On Saturday Apr 1st, Bayer Leverkusen and Schalke 04 will play a match in Gelsenkirchen in a clash of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 6 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 17th placed Schalke 04, recorded a 1-1 draw against Augsburg. Arne Maier struck first for Augsburg in the 51st minute on a feed from Ermedin Demirović, but Marius Bülter got the equalizer for Schalke 04 in the 3rd minute of the second half’s stoppage time squeezing out at least the one point for Schalke 04. Schalke 04 is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, 8th placed Bayer Leverkusen, recorded a 2-1 win against Bayern München. Joshua Kimmich scored the first goal for Bayern München in the 22nd minute, but Exequiel Palacios got the equalizer for Bayer Leverkusen in the 55th minute But luckily in the 73rd minute, they were able to complete the comback with a penalty goal by Exequiel Palacios. Bayer Leverkusen should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches.
On the 8th of October, Bayer Leverkusen hosted Schalke 04 at the Bayarena in their last match together. Bayer Leverkusen was victorious by a score of 4 to 0. Moussa Diaby scored the first goal for Bayer Leverkusen in the 38th minute, then Jeremie Frimpong added another in the 41st minute on a feed from Moussa Diaby In the end, Schalke 04 couldn’t muster any offence and Bayer Leverkusen ran away with the shutout win.
Both Jeremie Frimpong and Amine Adli have been the hottest scorers for Bayer Leverkusen in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals each. Marius Bülter has been on a hot streak lately. In the last five games, hes scored four goals for Schalke 04
Dominick Drexler, Jere Uronen and Tim Skarke are unavailable to play for Thomas Reis’s team, while Xabier Alonso Olano’s squad will be without Karim Bellarabi, Charles Aránguiz and Patrik Schick.