FC Schalke will look to end the nine-game losing streak this week when they square off Mainz at Veltins Arena in the 14th round of the Bundesliga. Match day schedules for November 9 at 22:30 EAT.
Schalke occupies the bottom most spot in the league standings after picking up just six points from the 13 matches they have played so far.
Schalke will look to make amends following 2-1 Bundesliga defeat at the hands of Werder Bremen in their most recent encounter. In that game, Schalke managed 55% possession, 19 shots with three of them on target and a goal scored by Dominick Drexler (89′). Werder Bremen got 11 shots with five of them on target and goals by NiklasFüllkrug (30′) and Marvin Ducksch (76′).
Meanwhile, Mainz is in the middle of the table (10th) with 18 points. Mainz is currently at a better form than Schalke they have won more games than Schalke. Mainz, new coach Thomas Reis finally wants to turn the tide.
Mainz will seek to bounce back following 0-3 Bundesliga defeat at the hands of Wolfsburg in their most recent fixture. In that game, Mainz managed 56% possession and 15 shots with three of them on target. Wolfsburg got 10 shots with three of them on target and goals by Patrick Wimmer (33′), Maximilian Arnold (70′) and Ridle Baku (84′).
Schalke vs Mainz head to head
Schalke04 has the upper hand in the head to head history of this match having won 17 times from the 32 3ncounters since 2004; Mainz won eight times while seven matches ended in draws.
- Schalke 0-0 Mainz 05/03/21
- Mainz 2-2 Schalke 07/11/20
- Mainz 0-0 Schalke 16/02/20
- Schalke 2-1 Mainz 20/09/19
- Mainz 3-0 Schalke 23/02/19
Home
- Bremen 2-1 Schalke
- Schalke 0-2 Freiburg
- Hertha 2-1 Schalke
- Hoffenheim 5-1 Schalke
- Schalke 0-3 Hoffenheim
Away
- Mainz 0-3 Wolfsburg
- Munich 6-2 Mainz
- Mainz 5-0 FC Koln
- Lubeck 0-3 Mainz
- Bremen 0-2 Mainz
Schalke team news
Marcin Kaminski, IbrahimaCissé, Sepp van den Berg, Ralf Fährmann, Rodrigo Zalazar, Leo Greiml and Thomas Ouwejan will be out due to fitness issues as confirmed by Schalke boss Thomas Reis.
Mainz team news
Mainz manager Bo Svensson confirmed Marlon Mustapha and Maxim Leitsch will be out of the game due to injuries.
Prediction and odds
- Mainz Win
- Draw
- Goals over 1.5
