📏 Form Guide

Schalke

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Schalke will be hoping for a better result after a 2-0 Bundesliga 2 loss in their previous game against Regensburg.

In that match, Schalke had 71% possession and 12 attempts at goal with 1 of them on target. On the other side, Jahn Regensburg got 10 attempts at goal with 6 on target. Christian Kühlwetter (21') and Dejan Galjen (93') scored for Regensburg.

It’s not been often in recent times that Schalke haven’t conceded. The reality is that Schalke have failed to prevent opponents from scoring in 5 of their previous 6 games, shipping 9 goals during that time.

Coming into this fixture, Schalke have not emerged victorious against Hamburg in their previous 6 league games.

Hamburg

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Following on from suffering a loss in their previous game against Eintracht Braunschweig in Bundesliga 2 action, Hamburg will be hoping to turn things around here.

In that game, Hamburg had 56% possession and 4 shots at goal with 1 of them on target. For Hamburg, the goalscorers were Silvan Hefti (41' Own goal) and Davie Selke (74', 95'). For their opponents, Eintracht Braunschweig got 3 attempts on goal with 0 on target. Leon Bell Bell (40'), Julian Baas (84') and Rayan Philippe (85') scored for Eintracht Braunschweig.

During their six most recent matches, Merlin Polzin's Hamburg have fired home a total of 12 times thus earning them a goals per game average of 2.

Pre-game facts show that Hamburg:

• haven't been beaten by Schalke in games played away from home for the previous 2 league games.
• have not been beaten in their last 2 league matches away from home.

🤜🤛 Head to head

A study of their past head to head meetings going back to 07/04/2018 shows that these encounters have not been kind to Schalke. They have not managed to come away with any wins whatsoever while Hamburg have dominated them, beating them in 67% of those ties.

Loads of goals were seen in those games, too - 25 in total which averages out at 4.17 goals per match.

The last league contest featuring these clubs was Bundesliga 2 match day 13 on 23/11/2024 when it finished Hamburg 2-2 Schalke.

That time, Hamburg managed 47% possession and 19 attempts at goal with 6 of them on target. The goals were scored by Marco Richter (29') and Ransford Königsdörffer (30').

For their opponents, Schalke got 9 attempts at goal with 2 on target. Amin Younes (57') and Kenan Karaman (74') scored.

The referee was Wolfgang Haslberger.

ℹ️ Team News: Schalke

Ralf Fährmann (Torn lateral knee ligament), Christopher Antwi-Adjei (Hamstring injury), Emil Højlund (Hamstring injury), Aris Bayindir (Hamstring injury), Niklas Barthel (Torn muscle fiber), Loris Karius (Calf injury) and Zaid Amoussou-Tchibara (Cruciate ligament tear) are unavailable for Schalke gaffer Kees van Wonderen.

📰 Team News: Hamburg

Hamburg manager Merlin Polzin has to choose from a squad that has some fitness concerns. Matheo Raab (Broken hand), Miro Muheim (Torn muscle fiber), Bakery Jatta (Syndesmotic ligament tear), Aboubaka Soumahoro (Tendon rupture), Nicolas Oliveira (Internal ligament tear) and Noah Katterbach (Cruciate ligament tear) are those who can’t be considered.

✨ Prediction

Our thinking is that Hamburg will most probably convert a lot of goal-scoring opportunities.

At the other end, Schalke might well find it a difficult task scoring goals of their own although we think that they will probably end up being dangerous for periods.

We therefore think that it’s going to be a controlled 1-3 winning margin for Hamburg come full-time.

Victor Martins, 18:05 19/04/2025