FC Schalke 04 vs Hamburger SV Betting Tips and Predictions

Schalke 04’s form in February wasn’t great to say the least (1 win, 3 draws and 2 losses from 6 games) and since being knocked out of the Europa League against Shakthar Donetsk last Thursday, they will turn all focus on the league. They picked up a point on Sunday away to Eintracht Frankfurt, which leaves them 1 of 4 teams within just 1 point of the top 4 (alongside Borussia M’gladbach, Bayer Leverkusen and Mainz 05).

Hamburger SV are now undefeated in 4 after last Saturday’s 1-1 home draw to mid-table FC Ingolstadt, masking the much less impressive 6 points from a potential 18 in 2016. Hamburg, who have never been relegated from the Bundesliga, remain sitting comfortably 7 points clear of the relegation zone in 11th place.

The history between Schalke 04 and Hamburg has been generally very high scoring with both teams averaging over 1 goal per game in the 95 fixtures between the 2 clubs (see statistics). Schalke 04 may be the stronger side on paper, but with Hamburg coming into this game with their current run of 4 games unbeaten they won’t go down without a fight. Schalke 04 have good form at home in the Bundesliga (3 wins and 1 draw from the last 5) and that leans this game towards the home team, despite their generally poor form overall in the last weeks. Hamburg have only failed to score in 2 of their last 10 games (20%) and as such bets of both teams to score and a Schalke 04 win of 2-1 at 7/1 seem good value in this one.

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