FC Schalke 04 - VfL Wolfsburg

Statistic:

- S04 won 3 of their last 4 matches against Wolfsburg.
- They lost only the last match 0-4 in Wolfsburg.
- This was Wolfsburg's highest win against Schalke in their history so far.
- Wolfsburg plays their best season every so far in BL history.
- Ok, they had 30 Points after 18 Rounds already 2004/05 but not so a good goal difference.
- Schalke is unbeaten since 3 matches (2-1-0) and lost only one from their last 8.
- Also Wolfsburg is unbeaten on their last 5 away matches (3-2-0).
- Their last defeat was in Munich to Bayern with 0-1 on September.
- Schalke won the last three home matches against Wolfsburg and kept always a clean sheet.
- This means that Wolfsburg has not scored in their last 297 minutes in Vetins Arena.

Schalke again without Aogo, Höger, Kirchhoff, Clemens, Draxler and Jones, new on the list is suspended Uchida.

On the other side a lot of rumours in Wolfsburg and this time they face some big problems as with Medojevic, Polak and Vierinha are some out but also Diego is not available for Hecking what is a big blow.

Schalke with an important win last weekend and therefore can use the mistakes from their opponent teams above which all failed. This bring them back in a good position and they could close the gap a bit. Nevertheless they must walk on and hope that some of the teams ahead fail again. Dortmund did their job yesterday, therefore only Gladbach is the hope to overcome them. As I mentioned already last week, Schalke is only Farfan if this guy is stopped from the defenders from Wolfsburg or he has a bad day it is hard to see Schalke winning here. Ok, maybe the next big hope is Huntelaar but he is also depend on Farfan who give a lot of assists too.

What I have seen from Wolfsburg last weekend was not the best and they want to but some pressure on the teams with a big deal to sign De Bryne but this did not work so far. I think it is all up to Hecking to find the right balance above all with Diego, Arnold and De Bryne. All this guys are more or less offensive minded and all have more potential in offense as in defense. All three together is maybe very hard to bring as they lost the defensive control with so many offensive players. Also Diego on the wing is not the best choice for him. But more and more things come up. Without Diego today, maybe it is much better but they should get back on track otherwise they have an incredible weak start into 2014.