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Schalke expectedly plays better than Hertha this season and they have nine points more on the table, so Schalke continues to fight for placement in the Champions League from the current third position, while Hertha is somewhere around the middle of the table with equal points difference in relation to European positions, as well as the relegation zone. After two defeats, Schalke now has two wins, and Hertha has only one triumph in the second half of the season and they mostly have unsuccessful results. In the first part of the season Schalke has defeated Hertha in Berlin with 2-0.

Schalke 04

Schalke is playing changeable in the second part of the season, and because of the small point difference, the placement of this team also varies. Given that they in the previous two rounds managed to celebrate both times, they returned to third place with just one point less than the second position. They have started the second part a bit worse, and we should mention a home defeat by Werder, after which they managed to celebrate with 2-0 in the last round on a very difficult hosting at Leverkusen.

This win has a special value because Bayer is a direct competitor for high-ranking and now Schalke has overpassed them on the table. Before that, they have mastered Hoffenheim at home and with respect to the team that has won three points, coach Tedesco made two changes, so M.Meyer and Oczipka jumped instead of Stambouli and Schopp. Now Bentaleb could jump instead of Goretzka, and a big handicap is the absence of striker G.Burgstaller due to yellow cards, so Harit will probably be on the field in this match.

Probable lineups Schalke 04: Fahrmann – Kehrer, Naldo, Nastasic – D.Caligiuri, Oczipka – M.Meyer, Bentaleb – Harit – Embolo, di Santo

Hertha BSC

Hertha has from a classic host team into a team that is a very unpleasant host now and they have not received any goals in the previous three matches, and they managed to celebrate in Leverkusen, and play 0-0 with Bayern Munich in the last round. Between these two matches they lost to Mainz at home with 2-0, while they before that played two draws in Berlin. They have made their last triumph on their field in mid-December, and before this match it is important to say that they also celebrated in Leipzig.

After all, it is clear that even Gelsenkirchen could be unpleasant, although it should also be said that they celebrated in Leverkusen, particularly in Munich, where they were saved by goalkeeper Jarstein. They did almost nothing offensively, even though Selke returned to the top of the attack instead of Ibisevic. Skjelbred was absent in midfield, so Leckie jumped instead. Nothing is changing in the last line, so it will not happen now, but it will in midfield, where they cannot count on Darida, so Meier could play instead.

Probable lineups Hertha BSC: Jarstein – Pekarik, Stark, Torunarigha, Platežnih – Lustenberger, Meier – Leckie, Lazaro, Kalou – Selke

Verdict:

Hertha is a very unpleasant rival to their guests recently and it is difficult to overcome them, but Schalke is waking up, and they are playing better and better, while it may still be too much to expect that the team from Berlin would manage to resist the hosts’ attacks, so we expect that Schalke will celebrate in this match.

Pick:  Schalke wins 1.7 - 7/10 @1XBet