Schalke VS Mainz ( BETTING TIPS, Match Preview & Expert Analysis )™
PREVIEW & TIPS FOR Schalke vs Mainz
FC Schalke 04 is only the second club in the long history of the Bundesliga to score less than ten points after 23 match days. With a catastrophic record of just one win, six draws and 16 defeats, the Royal Blues adorn the end of the table in the Bundesliga and are already nine points behind the saving bank.
The fact that during the week many fans at least regained some hope of being able to prevent the impending relegation to the 2nd Bundesliga was due to the clear cut in personnel, during which the coach was repeatedly replaced. With the best bookmakers, however, the installation by Dimitrios Grammozis does not yet mean that the odds on the outcome of the game between Schalke and Mainz are adjusted on Friday evening.
Schalke Team News
The royal blue epidemic season experienced another low point last weekend. The miners got under the wheels at VfB Stuttgart with a score of 1: 5 and surrendered to their own fate in the final phase. From the point of view of the players, who previously started a mutiny against their coach, the violent gossip was still something good, because as a logical consequence of not performing well, Christian Gross was released from his duties. Sports director Schneider, manager Riether and the co-trainer and athletic trainer were also on leave.
At the same time, the Schalke management team took away all alibis from the professionals. With the home game against Mainz 05, far away from any much discussed personalities, something like a turnaround or a restart should finally succeed. In order to spark euphoria and possibly prevent the bitter move into the second division, a new coach was introduced at the beginning of the week with Dimitrios Grammozis, who is seen as a long-term solution for the former Champions League participant even in the event of relegation.
The debut could hardly be more important for the German-Greek ex-professional, especially since a direct competitor is waiting with the Rheinhessen. Although all the numbers from the current season between Schalke and Mainz virtually prohibit a tip on the home side, there are one or two statistics that may give the afflicted supporters of Gelsenkirchen a little courage.
Mainz Team News
The FSV Mainz 05 got a little bit of the wind out of the sails in the previous week. After seven points from three games and three wins from the last five games, the zero five missed a big point at home against their direct rivals from Augsburg. Instead of jumping to the safe shore with a win, it set a 0-1 defeat, which has already increased the gap to the Fuggerstadt-based team to nine points.
At best, the Rheinhessen want to rehabilitate themselves for the blow in the neck on Friday and confirm the upward trend of recent weeks in the next six-point game in the Veltins Arena. Regardless of who the opponent is, a complicated task awaits coach Bo Svensson’s side, unbeaten in two away games, but one of the weakest teams in the distance for the entire season.