Schalke 04 are a shambles it really is that simple, how they managed to get a point v lowly Union last weekend was hard to believe, they should have been 2 or 3 down at the half time, instead, Union wasted some major chances and then were punished by Jonjo Kenny’s long-range goal for Schalke to earn a 1-1 draw. The expected goals from that game were Union 2.40 versus Schalke’s 0.17 which goes a long way to show how lucky Schalke was. In fact, since the re-start of the league 5 games ago they have created in total just 2.72 expected goals while averaging 0.54 expected goals per game. They are missing some big players notably Herit and Serdar to be fair to Schalke but the bad news is the negative injury news does not stop there, Burgstaller, Mascarell, Nastasic, Sane and Todibo are all also out injured while Matondo and Stambouli are both doubts for the game as well as that Bayer Leverkusen have been given a boost with the news that key player Havertz is back from injury after missing the game v Bayern last weekend. I simply can’t bet anything that an away win, I can’t be sure despite last week’s draw Schalke are even playing for their manager and an away win is a must bet given Leverkusen have a lot of motivation by the fact they are chasing a champions league spot.
Bayer Levekusen -1 min odds 1.82Â