Our prediction for this Bundesliga 2 match:
Schalke
Match Time & Date:
18/05/2025
15:30
Prediction: 1-2
Elversberg
Schalke welcome Elversberg to their Veltins Arena on the last day of the season. Die Knappen are on a three-game losing run in the 2. Bundesliga and the lack of motivation seems to be the team’s biggest problem in the season finale. The likes of Amoussou-Tchibara, Bachmann, Bayindir, Fahrmann, Kalas, and Karius are out of contention with injuries for the home team.
Elversberg, on the other hand, aim to build on back-to-back wins over Nurnberg (3-1) and Eintracht Braunschweig (3-0) and they are likely to stick to their attacking style of play. With the Black and Whites being determined to book their spot in the playoffs, we believe that there is a big value in betting on the visiting side. Both Patryk Dragon and Frederik Jakel are sidelined with injuries, but there are no suspended players in the away team ahead of the trip to Gelsenkirchen.
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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