been the home of the team since 2001. The capacity of Veltins-Arena is 62,271. It is well known that Borussia Dortmund are Schalke’s main rivals and the Ruhy neighbours face each other in the Revierderby.
The likes of Klaus Fichtel (477), Norbert Nigbur (355), Rolf Russmann (304), Klaus Fischer (295), Olaf Thon (295) and Herbert Lutkebohmert (286) are the players with most appearances for die Knappen. The colour of Schalke’s home kit is blue.
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