Schalke 04 vs RB Leipzig - prediction, team news, lineups

RB Leipzig proceed their quest for a spot successful the Bundesliga's apical 4 connected Saturday, erstwhile they question to instrumentality connected Schalke 04 astatine VELTINS-Arena.

The newly-promoted hosts are 3rd past successful 16th spot with conscionable six points, whereas their opponents are successful 5th spot with 12 points pursuing their 4-0 triumph against Elversberg connected October 24.

Match preview

Schalke travel into the weekend's matchup having mislaid 2-0 against 2. Bundesliga side SG Dynamo Dresden successful the DFB-Pokal connected Wednesday.

While Saturday's hosts volition not person seen the cupful contention arsenic a priority, it volition alarm supporters that they are winless successful 4 games, losing 3 times and drafting once.

Though Schalke presently fertile arsenic the apical flight's worst violative squad having scored conscionable 4 goals, boss Miron Muslic volition beryllium pleased that his players person lone conceded connected 7 occasions, the 3rd champion antiaircraft instrumentality successful the league.

Their astir caller Bundesliga effect was a goalless stalemate with FC Koln connected October 24, but portion that constituent near them conscionable 3 points from last-placed Borussia Monchengladbach, lone 3 points abstracted them from ninth-placed Augsburg.

Die Konigsblauen's grounds at VELTINS-Arena has not been peculiarly affirmative considering they person taken conscionable 2 points from a imaginable 9 astatine location successful the league, though 1 of those stalemates was a 0-0 gully with Bayern Munich connected September 5.

Leipzig could extremity the play arsenic precocious arsenic 3rd fixed conscionable 1 constituent separates them from third-placed Freiburg, though they are conscionable 3 points up of 11th-placed Hamburger SV.

Die Roten Bullen managed to beforehand into the 3rd circular of the DFB-Pokal connected Tuesday, beating Rot-Weiss Essen 2-1, and that was their 2nd consecutive triumph aft defeating Elversberg.

The visitors person present triumphed successful 4 of their past six matches, and portion they mislaid doubly successful that time, their losses came against Real Madrid successful the Champions League and giants Bayern Munich successful the apical flight.

Boss Martin Demichelis's broadside person been outstanding successful the last 3rd successful the Bundesliga, with lone Bayern's tally of 25 goals amended than his team's fig (20), though they person conceded 10 times successful their past 4 contests.

Leipzig's occurrence against Rot-Weiss Essen was invited alleviation considering that triumph ended a streak of 5 consecutive losses connected the road.

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Team News

Schalke could beryllium without arsenic galore arsenic 7 players for matchweek eight, with attackers Kenan Karaman, Moussa Sylla and Emil Hojlund ruled retired entirely.

Chukwubuike Adamu and Hee-Chan Hwang volition apt instrumentality up the spots successful Schalke's beforehand two, portion Satoshi Tanaka and Janik Bachmann are candidates to play successful the mediate of the pitch.

Leipzig's wounded problems are not peculiarly extensive, though with attacker Christopher Nkunku a uncertainty owed to an adductor issue, expect to see Romulo pb the enactment up of attacking midfielder Ezechiel Banzuzi.

Rocco Reitz and Neil El Aynaoui could beryllium trusted unneurotic successful a treble pivot fixed Assan Ouedraogo (shoulder) is presently sidelined.

Castello Lukeba and Willi Orban proceed to beryllium stalwarts astatine the back, and determination is nary crushed to uncertainty their inclusion up of goalkeeper Maarten Vandevoordt.

Schalke 04 imaginable starting lineup:

Karius; T Becker, Katic, Kurucay; Ebimbe, Tanaka, Bachmann, Aouchiche, V Becker; Adamu, Hwang

RB Leipzig imaginable starting lineup:

Vandevoordt; Henrichs, Orban, Lukeba, Raum; Reitz, El Aynaoui; Gruda, Banzuzi, Nusa; Romulo

We say: Schalke 04 0-1 RB Leipzig

Any distant triumph volition astir surely beryllium constrictive considering Schalke person been exceptional defensively this campaign.

Leipzig person been fantabulous successful the last third, truthful portion it whitethorn instrumentality immoderate clip to unfastened the scoring, their firepower should beryllium beardown capable to get them implicit the line.

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