Pre-match information:
Place: VELTINS-Arena
Date: on the 24th of November, 2018 (Saturday)
Match start: 18:30 (GMT+1)
Tournament: Germany. Bundesliga.
Schalke
One of the best clubs of the season-2017/18 takes the unattractive fourteenth place. Schalke periodically shows the good game and gradually wins positions in standings. However, it is still difficult to Domenico Tedesco’s team to avoid failures.
So, prior to the break on national teams matches Schalke lost to Eintracht (0:3). At the beginning of December the hosts is facing difficult rivals – Hoffenheim and Borussia D.
Nürnberg
The fresher Nuremberg is a neighbor of the vice-champion Schalke in standings. Michael Köllner‘s team takes the fifteenth line with 10 points after 11 matches.
Two victories, four draws and five defeats, 11 goals and 24 missed balls – this is the main statistics of the guests.
In November they could gain the even score with Augsburg, but they lost to Stuttgart with a “dry” score.
At the beginning of December the underdog has also difficult calendar – Bayer and Bayern.
Statistics and head-to- heads Schalke vs Nürnberg
Schalke won the last home matches.
Three of the five last lost matches were away matches.
Four and a half years ago Schalke crushed Nuremberg (4:1) in the last head-to-head.
Bookmaker coefficients on the match Schalke vs Nürnberg
Brooklyn to win – 4.1
Minnesota to win – 7.8
Match prediction
Even in the current critical situation Schalke is the favorite of the match. On Saturday its rival will be the club with frankly weak defense.
We don’t expect, from Nuremberg any surprise on VELTINS-Arena . It is obvious that the hosts will be able to move forward.