Schalke Vs Borussia Dortmund

Competition/Round: Bundesliga

Date/Time: Sunday 15 April 2018 – Kick-off is at 2.30pm

Venue: Veltins-Arena

Referee: Manuel Grafe

Borussia Dortmund make the short outing to the Veltins-Arena on Sunday as they hope to secure consecutive wins following their mortification in Der Klassiker.

Nearby adversaries Schalke will end up being intense rivals on Sunday and Domenico Tedesco’s side at present sit in front of Dortmund in the Bundesliga table.

However, with only one point isolating the two groups, Peter Stöger will realize that there is something beyond boasting rights up for snatches in the second Revierderby of the battle.

Here’s all that you have to think about this current Sunday’s match.

Borussia Dortmund seemed to have each of the three focuses wrapped up significantly time when these two sides met before in the season, yet a moment half crumple made this experience a standout amongst the most energizing diversions there has been crosswise over Europe all year.

Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang got Dortmund off to the ideal begin after only 12 minutes. A possess objective from alternative focus back Benjamin Stambouli was soon trailed by strikes from Mario Götze and Raphaël Guerreiro and the hosts seemed to have the diversion clinched at the break.

However, an early objective from Guido Burgstaller after the restart inhaled another rent of life into the Royal Blues and Amine Harit included a moment only four minutes after the fact.

Schalke’s swoon trusts were lifted when Aubameyang got a red card yet they cleared out it late to score a third, with Daniel Caligiuri scoring a noteworthy objective in the 86th moment. Brazilian veteran Naldo at that point scored a slug header four minutes into added time to safeguard an important draw – that was praised like a win – in Gelsenkirchen.

Potential Schalke 04 Starting Lineup: Fährmann, Stambouli, Naldo, Kehrer, Meyer, Schöpf, Goretzka, Harit, Caligiuri, Burgstaller, Di Santo.

Potential Borussia Dortmund Starting Lineup: Bürki, Piszczek, Toprak, Sokratis, Schmelzer, Weigl, Dahoud, Pulisic, Reus, Philipp, Batshuayi.

Prediction

It really is anyone’s guess as to who is going to win this weekend. Based on form from last week then Dortmund will be favourites to claim the bragging rights on Sunday, but league position puts Schalke just ahead of their rivals as favourites for the Revierderby.

The Royal Blues have to bounce back after defeat last week and their home advantage should prove to be just enough to get Schalke over the line this weekend.

Prediction: Schalke 3-2 Borussia Dortmund