In a weekend match on Saturday May 27th, in week 34, RB Leipzig hosts Schalke 04 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 14 degrees, which is great football weather. RB Leipzig sits at 3rd place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-1 win against Bayern München. Serge Gnabry scored the first goal for Bayern München in the 25th minute, but Konrad Laimer got the equalizer for RB Leipzig in the 64th minute Finally they completed the comback victory in the 76th minute on a penalty goal by Christopher Nkunku to cap off a wild match. With 21 points in their last 10 matches RB Leipzig should be reasonably happy with their performance, while schalke 04 sits at 17th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt. Simon Terodde struck first for Schalke 04 in the 1st minute on a feed from Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez, then Daichi Kamada got the equalizer for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 21st minute on a feed from Randal Kolo Muani . Schalke 04 is looking for direction having 3 win and 4 losses in their last 10 matches.
Schalke 04 and RB Leipzig last played eachother at the Veltins-arena on Tuesday Jan 24th. RB Leipzig was victorious by a score of 6 to 1 in front of a crowd of almost 57000 fans. André Silva struck first for RB Leipzig in the 7th minute on a feed from Timo Werner, then Benjamin Henrichs added another in the 15th minute on a feed from Daniel Olmo.
Marius Bülter has been the most effective weapon for Schalke 04 lately. The German midfielder has netted 2 goals in his last 5 matches. Dominik Szoboszlai has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the midfielder has scored four goals for RB Leipzig
Marco Rose’s RB Leipzig squad will be without Konrad Laimer, Janis Blaswich, Daniel Olmo, Péter Gulácsi and Timo Schlieck, while Schalke 04 will be without Jere Uronen, Éder Balanta, Ralf Fährmann and Moritz Jenz.