Struggling Schalke 04 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying Bayern München in the upcoming league round. It’s 18th vs 1st and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (44) in Bundesliga
- Bayern München has the most scored goals (49) in Bundesliga
There’s little time for restitution or working hard at the training pitch these days, with both teams having played their last game less than four days ago.
Schalke 04 form and stats
The home fans haven’t been spoiled with victories in the Bundesliga this season. Schalke 04, who have the most conceded goals (44) in Bundesliga, have only managed 1 win, 2 draws and 6 losses from their games here at VELTINS-Arena.
The Schalke fans got no joy from their last match, a Bundesliga game also here at VELTINS-Arena: A 1-2 defeat against Köln (placed 16th). Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Eintracht Frankfurt (1-3).
Heartbreak for Schalke 04 in their last match as Köln's J. Thielmann scored the winning goal deep into overtime.
Despite playing at their own arena the home team are massive underdogs in this game. The home fans will enjoy their drinks and snacks knowing that the chances of a positive outcome are very slim. When Schalke have been in this position before, they have won zero, drawn zero and lost three from three games. one defeat by at least two goals.
Schalke aren't scoring a lot here at VELTINS-Arena in the league, with only 8 goals from 9 games. It's worth mentioning that 5 of these goals has been scored in their last three home matches. Schalke 04 have conceded 15 from these games.
Bayern München form and stats
Bayern München, who have the most scored goals (49) in Bundesliga, have an excellent away record in the Bundesliga so far with 6-1-2 from 9 games.
München play their second away game in a row, but can be confident going into this one after the 1-0 victory visiting Augsburg (placed 12th). Prior to that match, a home win 2-1 against Freiburg.
As mentioned earlier, Bayern München will not be satisfied unless they get a comfortable victory in this game. Performing as huge favourites away from home has earlier resulted in 17 wins (eleven by two or more goals winning margin), four draws and one surprising defeat.
Bayern München have scored more than twice on average per away game (in the league), an impressive attacking display. They have 19 goals from 9 away matches. Bayern München have conceded 14 goals in these games.
Head 2 Head
The two sides played each other earlier this season: Bayern München - Schalke 8-0. H2H stats regardless of arena (last ten matches): Schalke 04 zero wins, one draw and Bayern München nine victories. As for goals, seven matches ended with three or more goals (over 2,5), three games had two or less.Top Goalscorers
  R. Lewandowski 22 goals |  T. Müller 7 goals |   M. Hoppe 5 goals |
Schalke 04 missing players
Bayern München missing players
| Schalke 04 | Bayern München | ||||||
| Total | Home | vs | Statistics | Stat | vs | Away | Total |
| 17 | 9 | 3 | Played | P | 2 | 9 | 17 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Won | W | 2 | 6 | 12 |
| 4 | 2 | 1 | Drew | D | 0 | 1 | 3 |
| 12 | 6 | 2 | Lost | L | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 14 | 8 | 1 | Scored | S | 6 | 19 | 49 |
| 44 | 15 | 6 | Conceded | C | 2 | 14 | 25 |
| 100% | 100% | 100% | Over 0.5 | O 0.5 | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| 94% | 89% | 100% | Over 1.5 | O 1.5 | 100% | 89% | 94% |
| 71% | 44% | 33% | Over 2.5 | O 2.5 | 100% | 78% | 82% |
| 47% | 22% | 0% | Over 3.5 | O 3.5 | 50% | 56% | 59% |
| 12% | 0% | 0% | Over 4.5 | O 4.5 | 50% | 44% | 53% |
| 47% | 44% | 33% | BTTS | BTTS | 100% | 89% | 82% |
| 6% | 11% | 0% | Clean Sheets | C S | 0% | 11% | 18% |
| 47% | 44% | 67% | Failed to Score | F T | 0% | 0% | 0% |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners for (avg) | C F | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | Corners against (avg) | C A | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 2.5 | 2.9 | 1.7 | Yellow cards (avg) | Y C | 1 | 1.1 | 1.4 |
| 1 | 1 | 0 | Red cards | R C | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| 10.4 | 11.3 | 11.3 | Shots (avg) | S ( | 12.5 | 15 | 16.2 |
| 3.1 | 4 | 4.7 | Shots on Target (avg) | S O | 6 | 5.1 | 6.5 |
| 27% | 22% | 7% | Goal Efficiency | G E | 50% | 41% | 45% |
- Bayern München has the most points (19) away in Bundesliga
- Bayern München has the most points from losing position (18) in Bundesliga
- Bayern München has the most scored goals (49) in Bundesliga
- Bayern München has the most scored goals in the first half (23) in Bundesliga
- Bayern München has the the best goal difference (+24) in Bundesliga
- Bayern München have scored in all their matches so far.
- Bayern München have scored more than double the goals of Schalke 04.
- Bayern München haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
- Bayern München is in the best form (5-0-1)
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals (44) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the most conceded goals in the first half (19) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 has the the worst goal difference (-30) in Bundesliga
- Schalke 04 have conceded at least twice as many goals as they have scored.
- Schalke 04 haven’t played a single 0-0 game.
| Total | Home | Away | |||||||||||||||||||
| # | Team | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | MP | W | D | L | F | A | +/- | P |
| 1 | Bayern München | 17 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 49 | 25 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 30 | 11 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 24 | 39 |
| 2 | RB Leipzig | 17 | 10 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 14 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 18 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 15 | 35 |
| 3 | Bayer Leverkusen | 17 | 9 | 5 | 3 | 32 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 7 | 15 | 32 |
| 4 | Borussia Dortmund | 17 | 9 | 2 | 6 | 33 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 17 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 16 | 11 | 11 | 29 |
| 5 | Wolfsburg | 17 | 7 | 8 | 2 | 26 | 19 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 14 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 12 | 11 | 7 | 29 |
| 6 | Union Berlin | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 32 | 21 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 20 | 11 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 10 | 11 | 28 |
| 7 | Borussia M'gladbach | 17 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 31 | 26 | 9 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 17 | 17 | 5 | 28 |
| 8 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 17 | 6 | 9 | 2 | 30 | 26 | 8 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 16 | 16 | 4 | 27 |
| 9 | Freiburg | 17 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 31 | 28 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 20 | 14 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 24 |
| 10 | Stuttgart | 17 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 32 | 27 | 8 | 0 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 21 | 12 | 5 | 22 |
| 11 | Hoffenheim | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 12 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 17 | -5 | 19 |
| 12 | Augsburg | 17 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 17 | 26 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 16 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 10 | -9 | 19 |
| 13 | Werder Bremen | 17 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 19 | 25 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 13 | -6 | 18 |
| 14 | Hertha BSC | 17 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 23 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 13 | -5 | 17 |
| 15 | Arminia Bielefeld | 17 | 5 | 2 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 13 | -11 | 17 |
| 16 | Köln | 17 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 28 | 9 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 18 | 8 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 10 | -13 | 15 |
| 17 | Mainz 05 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 15 | 36 | 9 | 0 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 17 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 19 | -21 | 7 |
| 18 | Schalke 04 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 44 | 9 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 15 | 8 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 29 | -30 | 7 |