Augsburg – Schalke Prediction & Picks (15.12.2018)

Augsburg-vs.-Schalke

Augsburg – Schalke SOCCER PICKS

Augsburg and Schalke 04 face each other in WWK Arena, in a match for the 15th round of the Bundesliga. The record of direct confrontations in this stadium is favorable to the visiting team, which in the last 5 matches won 2, drew 2 and lost 1. Indeed, the last time these two teams met in this stadium was on 05-05-2018 , in a match for the Bundesliga that ended with the victory of Schalke 04 by (1-2). P. Max (27 ‘) scored the goals for Augsburg, and T. Kehrer (23’ and 34 ‘), for Schalke 04. Schalke 04 showed considerable differences in their home and away performances, what in this game the home factor may be decisive.

Augsburg:

After 3 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses, the home team is currently in the 14 th position of the league, with 13 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Bayer Leverkusen by (1-0), after in the previous match they have lost (1-0) an away match against Stuttgart. This is a team that usually maintains its competitive levels in home and away matches, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 16 goals scored and 20 conceded; against 4 wins, 5 draws and 6 losses at their stadium, with 22 goals scored and 24 conceded. In the last 6 home league matches Augsburg has a record of 1 win, 3 draw and 2 losses, so they have won 6 points out of 18 possible.

For this competition, record a sequence of 4 defeats in their last matches. They have not been very strong defensively, since they have suffered goals in 9 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored frequently, since they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In 14 matches in this competition, they have only won 1 of the 7 matches they suffered in the first goal.

The Augsburg is a club that never managed to conquer the Bundesliga (German Championship), having as its most outstanding campaign throughout its history a second position in the 2. Bundesliga (second national division), in the 2010/11 season. In the current season, the team has been doing a bad campaign in the national championship, conquering 13 of the 42 points played until now, thus being in the bottom of the table, three points ahead of the relegation zone. In the last five games that Augsburg played at home, for more than one competition, four of them scored more than 2.5 goals. We believe that in this match the Augsburg, to play at home, will have conditions to score goals and thus will make a game quite offensive.

Schalke 04:

After 4 wins, 2 draws and 8 losses, the away team is currently in the 13 th position of the league, with 14 points won. In the last match, they have lost in an away match against Borussia Dortmund by (1-2), after in the previous match they have tied tied in an away match against Hoffenheim, by (1-1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 4 wins, 4 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 12 goals scored and 16 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 16 conceded. The team comes to this match after a home victory over Lokomotiv Moscow by (1-0). For the league, Schalke 04 won 5 points out of 21 possible points, after 1 win, 2 draws and 4 losses in the last 7 away matches. The team allowed goals to the opponent in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition, so it was not very strong defensively. In 14 matches in this competition, he never got the comeback in the 9 games in which he suffered the first goal.

Schalke 04 is a club that has seven titles of the Bundesliga (German Championship), being the last conquered in 1957/58, in addition to having won four titles of the DFB Pokal and one of the Europa League. In the current season, the team has been doing a bad campaign, since it has won 14 of the 42 points played so far, being thus at the bottom of the table, four points ahead of the relegation zone. In the last five games that Schalke 04 played as a visitor, for more than one competition, four of them scored more than 1.5 goals. We believe that in this confrontation, Schalke, for having quality to score goals even playing away from home, will make another game quite offensive.


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