Werder Bremen vs Schalke prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2022-11-04 17:30.
Werder Bremen hit a recent rocky patch with as many defeats across three Bundesliga rounds (W1, L2) as they recorded in the opening nine, although they swiftly bounced back to form with a 1-0 win against Hertha Berlin last time out. The 85th minute winner in that game continued the narrative of Werder Bremen enjoying grandstand finishes this term, with ten of their 21 league goals now coming beyond the 80th minute!
Manager Ole Werner can reflect on almost a year in charge of the River Islanders and it has been a largely successful period (W19, D7, L7). One of those wins came by a resounding 4-1 scoreline against Schalke during last season’s 2. Bundesliga campaign which ended in promotion for both sides, yet a repeat of that result is by no means guaranteed with Bremen failing to win four of the last five home H2Hs.
Bremen captain Marco Freidl is wary of this opposition, highlighting that Schalke will have “a new wind” under their new boss Thomas Reis. Even so, the size of the task awaiting Reis was made clear after he blasted his side for “playing messily” and “defending carelessly” in the aftermath of the 2-0 loss against Freiburg in his first game at the helm.
That result extended Schalke’s rotten losing run to seven domestic clashes since their last win, which coincidentally was a 3-1 victory over a Reis-managed Bochum, with that defeat actually leading to his dismissal! Only in their dreadful 2020/21 relegation campaign have Schalke ever recorded a worse 12-game Bundesliga start than this season’s, and one more defeat will set a new club record for consecutive top-flight losses.
Players to watch: The aforementioned Freidl thinks that Germany should call up his Bremen teammate Niclas Füllkrug for the World Cup squad after his incredible nine-goal haul this season, he also scored in their last win over Schalke. In stark contrast, Florent Mollet is Schalke’s only scorer in over six hours of league play.
Hot streak: Schalke have failed to win 34 consecutive Bundesliga away games (D10, L24), though their last travelling top-flight win was here in Bremen (2-1).