Schalke vs Wolfsburg – Betting Preview
Schalke 04 are 18th with 11 points right now. They head with consecutive scoreless games into this one. On the other hand, Wolfsburg are 7th with 29 points thus far. They lost consecutive games against Bremne and Bayern Munich most recently.
Schalke Preview
Schalke’s five most recent games have resulted in 2 losses, 3 draws, and 0 victories.
In the last five games, Schalke has two matches where both sides have scored and three matches where both teams have not scored.
Schalke has scored over 2.5 goals in three of its past five games and under 2.5 goals in two of those games when betting on the Over Under 2.5 market.
In the previous five games, Schalke has only managed to score three goals while giving up eleven.
11 points from 19 matches represents Schalke’s second-worst record at this stage in the Bundesliga (8 in their 2020/21 relegation campaign). Since three points per win was introduced, nine of 10 teams to have had as few points at this stage went on to be relegated, with Mainz the exception in 2020/21 (10 points).
Wolfsburg Preview
On the other hand, VfL Wolfsburg are unbeaten in their last five Bundesliga games against FC Schalke 04 (W3, D2) and have only enjoyed a longer such run against them once before (8 BL games from 2007 to 2010).
Wolfsburg has won 2 games in their previous 5 games, drew 0 games, and lost 3 games.
In terms of both teams scoring, Wolfsburg has had 3 matches where both teams have scored in the last 5 games and 2 matches where both teams have failed to score.
In the last five games, Wolfsburg has scored over 2.5 goals in five games and under 2.5 goals in zero games in the Over Under 2.5 market.
In the last five games, Wolfsburg has scored 15 goals while giving up 8 goals.
1×2 Betting Odds
Schalke has once again struggled in the German top division after being promoted last season. The host team, managed by Thomas Reis, enters this weekend’s round of games firmly at the bottom of the standings and coming off back-to-back scoreless draws.
So despite being the home side they are the underdogs in this @ 3.88.
Wolfsburg are vying for European qualifying but have already suffered back-to-back losses. However, the two losses for the visitors came at the hands of the defending champions and a tough Werder Bremen team.
So in this one, the market has deemed them powerful enough to be the favourites @ 2.02.
The possibility of a draw and that points are shared between the two, stands @ 3.93.
Total goals over/under
The odds that the total number of goals scored will be over 2.5, stands @ 1.84.
While the odds that the total number of goals will be under 2.5, stands @ 2.16.
Average number of goals in meetings between Schalke 04 and VfL Wolfsburg is 2.6, while VfL Wolfsburg scores 2.4 goals against Schalke 04 (on average).
Expect a similar theme to follow, with Wolfsburg winning at the end!
