Elversberg vs Schalke 04 betting tip 2024/2025 - Picks and Predictions for the 2. Bundesliga match on December 20th, 2024

Elversberg and Schalke 04 will play on December 20th, 2024, Friday at 17:30h (UTC), in an event counting for the 2. Bundesliga in Germany, check the Elversberg vs Schalke 04 betting tip 2024/2025 to win with your bets.

Stadium and City where Elversberg vs Schalke 04 will occur

The game takes place in the small URSAPHARM-Arena an der Kaiserlinde stadium, in the city of Spiesen-Elversberg, with a capacity for 8000 spectators, that will try to help the team achieve a positive result.

Where to follow the live game

You can follow the match live on Betarena, with access to all the information to help you with your sports betting, including statistics, events and odds.

Introduction to the Elversberg vs Schalke 04 betting tip 2024/2025

Elversberg last match

In the last match they played, Elversberg collected a win. The opposing team was Eintracht Braunschweig, and the match - which ended with the result of 0-3 - was valid for 2. Bundesliga. Coach H. Steffen's disposed his team in a 4-2-3-1 formation.

The forecast was that the match between the two teams would be quite close, hence the home win had odds of 2.25.

Fisnik Asllani was a crucial player in this excellent victory for Elversberg. The player had 2 goals scored and appeared prominently in other duel statistics. Undoubtedly, his performance had great weight in the positive result.

Schalke 04 last match

On the other hand, the visiting team arrives at this match after a draw in the last round. In a dispute valid for 2. Bundesliga, Schalke 04, who used a 4-2-3-1 formation, faced the Fortuna Düsseldorf team with a final score of 1-1.

In the previous analysis the draw was among the logical results of this match, especially because it was expected a fairly even game between both teams and had odds around 3.50.

Elversberg vs Schalke 04 h2h

The last time these teams faced off against each other in 2. Bundesliga, Schalke 04 was in 12th place while Elversberg was in the 10th place. Schalke 04 opened with a 4-3-1-2 arrangement while Elversberg charged with a 4-2-3-1 formation.

Their last 2023/2024 2. Bundesliga match which took place on 19-04-2024 was such a competitive game it ended in a 1-1 draw.

Last time a draw between these teams, what to expect now?

The Elversberg team in their last five matches has produced solid performances, while Schalke 04 has been more irregular.

Curiosity about previous games

The two teams had very different results in their previous games. While Elversberg thrashed in a game that was not expected to be so easy, against Eintracht Braunschweig, Schalke 04 drew in a match against Fortuna Düsseldorf. Let's see how this previous result can interfere with the morale of the teams for this game.

It is important to note that much of this opposing scenario is due to the performance of Fisnik Asllani, who had a brilliant performance and was key in the impressive team victory.

Elversberg

2. Bundesliga leaderboard now

The Elversberg team with 28 points currently occupies the 1st place of the leaderboard, being in the qualifying place for the Promotion, with a campaign of 8 wins, 4 draws and 4 losses.

Which means that, with the same score, the team is ahead the FC Köln team closing in at the 2nd place in the 17th round.

Elversberg analysis

At the end of round 16 of 2. Bundesliga, Elversberg collected 30 goals scored and 18 goals conceded.

Playing at home shows more positive results for the team with 5 wins, 2 losses and, 1 draw compared to the 3 games they won as the visiting team.

Best goalscorer from Elversberg

When we analyze the team's attack so far, the competition's performance at the individual level Fisnik Asllani is the player to highlight. Helping Elversberg with 10 goals scored this season, the Attacker has been instrumental in achieving positive outcomes.

Schalke 04

2. Bundesliga leaderboard now

Schalke 04 arrives in this game with 17 points, and in 14th place in the 2. Bundesliga, having won 4 games in total and lost 7 times, making a total of 5 draws.

Schalke 04 analysis

Schalke 04 counted 28 goals scored and 32 conceded at the end of 2. Bundesliga day number 16.

Schalke 04 has been inconsistent in their recent matches, winning 2, drawing 2 and losing 1. They need to find more consistency in their performances if they want to challenge for the top positions in the league.

The Schalke 04 team usually tries to control the game with an average ball possession of 54.81%. Teams with ball possession above 50% typically have some control over the opponents.

Best goalscorer from Schalke 04

If we want to highlight a player in the team's offensive sector until this competition stage, we have to name Moussa Sylla. Schalke 04 owes some of their triumphs to the Attacker who scored 9 goals in this season.

For bettors some entries may be relevant for this game, namely:

Goals Top Betting Tips

It can also be interesting to bet on who will score in this match. The featured player of Elversberg is Fisnik Asllani, who has already scored 10 goals in the competition. On the other hand, the leading scorer of Schalke 04 is Moussa Sylla, he has scored in 9 opportunities.

A good time to bet for those watching the live game is in the 75-90 minute period where most goals happen.

The market with less than 2.5 goals can also be a good alternative since Schalke 04 has an average of 1.38 goals per game when playing away from home. This option is an alternative considering that Schalke 04 often does not concede goals when playing away from home.

Currently, at Bet365, the odds for the Total Goals Under 2.5 market are quoted at 2.35.

In this game, our system found another interesting opportunity for a successful bet. Both teams score and usually suffer the first goal between the 30-40 minute. With this convergence, it is typically a value market!

Corners Top Betting Tips

There is an average of 5.56 corners per game, making this a good thing to note if one wishes to obtain good results in sports betting.

Elversberg is usually quite offensive in their matches, and this has resulted in a high average of corner kicks in the competition. Currently, the team averages 6.44 corners per game played. Therefore, it might be interesting to bet on the over corner kicks of Elversberg in this match.

Cards Top Betting Tips

These teams together have a combined average of 4.81 yellow cards per match. Therefore, it might be a good option to bet on the 'Over 4.5 cards' option in this duel.

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