Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
After failing to win the last three league matches, Osnabruck will look to give fans some cheer when they take on Schalke 04 on Matchday 32. The Violets are stuck at the bottom of the table with slim survival chances and they must be low on confidence ahead of Saturday’s clash. There are no suspended players in the home team, but both Lars Kehl and Emeka Oduah are sidelined with injuries. Robert Tesche and Oumar Diakhite are sidelined through illness.
Die Knappen, on the other hand, are five points clear of the bottom three, meaning that they should be happy with one point from the match. Taking everything into account, we predict that the two sides are going to share the spoils at Stadion an der Bremer Brück. The likes of Brandon Soppy, Derry John Murkin, Ralf Fahrmann, Cedric Brunner, Danny Latza, and Leo Greiml are out of contention with injuries, speaking of the visiting team.
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.