An encounter between the team from Gelsenkirchen Schalke 04 and Eintracht from Frankfurt will open the 18th round of German Bundesliga. Bookmakers reckon that Weinzierl’s team has better chances to win the upcoming game and one should probably agree with that, as Schalke are more of a domestic team in the current season, as well as Eintracht, for that matter.
German Bundesliga has had one round in 2017. Schalke hosted Ingolstadt in that round at their home ground, and took away a 1:0 victory at the last seconds, basically, with huge difficulties. The goal was scored by the Austrian Burgstaller, who substituted Geis after the break. Schalke have had nine home games in total in 2016-17 season, in which the men from Gelsenkirchen got five victories with one draw and three defeats.
The team from Frankfurt is in the sixth position in the championship of Germany after 17 played rounds and has 29 points in the asset. The Eagles are only one point away from the Champions League zone, but it should be noted, that Eintracht’s level of football is still far from best standards. Kovac’s team may have already grown to play in the Europa League, but not in the UCL. It should be said, that the Eagles play defensively in away games, so one probably should not expect some goal extravaganza from the upcoming game.
Schalke are still gaining their best shape, the team is trying to get into the Eurocups, but numerous point losses at the beginning of the season do not let the team to be in the upper tier of the championship for now. In their turn, Eintracht will try to remain in top six.
Prediction for the match: Under 2.5 goals in the match
