FC Schalke 04 - VfB Stuttgart

An important match for Schalke 04, they must win this home match to let their opponents no chance for fourth place. This target is very important for Schalke because they need the income from Champions League for their expensive squad. Despite a lot of names were mentioned in the past and many talked about who can be the new coach for next season they give Keller their trust. He signed a new contract and they want to publish it before the match today. They played very good in the past home matches but they miss an important player with Draxler suspended today, on the other side is fast wing Farfan back in the squad and can maybe help to bring some more dangerous with his fast actions into their offensive play. All the others are available, so Keller can field a good lineup for this important home match.

On the other side Stuttgart is not an easy opponent above all away from home they played really good and collected some good results. They are one of the best away teams this season. After a good run around their Cup semi final they are on a downtrend because they were beaten twice from bottom teams like Augsburg 0-3 and Fürth 0-2, they scored not a single goal against such teams. It is very hard to see that they can bring Schalke in danger then. But, ok this can be a clear other match and it can be much more space for them as the mentioned. Schalke must come out and fire from all guns to get the win while Stuttgart can sit back and go over their counter attacks what can be a very dangerous thing above all with Traore and Harnik on the wings while Maxim central and Ibisevic upfront. In defensive they have some problems because with defender Rüdiger and Sakai are two players from defensive row out. Ok, Tasci returns and can replace Rüdiger also Hoogland comes in after long injury but he can not has the right feeling after long time without any match.

Lines are very high and gone already, maybe this match can be a good option for some in play betting. Schalke must come and push because they need the win to make fourth place safe. Also goals are good if Schalke fall behind. GL