Schalke 04 – 1899 Hoffenheim – An interesting game in the fight for European positions and currently stands the Schalke, who holds the place for the European league, while Hoffenheim has three points less and their desire is just to reach the position held by their host. It can be said that both teams play weaker in the second part of the season, which is confirmed by only one win in the championship, with Schalke once defeating the Cup. They have three defeats, one more than Hoffenheim, who in the first part of the season defeated Schalke on their field 2-0.
Schalke 04
He held Schalke’s second place in the winter break, and now they are in the sixth and it’s clear that in the second half they do not play well. On the bad start, they also needed to be in the last round of Bayern, where they gave a good resistance, but they were defeated by 2: 1 and thus they remained only four wins in five rounds of the championship. A little mood improved the Cup win over Wolfsburg and will play in the semifinals of this competition.
Until then they have to improve in the championship and this is a good opportunity because they are on the field, even though the rival is unpredictable and unpleasant. Coach Tedesco in Munich could not count on Suspended Nastasic, so Stambouli jumped, while surprise was as many as three attackers, including Embolo. Now Nastasic returns, but also Oczipka, and Harit, which means returning to the old formation.
Probable initial composition of Schalke: Fahrmann – Kehrer, Naldo, Nastasic – Schopf, Goretzka – D.Caligiuri, Oczipka – Harit – di Santo, G.Burgstaller
1899 Hoffenheim
Hoffenheim started the second part of the season with two rallies and two defeats, and they also slid in the preliminary table, and then in the last round they finally won and thus returned to the fight for European positions. In the two aforementioned defeats they scored as many as nine goals, four of Bayer on their field and five from Bayern Munich. In their home away from Werder and Herta, they dropped 1: 1 in order to beat Mainz 4: 2 in front of their fans in the last round. It is apparent that at each game they have capped at least one occasion, but they also scored goals, so it is clear that the problem is in the defense.
After Munich, Akpoguma replaced Bicakcica in that last line and nothing changed in the previous two matches, while Nadir Amiri changed the injured Demirbay in the midfield. The attacker, Szalai-Kramarić, has dispersed in the previous two matches, so Uth is again in a situation waiting for a chance as a joker. Gnabry and N.Schulz could have been in the limbo, which means that Kaderabek and Zuber will move on their sides, and everything else will be the same.
PREDICTION: Both teams to score / YES / @ 1.67
