RB Leipzig vs Schalke 04 – Preview, Tips and Odds

Germany: Bundesliga

RB Leipzig

Full Time

4:2

Schalke

Highlights and Stats

The teams of RB Leipzig and Schalke 04 will face each other on Saturday at Red Bull Arena for a game of the 34th round in the Bundesliga. The Red Bulls are currently in 3rd position in the table with 63 points, while Schalke 04 is in the relegation zone in 17th place with 31 points.

RB Leipzig vs Schalke 04 Head to Head

Team	Last Game 2023/01/24	Last 11 Games
RB Leipzig	win	? Waway Waway Whome Waway Lhome Waway Dhome Whome Laway Daway Whome
Schalke	loss	? Lhome Lhome Laway Lhome Waway Lhome Daway Laway Whome Dhome Laway

Worth Mentioning

The last match between the sides concluded in an away win for RB Leipzig, with the final score of 6:1. The two opponents faced each other on 24th of January 2023. RB Leipzig are enjoying a streak of four straight victories. It was the visiting sides that turned out to be more successful during the most recent clashes, as they triumphed on 5 occasions, with the hosts recording just 3 wins in the course of the last 10 encounters. Only 2 of the most recent 10 encounters between RB Leipzig and Schalke 04 resulted in draws. All of the previous five meetings produced over 2.5 goals and two witnessed goals at both ends. RB Leipzig did not concede in three of those meetings, and Schalke 04 could not prevent its opponents from scoring. The two sides did not shy away from scoring in their latest games, hitting the back of the nets 23 times across the previous five meetings.

RB Leipzig vs Schalke 04 Last Games Averages

*Average Metrics based on available data from last 11 games

RB LeipzigSchalke

• Goals

  2.36

  0.82

• Fouls

  15.09

  15.73

• Corners

  6.27

  2.82

• Offsides

  3.18

  3.18

• Cards

  1.64

  2.18

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2023/01/24 Bundesliga

RB LeipzigHSchalke

• Goals

  6

  1

• Fouls

  13

  16

• Corners

  6

  1

• Offsides

  5

  3

• Cards

  1

  1

• Posession

  57%

  43%

2021/02/06 Bundesliga

RB LeipzigHSchalke

• Goals

  3

  0

• Fouls

  16

  14

• Corners

  7

  1

• Offsides

  3

  2

• Cards

  1

  2

• Posession

  64%

  36%

2020/10/03 Bundesliga

HRB LeipzigSchalke

• Goals

  4

  0

• Fouls

  14

  10

• Corners

  8

  1

• Offsides

  3

  1

• Cards

  1

  3

• Posession

  67%

  33%

2020/02/22 Bundesliga

RB LeipzigHSchalke

• Goals

  5

  0

• Fouls

  7

  10

• Corners

  5

  2

• Offsides

  0

  5

• Cards

  3

  2

• Posession

  47%

  53%

2019/09/28 Bundesliga

HRB LeipzigSchalke

• Goals

  1

  3

• Fouls

  13

  14

• Corners

  8

  4

• Offsides

  2

  5

• Cards

  1

  1

• Posession

  64%

  36%

2019/03/16 Bundesliga

RB LeipzigHSchalke

• Goals

  1

  0

• Fouls

  16

  13

• Corners

  6

  0

• Offsides

  0

  1

• Cards

  1

  1

• Posession

  50%

  50%

2018/10/28 Bundesliga

HRB LeipzigSchalke

• Goals

  0

  0

• Fouls

  12

  15

• Corners

  7

  4

• Offsides

  4

  4

• Cards

  3

  2

• Posession

  68%

  32%

2018/01/13 Bundesliga

HRB LeipzigSchalke

• Goals

  3

  1

• Fouls

  20

  21

• Corners

  4

  4

• Offsides

  2

  3

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  51%

  49%

2017/08/19 Bundesliga

RB LeipzigHSchalke

• Goals

  0

  2

• Fouls

  18

  22

• Corners

  5

  4

• Offsides

  5

  4

• Cards

  2

  2

• Posession

  65%

  35%

2017/04/23 Bundesliga

RB LeipzigHSchalke

• Goals

  1

  1

• Fouls

  21

  18

• Corners

  5

  5

• Offsides

  7

  2

• Cards

  2

  3

• Posession

  52%

  48%

2016/12/03 Bundesliga

HRB LeipzigSchalke

• Goals

  2

  1

• Fouls

  16

  20

• Corners

  8

  5

• Offsides

  4

  5

• Cards

  1

  5

• Posession

  47%

  53%

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RB Leipzig Form

On May 20th RB Leipzig ended in a 3:1 win against Bayern Munich away from home in a Bundesliga encounter. They are now on a streak of five straight victories. Regardless of whether hosting or visiting, the teams involved in RB Leipzig’s recent 10 encounters did not gain a considerable advantage. All in all, the hosts succeeded in recording 5 wins and the visitors registered 5 wins. For the last 10 matches, there were no draws recorded by the team. Across the previous five games, three featured over 2.5 goals and three saw both sides netting goals. RB Leipzig succeeded in keeping two clean sheets during these matches, whereas the team netted at least one goal in all. Based on statistics, their most recent 5 matches ended with an average of 3.00 goals.

• Goals
  1.80
• Fouls
  11.10
• Corners
  4.60
• Offsides
  2.80
• Cards
  2.90
• Posession
  57%

Schalke 04 Form

Schalke’s last match was against Eintracht Frankfurt on Saturday and it finished in a 2:2 draw at home. The club is on a run of two games without registering a victory, losing 1 time and recording a draw on 1 occasion. Playing at home has shown to be decisive as five of Schalke’s last ten meetings ended in a victory for the hosting party, which lost only two of those. When we take a look at the last five encounters of the team, we see that all ended with more than 2.5 goals, with three having the two involved sides scoring. In the course of these, Schalke 04 failed to keep a clean sheet and was unable to score in two. The average number of goals scored by the sides involved across the club’s last five clashes is 4.4.

