On Dec 18th, Hamburger SV will play host to Schalke 04 in a clash of these two evenly matched 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 1 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. 3rd placed Hamburger SV is fresh off their 3-0 shutout win against Hansa Rostock. Robert Glatzel struck first for Hamburger SV in the 8th minute on a feed from Faride Alidou, then Ludovit Reis added another in the 18th minute on a feed from Jan Gyamerah At the end of 90 a dissapointed Hansa Rostock couldn’t manage to score, and Hamburger SV took the shutout win. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Hamburger SV should be reasonably happy with their performance, while schalke 04 sits at 4th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 4-1 win against Nürnberg. Thomas Ouwejan scored the first goal for Schalke 04 in the 20th minute, then in the 49th minute, Manuel Schäffler sent in a beautiful pass which was converted by Nurnberger. With 19 points in their last 10 matches Schalke 04 should be reasonably happy with their performance.
On Jul 23rd, Schalke 04 hosted Hamburger SV in their last match together. Hamburger SV was victorious by a score of 3 to 1. Simon Terodde struck first for Schalke 04 in the 7th minute, but Robert Glatzel got the equalizer for Hamburger SV in the 53rd minute But fortunately they were able to complete the comaback in the 86th minute on a goal by Moritz Heyer.
Both Marius Bülter and Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez have been the hottest scorers for Schalke 04 in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. For Hamburger SV, their top scorers are Kittel and Faride Alidou, each having 2 goals in their last five matches.