Wolfsburg – Schalke Prediction & Picks (25.08.2018)

Wolfsburg and Schalke 04 face at VOLKSWAGEN ARENA, in a match for the 1st round of the Bundesliga. In this stadium, the history of direct confrontations is favorable to the visiting team, which records 2 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss in the last 4 matches. In fact, the last time these two teams played a match in this stadium was on 17-03-2018, for the Bundesliga, which ended with the victory of Schalke 04 by (0-1). The only goal of the match was scored by R. Knoche (86 ‘Autogolo).

Wolfsburg:

This is the first match in this edition of the home team competition, which finished the previous edition in the 16th position. The team comes to this match after a win away with Elversberg by (0-1). In the last 10 home matches for all competitions, Wolfsburg have won 4, tied 2 and lost 4. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored at least one goal in each of the last 10 matches.

Wolfsburg left for this motivated game, having advanced to the next phase of the German Cup, beating Elversberg by 0-1. It is important to note that the locals went through great difficulties the previous year and had to play a play-off of promotion, but they overcame it with great success. In this game against Schalke 04, coach Bruno Labbadia must present a more defensive team, with successive counterattacks, looking in most cases for forward Daniel Ginczek. For this game the local coach can not count on Tisserand, Azzaoui and Sebastian Jung, all with physical problems.

Schalke 04:

This is the first match in this edition of the competition of the visiting team, which finished the previous edition in the 2nd position. In their last match, for the DFB Pokal, they got an away win against Schweinfurt by (0-2). In the last 10 away matches Schalke 04 has won 7, tied 1 and lost 2. Their attack has scored regularly, since they have scored goals in 9 of the last 10 matches.

Schalke 04 comes to this new season with the aim of winning another position at the top of the leaderboard, since in the previous year it finished in the 2nd position, a place that gives access to the Champions League. We remember that the visitors won in the 1st round of the German Cup by successfully overcoming Schweinfurt. Normally, coach Domenico Tedesco has an offensive tactical system aligned, in 3-5-2, with Mark Uth being responsible for tormenting the defensive line of the opponent. For this visit toWolfsburg , the visiting coach can not use Konoplyanka and Oczipka, both injured.