Schalke VfL Wolfsburg match preview

By the names of the teams and the individual quality this should be the strongest pair of the Cup quarterfinals, but Schalke is doing much better at the championship table, and they have won exactly ten points more than Wolfsburg. Looking at just the second part of the season, the “Wolves” are better, although both teams have made one win in four rounds. Wolfsburg has one draw more, which they played in the last round with Stuttgart, while Schalke was surprisingly defeated at home. At the end of October, they played their mutual championship match in Gelsenkirchen, and the result was 1-1.

Schalke

After four rounds of the second half of the season, it is clear that Schalke does not play well as in the first part and the best evidence is only one victory, with two defeats and one draw. The first defeat by the strong Leipzig is acceptable, while the one from last round at home was definitely unexpected. They played against Werder, whis is not in the best form this season and they were the absolute favourites, and the defeat was not expected after they took the lead of 1-0.

They fell in the very end, and the aggravating circumstance was the suspension of striker Nastasic, after which they received both goals. In two duels at home in the second half of the season, they won only one point and their only victory took place in Stuttgart. Compared to the composition from this duel, Goretzka was replaced by Bentaleb. Now Goretzka should be on the field, as well as striker G.Burgstaller as a refreshment instead of di Santo.

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

VfL Wolfsburg

Wolfsburg is playing somewhat better in the second half of the season, but they are still just four points away from the relegation zone and cannot relax. They lose too many points on their stadium and this is a big problem, so they have not achieved any victories in two appearances in front of their supporters in the second half of the season. They lost to Eintracht quite easily, while they did not save the lead in the last round against Stuttgart and it ended with 1-1. They played a draw in Dortmund and won in Hannover. In Hannover they were without the injured Guilavogui and Origi, and they managed to celebrate without the two of them, and they did not defeat Stuttgart with the two of them in the team, although Origi was the scorer of the leading goal.

Now there may be a bit of refreshment, and S.Jung will be on the right back, so Verhaegh could take a breather. Last winter reinforcement Mehmedi debuted in the last round by entering from the bench, while he could now find his place in the starting lineup instead of Didavi. They still have certain injury problems, which is why they cannot count on center-backs Brooks and Uduokhai, and midfielders Blaszczykowski and Camacho.

Probable lineups VfL Wolfsburg: Casteels – S.Jung, Bruma, Knoche, Tisserand – Guilavogui, Arnold – Steffen, Malli, Mehmedi – Origi

Verdict:

Schalke has a lot of problems when playing in their field lately, so Wolfsburg could look for their chance considering that they are a very unpleasant guest. That is why we expect both teams to score in this match.

Pick:  both teams to score 1.9 - 9/10 @1XBet


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