Eintracht Frankfurt vs Schalke 04 Betting Tips and Predictions

Eintracht Frankfurt are without a win in 4 games in the Bundesliga ( only 5 points from the last 5 games) and consequently have slipped down to 15th place in the Bundesliga, only 2 points above the relegation zone.

Schalke 04’s form may not be much better (7 points from the last 5 games) but they are definitely the stronger side on paper. Since being knocked out of the Europa League against Shakthar Donetsk on Thursday, they will have all focus on the league in their chase of Borussia M’gladbach and Bayer Leverkusen in the race for the top 4 (Schalke are trailing by just 1 point).

REASON FOR BETTING TIPS

Armin Veh’s Frankfurt are the side are under pressure, sitting just two points ahead of SV Werder Bremen and the relegation play-off place, and Schalke 04 will see this as a fixture they should be taking points away from. The history between the 2 clubs has been generally very high scoring with an average of 3 goals per game over all fixture between the 2 clubs (see statistics). Not to mention that Frankfurt’s home games in the 2015/2016 Bundesliga season have been rammed with more than the occasional “goal fest” (including a 6-1 win over FC Cologne, a 5-1 loss to Borussia M’gladbach and a 4-2 loss to VfB Stuttgart to name just a few). With both teams aiming to come out fighting for a win in this game, over 2.5 goals and a Schalke win of 3-2 at 20-1 seems to have good value in this one.

RECENT FORM

All competitions, most recent first:

Eintracht Frankfurt: DLLDWL

FC Schalke 04: LDDLWW

Head-To-Head

Schalke 04 celebrated their 1600th Bundesliga game in style beating Eintracht Frankfurt 2-0 in the reverse fixture eerlier this season. Goals from Joel Matip and Leroy Sane gave Schalke a hard fought but deserved win. Over 83 times the teams have previously met, the standings are pretty equal with 29 wins for Frankfurt, 32 wins for Schalke and 22 draws.

Statistics

The average number of goals per game for Eintracht Frankfurt’s home matches in the Bundesliga in the 2015/2016 is an exciting 3.3 goals per game. Over all fixtures between the 2 clubs the average goals per game is 3 goals per game.

Team News

Eintracht Frankfurt: 1st team defender Bastian Oczipka returns from his 1 match suspension. Regular starting midfielder Stefan Reinartz (Groin) and attacker Castaignos are both missing due to injury.

FC Schalke 04: still missing captain and world cup winning central defender Benedikt Höwedes, along with reserve defender Nastasic and midfielder Höger.

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