Schalke 04 Bayer Leverkusen betting prediction

The home team is currently in the 13^th position of the league, with 15 points won, after 4 wins, 3 draws and 8 losses. In the penultimate match, they lost in a home match against Borussia Dortmund, by (1‑2). In the last match, they tied in an away match against Augsburg, by (1‑1). This is a team that usually makes good use of the home advantage, stronger with the help of its supporters, since in the last 30 matches they register 3 wins, 5 draws and 7 losses in away matches, with 12 goals scored and 17 conceded; against 8 wins, 3 draws and 4 losses at their stadium, with 23 goals scored and 16 conceded. For the league, Schalke 04 won 9 points out of 21 possible points, after 3 wins and 4 losses in the last 7 home matches. In their home matches there are a few frequent results: at half‑time 0‑1 (4 out of 7 matches) and after the 90' 0‑2 (3 out of 7 matches). Defensive consistency hasn’t been their best feature, as they have conceded goals in 7 of the last 10 matches, but their offense has scored consistently, as they have scored goals in 7 of the last 10 matches for this competition. In their home matches there is a tendency for few goals, since 35 of the last 51 matches have ended with Under 2,5 goals. They have conceded the first goal in 10 of their 15 matches for this competition, and have never been able to turn the score around. there is 1 period that stands out in the last 11 home matches for all competitions: they have suffered 5 of their 12 goals between minutes (61'‑75').

Attending to their 7 home matches at Bundesliga, Schalke 04 won three times and lost four, scoring 10 goals and conceeding 11 which leads to an average of 1.43 goals scored and 1.57 conceeded which shows their deffensive problems. In all their matches, they use to be better on the last 15 minutes scoring five times in that period, with Bentaleb scoring three of them. Into this match, Schalke should go for the three points, trying to run away from relegation zone. The home team should play on a 3-5-2 formation with Teuchert and Konoplyanka at the front.

Confirmed Lineup: Ralf Fährmann, Bastian Oczipka, Matija Nastasić, Benjamin Stambouli, Salif Sané, Daniel Caligiuri, Alessandro Schöpf, Weston McKennie, Nabil Bentaleb, Amine Harit, Haji Wright.
Coach: K. Geraerts.