Dynamo Dresden vs Schalke Predictions

• Only three sides saw both teams score in more league games than Schalke’s 17.
• Schalke failed to score in just one league game this season.
• Just one of the last seven visiting sides kept Dresden off the scoresheet.
• Dresden failed to win each of their last ten league matches.

An end-to-end encounter 

While only Aue have picked up fewer than Dynamo Dresden’s woeful six-point return across the last ten rounds (D6, L4), they have at least shown they can avoid defeat and grab some goals in the process as the desperate fight for survival rages on.

The hosts know that only victory will provisionally lift them out of the relegation zone and as such, they must throw the kitchen sink at this one in search of victory. However, a fast start will be necessary seeing as they are one of just six sides yet to win a league game when falling behind at any stage of the match (D4, L13).

An immediate top-flight return is the goal for Schalke and they can at least provisionally break into the top-three with victory in this clash. Only one side all season have kept Schalke from scoring, so they should not really have any problems finding the net against a Dresden outfit with no clean sheets in five games.

Quality should win the day

It is certainly tough to predict how games such as this will play out, as the desire to win promotion is so often ousted by the sheer survival instinct that relegation-battling teams so often show at this stage of the campaign.

Considering the trends between these sides, we predict that backing both teams to score in this game is the smart play. As for the correct score, Schalke should realistically have enough in the locker to overcome Dresden, perhaps by a 2-1 scoreline.

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