• Goals
  1.50
• Fouls
  12.60
• Corners
  6.40
• Offsides
  1.60
• Cards
  2.20
• Posession
  48%

Formations and Lineups

RB Leipzig

Formation:4-2-2-2

• G13Ørjan Nyland
• D2Mohamed Simakan
• D16Lukas Klostermann
• D4Willi Orbán
• D23Marcel Halstenberg
• M27Konrad Laimer
• M8Amadou Haidara
• M7Dani Olmo
• M10Emil Forsberg
• F11Timo Werner
• F18Christopher Nkunku

13 Ørjan Nyland 2 Mohamed Simakan 16 Lukas Klostermann 4 Willi Orbán 23 Marcel Halstenberg 27 Konrad Laimer 8 Amadou Haidara 7 Dani Olmo 10 Emil Forsberg 11 Timo Werner 18 Christopher Nkunku

Schalke

Formation:4-2-3-1

• G1Ralf Fährmann
• D27Cedric Brunner
• D5Sepp van den Berg
• D35Marcin Kamiński
• D41Henning Matriciani
• M8Danny Latza
• M30Alex Král
• M10Rodrigo Zalazar
• M24Dominick Drexler
• M11Marius Bülter
• F40Sebastian Polter

1 Ralf Fährmann 27 Cedric Brunner 5 Sepp van den Berg 35 Marcin Kamiński 41 Henning Matriciani 8 Danny Latza 30 Alex Král 10 Rodrigo Zalazar 24 Dominick Drexler 11 Marius Bülter 40 Sebastian Polter

Popular Markets

This is a list of some of the most popular markets and their winning ratio for the last 10 games - head to head and for the respective teams individually. The probability column is an average calculation based ONLY on statistical data with the Head2Head column having a slight advantage.

	Last H2H	Last RB Leipzig	Last Schalke	Probability	Value Odds Over
RB Leipzig WIN	6/10	8/10	-	62.44%	1.60
DRAW	2/10	0/10	3/10	15.38%	6.50
Schalke WIN	2/10	-	3/10	22.17%	4.51
Over 2.5 Goals	6/10	5/10	8/10	63.00%	1.59
BTTS	4/10	4/10	6/10	46.00%	2.17
Over 4.5 Cards	3/10	8/10	5/10	51.00%	1.96
Over 10.5 Corners	2/10	0/10	8/10	32.00%	3.13
RB Leipzig over 1.5 Goals	5/10	5/10	-	50.00%	2.00
Schalke over 1.5 Goals	2/10	-	5/10	33.50%	2.99

Match Details

RB LeipzigvsSchalke

• 90+5`
  C. NkunkuUnsportsmanlike conduct

  
• 90+4`
  C. Nkunku

  

  4 - 2
• 82`
  Y. PoulsenC. Nkunku

  

  3 - 2
• 75`
  

  (in) K. Karaman(out) D. Latza
• 70`
  

  (in) T. Ouwejan(out) H. Matriciani
• 68`
  (in) D. Szoboszlai(out) E. Forsberg

  
• 63`
  

  S. PolterFoul
• 61`
  (in) D. Raum(out) M. Halstenberg

  
• 61`
  (in) Y. Poulsen(out) T. Werner

  
• 61`
  (in) X. Schlager(out) K. Laimer

  
• 56`
  

  (in) T. Mohr(out) R. Zalazar
• 49`
  2 - 2

  

  W. Orban (o.g.)
• 46`
  (in) K. Kampl(out) A. Haidara

  
• 41`
  A. HaidaraTripping

  
• 28`
  2 - 1

  

  M. KaminskiR. Zalazar
• 20`
  

  C. BrunnerTripping
• 19`
  C. NkunkuD. Olmo

  

  2 - 0
• 10`
  K. Laimer

  

  1 - 0

Players Ratings

RB LeipzigvsSchalke

• 

  18Christopher Nkunku

  9.6 / 10

• 

  7Dani Olmo

  7.6 / 10

• 

  27Konrad Laimer

  7.2 / 10

• 

  9Yussuf Poulsen

  7.2 / 10

• 

  17Dominik Szoboszlai

  7.2 / 10

• 

  13Ørjan Nyland

  7 / 10

• 

  4Willi Orbán

  6.9 / 10

• 

  8Amadou Haidara

  6.9 / 10

• 

  44Kevin Kampl

  6.9 / 10

• 

  22David Raum

  6.9 / 10

• 

  23Marcel Halstenberg

  6.7 / 10

• 

  24Xaver Schlager

  6.7 / 10

• 

  2Mohamed Simakan

  6.6 / 10

• 

  10Emil Forsberg

  6.6 / 10

• 

  11Timo Werner

  6.5 / 10

• 

  16Lukas Klostermann

  6.2 / 10

• 

  1Ralf Fährmann

  7.5 / 10

• 

  35Marcin Kamiński

  7 / 10

• 

  10Rodrigo Zalazar

  7 / 10

• 

  11Marius Bülter

  7 / 10

• 

  24Dominick Drexler

  6.9 / 10

• 

  19Kenan Karaman

  6.9 / 10

• 

  27Cedric Brunner

  6.7 / 10

• 

  40Sebastian Polter

  6.6 / 10

• 

  29Tobias Mohr

  6.5 / 10

• 

  41Henning Matriciani

  6.3 / 10

• 

  30Alex Král

  6.3 / 10

• 

  8Danny Latza

  6.2 / 10

• 

  2Thomas Ouwejan

  6.2 / 10

• 

  5Sepp van den Berg

  5.9 / 10