Bayern Munich vs. Schalke prediction, the two teams will play this Saturday at 14:30 in Round 19 of Bundesliga in one of the most unbalanced competition of the day.
This is the one of the most important match in Bundesliga, we expect to have a lot of goals today, there have been scored over 2.5 goals in the two last three head to head matches between the two teams.
The distance between the two sides in the rankings is of 24 points, on one hand Bayern Munich are on the top of Bundesliga standings and on the other hand their opponents, Schalke are situated in the middle of the standings.
Bayern Munich News:
Bayern Munich are ranked on the 1st place in Bundesliga with 45 points achieved in the last 18 league matches, the team recorded this season 14 victories, 3 draws and only one defeat suffered in the match with Dortmund (1-0).
Bayern Munich comes after eleven victories in a row in all competitions, last round they have played in Bundesliga against SV Werder Bremen and defeat them 2-1.
The most important thing for Bayern Munich is not underestimate their hosts as it have valuable players and strong attack and could be a very dangerous opponent. For sure this will be an intense game with several chances at both ends of the pitch.
Bayern are on their best shape ever at home and no team could face them on their own field, they have won 23 of their last 27 home matches in Bundesliga.
Schalke News:
Schalke need to improve in possession after a disappointing 0-1 defeat with Eintracht Frankfurt, the team is not in a very good shape and they are aware that today there is no chance to defeat Bayern Munich.
Schalke is situated on the 11th place in the standings with 21 points, the team recorded this season 6 victories, 3 draw and 9 defeats and this season have shown a very poor defensive especially away.
Schalke comes after a 0-1 defeat with Frankfurt, a 1-0 victory with Ingolstadt and a 2-1 defeat with Hannover.
The team have lost three of their last five matches in all competitions.
Bayern Munich vs. Schalke direct matches:
Bayern Munich have won 11 of their last 13 matches against Schalke in all competitions and have scored at least 2 goals in 11 of their last 13 matches against Schalke in all competitions.
The last head to head match between the two teams was in September 2016 when Munchen defeat their opponents 0-2.
Bayern Munich vs. Schalke Probable Teams
Bayern Munich Lineups prediction (4-2-3-1): Alba, Neuer, Lahm, Martinez, Himmels, Vidal, Costa, Muller, Alonso, Robben, Lewandowski.
Bayern Munich missing players prediction: Frank Ribery and Jerome Boating.
Bayern Munich Lineups prediction: Stindl, Raffael, Hazard, Dahoud, Kramer, Hofmann, Wendt, Oestergaard, Sommer, Christensen, Janitschke.
Schalke Lineups (3-5-2): Burgsteller, Choupo-Moting, Schopf, Goretzka, Geis, Bentaleb, Kolasinac, Nastasic, Naldo, Höwedes, Fahrmann.
Schalke missing players: Breel Embolo, Coke, Franco Di Santo, Abdul Rahman Baba, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar, Max Meyer, Atsuto Uchida, Bernard Tekpetey.
