Hoffenheim will face Schalke in the ninth round of the German Bundesliga on November 8. The hosts defeated Bayer Leverkusen 3-0 in their last home match and continue to fight for a place in the top ten. But the guests are in crisis and cannot win in five rounds in a row. How will the match end and what bets in the match should I pay attention to? The answer is in our betting tip
Command Analysis
Hoffenheim
Current form
Hoffenheim played in the Europa League last week and exchanged goals in England with Crystal Palace (1-1). The Germans took the lead in the seventh minute of the match, but playing in the majority from the 77th minute, they missed the return goal in stoppage time.
Christian Ilzer's wards in the Bundesliga are fighting at the bottom of the standings and occupy a low 13th place with nine points in the asset. In the last five matches, the blue and white have suffered three defeats. In the last round, Hoffenheim failed to beat Werder Bremen on the road. The villagers conceded two goals in the second half and lost 0-2 in the end. Earlier, the team scored three points in the match with Bayer Leverkusen (3-0).
Disqualifications and injuries
De Cat, Gendre, Heidari, Granach, Moerstedt and Wimmer will miss the game due to injuries.
Interesting betting trends
In the last four matches, the club has beaten Schalke by at least two goals.
In two of Hoffenheim's last four league matches, a red card was shown.
Schalke continues to fight for survival in the German championship and after eight rounds takes the penultimate place in the standings with six points in the asset. The gap from the saving line is three points, which, if desired, can be won back and join the fight for a place in the Bundesliga for the next season. However, the club is not doing well offensively and has scored only four goals.
In the last meeting, Miron Muslich's team lost to Leipzig on their own field. In the first half, the visitors converted a penalty, and in the second half they doubled the advantage and set the final result (0:2). Earlier, the miners had a goalless draw with Cologne.
Disqualifications and injuries
The injured Weber, Bachmann, Gantenbein, Heilund, Schallenberg and Sylla will not help the team.
Interesting betting trends
Since the start of the championship, Schalke has conceded an average of one goal.
The miners scored only one goal in the last five games.
Approximate composition: Karius – T. Becker, Katic, Kuruchay, Gozens – Tanaka, El Fawzi – Lubicic, Karaman, Aushish – Dzeko.
Schalke is in crisis, has not shown high–quality play yet, and has huge problems in attack - four goals have been scored. It should be noted that the miners look weak in away matches and were able to win only one of the last five games in all tournaments, and they lost to Hoffenheim in the last face-to-face match. The white and blue are also fighting at the bottom of the standings, they have no right to misfire with one of the worst teams in Germany, and in the last home game they defeated Bayer 3-0. We believe that everything is in the hands of Ilzer's wards, who will take advantage of their field factor and earn three points.
Prediction – Hoffenheim wins with a coefficient of 1.62
The hosts will take the game into their own hands from the first minutes of the meeting and will act as the first number. Schalke has been playing defensive football lately, and matches often turn out to be inconclusive – eight of the Miners' last nine games have been completed with a total of less.In the last face-to-face match, the opponents scored only two goals between them, and we believe that it is probably not worth counting on a scoring extravaganza.
The betting tip is a total of less than 3.5 goals with a coefficient of 1.65
Betting on corners
Hoffenheim will play number one, they will not forget about defense, and at the same time they will impose a difficult struggle on Schalke. In the last four village games out of five in all tournaments, at least 10 corners were served, which we are waiting for today.
The betting tip is that the total number of corners is more than 9.5 with a coefficient of 1.77
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Oliver Baumann