Daily betting tips – 18.02.2015
Schalke vs Real Madrid – Preview and betting tips
Schalke 04 and Real Madrid will be face to face today from 19:45, UK Time in the first leg of the last 16 round in Champions League. It is very clear that the spanish side starts with first chance in this game.
Schalke 04 ticked a bad result few days ago in Bundesliga, losing 0-1 at Frankfurt against Eintracht. If we talk about home games, the german side won both home matches in 2015, 1-0 against Hannover and the same score against Borussia Moenchengladbach. The bad news is that Draxler will miss the game, but there will be five more injured players like Fahrmann, Farfan, Obasi, Goretza and Kolasinac.
Real Madrid will try to get another good result on this stadium after they won 6-1 a year ago in the last 16 round of the last edition. The galactics won against La Coruna few days ago in La Liga, 2-0 at Santiago Bernabeu, but they were humiliated 11 days ago by Atletico Madrid, their local rivals, 0-4 at Vicente Calderon. Modric, Rodriguez, Ramos, Khedira and Coentrao are injured and won’t be available today.
Schalke 04 vs Real Madrid probable lineups:
Schalke (3-5-2): Wellenreuther – Howedes, Matip, Nastasic – Uchida, Barnetta, Kirchhoff, Hoger, Fuchs – Huntelaar, Moting.
Real Madrid (4-3-3): Casillas – Carvajal, Varante, Nacho, Marcelo – Illarramendi, Kroos, Isco – Bale, Benzema, Ronaldo.
Prediction: 2 @ 1.44
As we say a year ago, we expect Real Madrid to confirm their superiority once again today, getting an important victory away against Schalke, to make their mission easier in the second leg.