Hannover - Schalke: betting tip and bets for the Second Bundesliga match (October 17, 2025) from the UPU

Hanover has been losing points too often lately. If you go into details, this was the case in three of the last four rounds — a defeat and two draws. Naturally, such statistics did not allow us to keep our place in the top 3, and at the moment the team is on the fifth line, but only in terms of additional indicators it loses to Paderborn and Darmstadt in fourth and fifth place, respectively. The upcoming opponent is in second place, so it won't be easy to score points against him. At the same time, the bookmakers strongly believe in the home team, because they make them the clear favorite. 

Schalke likes to play exclusively to win. In the seven rounds played, the guests of the upcoming match did not play a single draw — five wins and two losses. Such statistics allowed us to take the second place in the standings of the Second Bundesliga. The club is only one point behind Elfsberg, which is in first place. The club won the last two rounds on the road in the national championship, but this still does not allow the team to be on an equal footing with the opponent, because the winning coefficient is more than three.