Schalke 04 vs RB Leipzig: Soccer betting preview

Competition: Germany Bundesliga
Date: lø 16.mars
Match begins: 14:30 (UTC)
Venue: VELTINS-Arena

Struggling Schalke 04 will be hoping to pull off an upset when they welcome high-flying RB Leipzig in the upcoming league round. It’s 14th vs 3rd and the home crowd will have moderate expectations.

Schalke 04 have less rest than RB Leipzig in this fixture, as the hosts were involved in a Champions League game only three days ago.

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Schalke 04 form and stats

We have seen two home losses in a row now for Schalke 04, who are hoping that the phrase “third time lucky” applies to them. It's trouble wherever Schalke 04 are playing these days as they have suffered five straight defeats now. They really need to get back to winning ways.

The fans are hoping that Schalke 04 will strike back in this match, putting things right after the 0-7 away loss in the Champions League game against Manchester City. Prior to that was the away defeat visiting Werder Bremen (2-4).

Schalke 04 has scored 13 goals at home this season, in 25 matches. With more than 1,5 conceded goals on average, the Schalke 04 defense is not exactly impregnable. 20 goals conceded from 25 games.

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RB Leipzig form and stats

RB Leipzig has been amazing away for a time now, winning four in a row on their travels. The last time they went home with a point loss was against Bayern Munchen.

There were no winners in RB Leipzig's previous match, a Bundesliga home game that ended 0-0 vs Augsburg. Ahead of that match was the victory versus Nurnberg at their stadium, the result 1-0.

RB Leipzig has displayed an ability to score goals in away matches this season, 18 goals from 12 games. RB Leipzig have conceded 12 goals in these away matches.

Head 2 Head

The dueling parties have met before this season: RB Leipzig - Schalke 04 0-0. Numbers for the last five meetings between these two teams are: 1 win for Schalke 04, 2 draws and 2 wins for RB Leipzig.

Top Goalscorers

Y. Poulsen
12 goals / 2 assists
T. Werner
11 goals / 2 assists
D. Caligiuri
4 goals / 2 assists

Schalke 04 missing players

RB Leipzig missing players

Over Schalke 04 (25 played) RB Leipzig (25 played)
Over 0.5 92% 84%
Over 1.5 84% 68%
Over 2.5 56% 48%
Over 3.5 28% 28%
Over 4.5 8% 20%
Stat Schalke 04 (25 played) RB Leipzig (25 played)
BTTS 52% 36%
CS 16% 48%
FTS 40% 32%

  Total Home Away  
# Team MP W D L F A MP W D L F A MP W D L F A D P
1 Bayern München 25 18 3 4 62 27 12 8 3 1 29 12 13 10 0 3 33 15 35 57
2 Borussia Dortmund 25 17 6 2 61 28 13 11 2 0 43 18 12 6 4 2 18 10 33 57
3 RB Leipzig 25 13 7 5 43 20 13 7 5 1 25 8 12 6 2 4 18 12 23 46
4 Borussia M'gladbach 25 14 4 7 44 30 12 9 0 3 26 14 13 5 4 4 18 16 14 46
5 Eintracht Frankfurt 25 12 7 6 50 30 12 6 3 3 27 16 13 6 4 3 23 14 20 43
6 Bayer Leverkusen 25 13 3 9 46 37 12 7 1 4 20 16 13 6 2 5 26 21 9 42
7 Wolfsburg 25 11 6 8 39 37 12 4 4 4 17 18 13 7 2 4 22 19 2 39
8 Hoffenheim 25 9 10 6 49 37 13 5 5 3 21 14 12 4 5 3 28 23 12 37
9 Werder Bremen 25 9 9 7 43 37 13 5 5 3 26 21 12 4 4 4 17 16 6 36
10 Hertha BSC 25 9 8 8 38 36 12 5 5 2 19 16 13 4 3 6 19 20 2 35
11 Fortuna Düsseldorf 25 9 4 12 31 45 13 6 0 7 17 21 12 3 4 5 14 24 -14 31
12 Freiburg 25 7 9 9 36 41 13 5 5 3 25 20 12 2 4 6 11 21 -5 30
13 Mainz 05 25 8 6 11 27 39 13 5 4 4 16 16 12 3 2 7 11 23 -12 30
14 Schalke 04 25 6 5 14 27 43 12 4 1 7 13 20 13 2 4 7 14 23 -16 23
15 Augsburg 25 5 7 13 34 46 12 3 4 5 21 20 13 2 3 8 13 26 -12 22
16 Stuttgart 25 5 4 16 25 55 12 4 2 6 16 24 13 1 2 10 9 31 -30 19
17 Hannover 96 25 3 5 17 23 58 13 3 1 9 11 24 12 0 4 8 12 34 -35 14
18 Nürnberg 25 2 7 16 19 51 13 2 5 6 11 16 12 0 2 10 8 35 -32 13

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