Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
Veltins Arena will be packed when Schalke 04 and Eintracht Braunschweig lock horns in the opening match of the season. Die Knappen have big ambitions for the 2024/2025 2. Bundesliga campaign. Considering that the club chiefs have signed permanent deals with the likes of Emil Hojlund, Adrian Gantenbein, Felipe Sanchez, and Moussa Sylla, home win should definitely be considered. Die Lowen, on the other hand, enjoyed a very successful preseason, with the team beating the likes of Panathinaikos, Hansa Rostock, Cottbus and Osnabruck in the process, but defeating Schalke in Gelsenkirchen is easier said than done.
As Braunschweig suffered a loss in each of the previous three meetings with Schalke in Gelsenkirchen, we are tempted to put our money on the home side. The likes of Max Marie, Kevin Ehlers, Levente Szabo, Leon Bell Bell, Sven Kohler, Fabio Di Michele Sanchez, and Christian Conteh have joined Eintracht Braunschweig in the summer transfer window.
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.