Freiburg vs Schalke prediction: GERMANY: Bundesliga betting tips on match 2023-04-22 13:30.
Freiburg kept themselves within arms reach of a first ever Champions League qualification with a 2-1 comeback victory over Werder Bremen last weekend, a game which saw Roland Sallai and Lucas Höler assist each other! That helped maintain Freiburg’s solid league record and they should be ready to keep pushing with just six games to go, given that the only sides to defeat them across the last 12 rounds were the top-two (W5, D5, L2).
Solidity alone won’t be enough for this Freiburg side to make history as they need maximum points here to provisionally leapfrog Leipzig into fourth. Improving on a run of just one win from their last five competitive home games is therefore paramount (W1, D2, L2), so perhaps their club record run of six consecutive Bundesliga home wins against promoted opposition will provide a further boost to morale.
Schalke made great progress in their mission to avoid an immediate return to the second-tier by scoring five goals in a Bundesliga game for the first time since 2019 in a stunning 5-2 win over Hertha last weekend. They still remain in the bottom-three, although they enter the round just three points from safety, so there’s a glimmer of hope.
That hope will largely depend on the Royal Blues improving their away form as four of their final six league games of the season will come on the road. Damningly, Schalke have only taken the lead for a league-low 45 minutes away from home all season, and that was in their only away win (W1, D5, L7), so ending a run of three defeats and nine conceded goals without reply at this venue may be a big ask.
Players to watch: Although Höler has scored each of his last four Freiburg goals away from home, he did hit the opener in this exact fixture in Schalke’s last relegation campaign. Schalke’s revival has largely coincided with the red hot form of Marius Bülter. He has six goals and one assist in his last seven games and also scored in his side’s only away league win this season.
Hot streak: Freiburg are on a run of four straight Bundesliga H2H wins without reply against Schalke, a club record against a specific opponent.