Schalke 04 expected to fight losing battle when facing Bayern Munchen

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Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: Sat 25.January
Match begins: 17:30 (UTC)
Venue: Allianz Arena (75000 seats)

The Bayern Munchen & Schalke 04 managers H. Flick and D. Wagner are both dreading and looking forward to this decisive game in the upper regions of the Bundesliga league table.

This should be an interesting game with lots of spark and energy as both teams are well rested since they last saw competitive action. Game on!

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Bayern München form and stats

Bayern München, who have the most scored goals (28) at home in Bundesliga, are steadily winning Bundesliga games and points here at Allianz Arena. 6 wins, 1 draw and 2 defeats is the summary from 9 games. The team is doing great wherever they are playing as Bayern München has won four games in a row. The Borussia M'gladbach match was the last time out without a victory. Two home wins in a row for Bayern München bring valid hopes of a third.

Bayern München are confident in defense, having played 211 minutes without conceding a goal in the league.

Happy days for Bayern München in their previous game, a Bundesliga match away at Hertha BSC (placed 14th) that ended with a 4-0 victory. In the game before, an away victory match versus Freiburg with a 3-1 scoreline.

As mentioned above, Bayern München "killed" Hertha BSC in their previous game. They need to reset completely for this one and beware of complacency.

Bayern München always seem capable of creating a buzz here at Allianz Arena with 28 goals in 9 league games. Bayern München's goalkeeper has had to pick the ball out of their own net 9 times. For more goal stats, check the Statistics tab above.

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Schalke 04 form and stats

The story so far for the visiting team on their Bundesliga travels is 4 wins, 2 draws and 2 defeats.

Schalke 04 won their last game, 2-0 versus Borussia M'gladbach played at home. A 2-2 draw was the result before that, hosting Freiburg.

The home team is given a winning chance of about 80 percent by the betting public. This does not leave much hope for the visitors, but some teams enjoy the outsider role and perform well in it. Looking at similar away games for Schalke 04 we find two games. Results are {0 Schalke 04 wins}, 0 draws and 2 defeats.

Schalke 04 has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches in the league this season, 15 goals from 8 games. Schalke 04 have conceded 10 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

This is not the first time this season these parties meet, as the history books show this recent fixture: Schalke 04 - Bayern München 0-3. As for the last ten games between these two teams, there's 9 Bayern München victories, 1 draw and {0 Schalke 04 wins}. 7 of these games ended with three goals or more, 3 matches with two goals or less.

Top Goalscorers

Bayern MünchenR. Lewandowski
R. Lewandowski
20 goals
Schalke 04S. Serdar
S. Serdar
7 goals
Bayern MünchenS. Gnabry
S. Gnabry
6 goals

Bayern München missing players

Schalke 04 missing players

Bayern München Schalke 04
Total Home vs top Statistics Stat vs top Away Total
18 9 2 Played P 3 8 18
11 6 1 Won W 1 4 9
3 1 0 Drew D 1 2 6
4 2 1 Lost L 1 2 3
50 28 5 Scored S 4 15 31
22 9 2 Conceded C 3 10 21
100% 100% 100% Over 0.5 O 0.5 67% 88% 89%
100% 100% 100% Over 1.5 O 1.5 67% 88% 83%
89% 89% 100% Over 2.5 O 2.5 67% 62% 61%
61% 56% 50% Over 3.5 O 3.5 33% 38% 28%
22% 22% 0% Over 4.5 O 4.5 0% 25% 17%
67% 67% 50% BTTS BTTS 67% 75% 61%
33% 33% 50% Clean Sheets C S 33% 12% 28%
0% 0% 0% Failed to Score F T 33% 25% 22%
 
7 9 5 Corners For (avg) C F 2.3 4.2 5.1
3.3 2.3 1.5 Corners Against (avg) C A 8.3 5.6 5
2.1 2.1 1.5 Yellow Cards (avg) Y C 1.7 2 1.8
2 0 0 Red Cards R C 0 0 1
 
347 194 42 Total Shots T S 25 84 219
131 73 15 Shots on Target S O 11 36 85
38% 38% 33% Goal Efficiency G E 36% 42% 36%
Key stats in Bundesliga this season:
  • All of Bayern München's matches have had more than 1,5 goals.
  • Bayern München has the most scored goals (28) at home
  • Bayern München has the the best goal difference (+19) at home
  • Bayern München have scored at least twice as many goals as they have conceded.
  • Bayern München have scored in all their matches so far.
  • Bayern München have won at least twice as many corners as they have conceded.
  • Bayern München have won significantly more corners at home than away.
  • Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
  • Schalke 04 has the fewest conceded goals in the first half (5)
  • Schalke 04 have played more matches over 2,5 goals away than home.
  • Schalke 04 have won significantly less corners away then at home.

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A +/- P
1 RB Leipzig 18 12 4 2 51 21 9 6 2 1 26 10 9 6 2 1 25 11 30 40
2 Bayern München 18 11 3 4 50 22 9 6 1 2 28 9 9 5 2 2 22 13 28 36
3 Borussia M'gladbach 18 11 2 5 33 20 9 7 1 1 23 11 9 4 1 4 10 9 13 35
4 Borussia Dortmund 18 9 6 3 46 27 8 5 3 0 26 9 10 4 3 3 20 18 19 33
5 Schalke 04 18 9 6 3 31 21 10 5 4 1 16 11 8 4 2 2 15 10 10 33
6 Bayer Leverkusen 18 9 4 5 27 22 9 3 4 2 12 10 9 6 0 3 15 12 5 31
7 Freiburg 18 8 5 5 29 24 8 4 2 2 12 9 10 4 3 3 17 15 5 29
8 Hoffenheim 18 8 3 7 26 30 10 4 1 5 15 21 8 4 2 2 11 9 -4 27
9 Wolfsburg 18 6 6 6 19 21 9 3 4 2 10 10 9 3 2 4 9 11 -2 24
10 Augsburg 18 6 5 7 31 36 9 4 2 3 19 16 9 2 3 4 12 20 -5 23
11 Eintracht Frankfurt 18 6 3 9 29 30 9 4 3 2 19 14 9 2 0 7 10 16 -1 21
12 Union Berlin 18 6 2 10 21 27 9 5 0 4 12 11 9 1 2 6 9 16 -6 20
13 Köln 18 6 2 10 22 33 9 4 1 4 12 12 9 2 1 6 10 21 -11 20
14 Hertha BSC 18 5 4 9 22 33 9 3 1 5 11 18 9 2 3 4 11 15 -11 19
15 Mainz 05 18 6 0 12 26 41 9 3 0 6 11 17 9 3 0 6 15 24 -15 18
16 Werder Bremen 18 4 5 9 24 41 8 1 2 5 8 19 10 3 3 4 16 22 -17 17
17 Fortuna Düsseldorf 18 4 3 11 18 37 9 3 1 5 8 15 9 1 2 6 10 22 -19 15
18 Paderborn 18 3 3 12 21 40 10 2 1 7 13 23 8 1 2 5 8 17 -19 12

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