Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
Magdeburg
Match Time & Date:
25/08/2024
13:30
Prediction: 1-1
Schalke
Magdeburg will look to recover from the German Cup loss to Offenbach when they face Schalke 04 in the 2. Bundesliga round 3 on Sunday. Magdeburg defeated Eintracht Braunschweig 3-1 on Matchday 2, but they face a difficult task against die Knappen. There are no fresh injury worries in the home team, but all Livan Burcu, Marcus Mathisen, Heber Bockhorn, Baris Atik, and Robert Leipertz remain in the recovery room.
Schalke, on the other hand, kicked off the new 2. Bundesliga campaign in style, with the team rolling over Braunschweig 5-1, while suffering a 3-1 loss to Nurnberg. As die Knappen are not regarded as good travellers, we do not believe that they are capable of grabbing more than one point from Sunday’s encounter. Ron Schallenberg serves a one-game ban, while the likes of Paul Seguin, Aris Bayindir, Tomas Kalas, Amin Younes, and Bryan Lasme miss out with injuries.
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.
