📏 Form Guide

Elversberg

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Elversberg, following on from their previous result, will be hoping for more of the same after a 3-4 Bundesliga 2 success vs St. Pauli.

In that game, Elversberg had 31% possession and 14 attempts on goal with 10 on target. For Elversberg, the goals were scored by Maurice Neubauer (51'), Joseph Boyamba (70'), Paul Wanner (81') and Hugo Vandermersch (83'). At the other end, St. Pauli had 17 attempts at goal with 8 of them on target. Johannes Eggestein (39'), Marcel Hartel (69') and Jackson Irvine (93') scored for St. Pauli.

Fixtures with Elversberg have tended to be lively affairs recently with high scoring expected. Over their past half dozen games alone, a total of 22 goals have been recorded for both sides combined (at an average of 3.67 goals per game) with 8 of these belonging to Elversberg.

Ahead of this clash, Elversberg have not won at home in their last 3 league games.

Schalke

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Schalke go into this encounter after a 2-0 Bundesliga 2 win over Nuremberg in their last match.

In that game, Schalke had 43% possession and 22 shots on goal with 7 of them on target. For Schalke, the goalscorers were Kenan Karaman (42') and Paul Seguin (86'). Nurnberg got 18 shots at goal with 7 of them on target.

Proving their bias toward productive encounters, we’ve had goals 21 times in the previous 6 games in which Schalke have taken to the pitch, making it a mean average of 3.5 goals for each meeting. Their opponents have got 10 of these goals. With no two games being the same, it remains to be seen whether that trend will be replicated in this next game.

↔️ Head to head

The previous league meeting between these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 13 on 10/11/2023 which ended up with the score at Schalke 1-2 Elversberg.

In that game, Schalke had 55% possession and 23 shots on goal with 4 on target. Their only player to score was Kenan Karaman (35').

On the other side, Elversberg had 13 shots on goal with 6 of them on target. Paul Stock (7') and Jannik Rochelt (21') scored.

The match was refereed by Martin Petersen.

ℹ️ Team News: Elversberg

Arne Sicker (Ligament injury), Marcel Correia (Cruciate ligament tear), Frederik Jäkel (Cruciate ligament tear) and Patryk Dragon (Knee surgery) are unavailable for Elversberg gaffer Horst Steffen.

It’s our opinion that Elversberg should use a 4-2-3-1 formation for this game, handing starts to Nicolas Kristof, Hugo Vandermersch, Carlo Sickinger, Florian Le Joncour, Maurice Neubauer, Luca Dürholtz, Robin Fellhauer, Manuel Feil, Paul Wanner, Jannik Rochelt and Dominik Martinovic.

🗞️ Team News: Schalke

Schalke boss Karel Geraerts has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Assan Ouédraogo (Adductor pain), Leo Greiml (Cruciate ligament tear) and Cédric Brunner (Knee problems) will not be playing here. The players ineligible for this match because of suspension are Dominick Drexler and Timo Baumgartl.

From our viewpoint, Schalke appear most likely to begin the game with a 4-1-2-1-2 formation, choosing Marius Müller, Brandon Soppy, Tomas Kalas, Marcin Kaminski, Derry John Murkin, Paul Seguin, Yusuf Kabadayi, Thomas Ouwejan, Kenan Karaman, Simon Terodde and Keke Topp.

🧠 Prediction

We’re thinking that Schalke and Elversberg should both be able to score more than once here although it’s hard to pick a clear winner.

It’s looking like it could well end up as a draw but we do expect to see goals at each end. We’re therefore seeing a great battle with a 2-2 draw at the end of the 90 minutes.

Our expert partners are tipping under 3.5 goals for this match. Check out their VIP predictions here.

Andre Moura, 16:05 19/04/2024