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Schalke is at the top of the table and will be fighting for placement in the Champions League, but they were defeated in the last round and thus ended the long positive series of this team. In the first round of the second part of the season, Hannover has celebrated at home, after a slightly bad period, but they are still in the middle of the table, where they wanted to finish their comeback season in the elite rank. In the first part of the season, Hannover defeated Schalke in their field with 1-0.

Schalke 04

The first round of the second part of the championship has marked an end of the long positive series for Schalke. This team has not experienced any defeats in 11 rounds of the championship, plus two matches in the Cup. However, they were defeated by Leipzig and were unable to parry the host even though they had 1-1 at one point. Before they received the first goal, Fahrmann has defended the penalty and this was supposed to raise their confidence, but only a few minutes later they have received a goal and lost.

Realistically, they did not deserve a point as they are outplayed, so they now they have to turn to this duel. It was expected that the big winter reinforcement, midfielder Pjaca, would immediately play, however, Tedesco gave him a chance only in the second half. Surprisingly, Konoplyanka remained on the bench and because they did not play well, perhaps Pjaca could be a starter now, as did Konoplyanka, while Insua is out of action.

Probable lineups Schalke 04: Fahrmann – Stambouli, Naldo, Nastasic – M.Meyer – D.Caligiuri, Oczipka – Harit, Pjaca, Konoplyanka – G.Burgstaller

Hannover 96

At the very beginning of the season Hannover played very tightly and no one has managed to defeat them in the first six rounds, but then they played games with a small number of goals. Later, they fell in shape a little bit, however, their attack has started playing better and now this team scores more and again it is not easy to defeat them. Mainz had a 2-0 lead in Hannover in the last round, but in the end it was 3-2, thanks to a great striker Fullkro, who scored all three goals. We all still remember the last match before the break when Hannover also played in their field an incredible draw with Bayer (4-4).

This means that they have scored seven goals in two games, but their defence could have been better, so they have in the meantime brought center-back Elez to improve their defence. Coach Breitenreiter made only one change in the first match after the break, and Bakalorz played in midfield instead of Fossum, who will now play because Schwegleris injured. Elez is likely to be on the bench again, while they still have a large number of players on the injured list.

Probable lineups Hannover 96: Tschauner – Sorg, S.Sane, Anton – Korb, Ostrzolek – Fossum, Bakalorz – Klaus, Bebou – Fullkrug

Verdict:

Schalke is, of course, in advantage over Hannover, but as this team plays, it is hard to say that the host will easily win. It is obvious that the guests have been completely relieved and they may cause problems for Schalke, especially when it comes to their game in attack, because they are in good mood lately.

Pick: over 2.5 goals 1.72 - 7/10 @1XBet