Schalke vs Elversberg Live Stream, Predictions (May 18)

📊 Form Guide

Schalke

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Schalke will be wanting a better result here following the 2-0 Bundesliga 2 loss in their previous game against Fortuna Dusseldorf.

In that match, Schalke managed 49% possession and 8 shots on goal with 2 of them on target. Fortuna Dusseldorf had 12 shots on goal with 8 on target. Dawid Kownacki (57') and Myron van Brederode (78') scored for Fortuna Dusseldorf.

It has been seldom in recent times that Schalke have kept a clean sheet. The reality is that Schalke have seen their defence breached in 6 of their previous 6 clashes, letting in 11 goals along the way.

Taking a look at their past results, Schalke:

• haven't been beaten in the league by Elversberg in their previous 2 games.
• haven’t won at home in the past 2 league matches.

Elversberg

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Elversberg will go into the meeting following on from a 3-0 Bundesliga 2 win as they beat Eintracht Braunschweig in their most recent outing.

In that game, Elversberg managed 68% possession and 20 shots on goal with 8 of them on target. For Elversberg, the goals were scored by Fisnik Asllani (11') and Muhammed Damar (18', 21'). For their opponents, Eintracht Braunschweig had 7 shots at goal with 0 of them on target.

A sequence of dependable showings by the Elversberg defenders has resulted in their ‘goals against’ tally amounting to 4 from their past 6 fixtures combined. Over that same period of time, their own attack force has managed to score 17. That pattern isn’t assured to be carried forward here, though.

Ahead of this meeting, Elversberg are undefeated in their previous 7 away league matches.

🤜🤛 Head to head

The previous league clash featuring the two was Bundesliga 2 match day 17 on 20/12/2024 when it ended Elversberg 1-4 Schalke.

In that match, Elversberg managed 55% possession and 11 shots on goal with 5 on target. The scorer was Carlo Sickinger (25').

Schalke got 15 shots on goal with 5 on target. Kenan Karaman (11'), Moussa Sylla (55', 75') and Ron Schallenberg (67') scored.

The referee was Eric Weisbach.

📋 Team News: Schalke

Ralf Fährmann (Torn lateral knee ligament), Tomas Kalas (Knock), Janik Bachmann (Knock), Aris Bayindir (Hamstring injury), Loris Karius (Calf injury) and Zaid Amoussou-Tchibara (Cruciate ligament tear) won’t be available for Schalke boss Kees van Wonderen.

It seems likely that Schalke look set to use the 4-2-3-1 system, beginning the first half with Justin Heekeren, Taylan Bulut, Ron Schallenberg, Marcin Kaminski, Derry Murkin, Max Grüger, Amin Younes, C. Antwi-Adjej, Kenan Karaman, Tobias Mohr and Moussa Sylla.

ℹ️ Team News: Elversberg

Elversberg boss Horst Steffen has not got a full squad to pick from. Patryk Dragon (Knee injury) and Frederik Jäkel (Knee problems) will not be playing here.

From our viewpoint, Elversberg appear most likely to make use of a 4-2-3-1 system with a starting lineup of Nicolas Kristof, Elias Baum, Lukas Pinckert, Florian Le Joncour, Maurice Neubauer, Robin Fellhauer, Semih Sahin, Lukas Petkov, Muhammed Damar, Tom Zimmerschied and Fisnik Asllani.

💭 Prediction

We’re thinking that Schalke would be disappointed if they were not to put one past this Elversberg lineup, although one goal is unlikely to be enough to avoid defeat.

We’re therefore expecting a very close game with a 1-2 win for Elversberg at full-time. There shouldn’t be much in it, either way.

📖 ⚽️ What are the top odds for the game?

Turning to the betting odds in the 90 min. result market, putting your money on Schalke is best priced at 4.75, betting on the draw is 4.2 and betting on the winning team to be Elversberg comes in at 1.62. They’re the most competitive prices offered as of now.

Lucas Pereira, 10:28 14/05/2025