Bundesliga – Match-day 6: Schalke v Bochum
Schalke at home against Bochum – Saturday – 6:30pm GMT – The Veltins-Arena.
As it stands, Bochum will go to the Veltins-Arena in eighteenth place, Schalke are currently in fifteenth.
Schalke have three points to their name, going into this tie
Losing home to Union Berlin 1-6, which followed them drawing away to Stuttgart 1-1, this is a worrying run of form for Schalke Manager Frank Kramer, who goes into this fixture, knowing that only a positive result will be good enough.
Also, a draw statistic of three in four matches is not all bad, but unfortunately will not bring the success Frank Kramer’s men wishes for ultimately. With a fifteenth position in the league and 0 wins, 2 losses and 3 draws, they currently have three points in the League having drawn three meetings and lost two matches.
Playing at home, Schalke have drawn one game and lost one game.
A victory for Schalke would put them on 6 points.
Thomas Reis’s Bochum, away to Schalke on Saturday, hoping to improve relegation prospects
Bochum suffered a home loss to Werder Bremen in their last outing, they will doubtless be keen get a positive outcome in this fixture.
Also, these are challenging times for Thomas Reis’ Bochum, having suffered five losses in five games, and taking them into relegation territory. This is a run of form that has to be stopped quickly. Now they have 0 matches won, 5 games lost and 0 duels drawn; that’s why they currently sit in eighteenth place, with a total of no points having lost five meetings.
Bochum have lost two matches of their two League matches away from home this season.
Thomas Reis could be missing up to four of their players through injury or illness for the game on Saturday.
Schalke v Bochum – Head-to-Heads.
Regarding their historical duels Schalke and Bochum have faced each other 29 times in the past, with the balance of wins sitting in Schalke’s favour (17 – 7). Further, Schalke recent form against Bochum has been outstanding, winning on eleven out of the last 19 matches. Their most recent encounter in this competition was September 2020, when Schalke walked away as 3-0 winners.
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