Bayern Munich v Schalke 04
Football ; Germany : Bundesliga
Allianz Arena
Saturday, 30th April 2011 – kickoff 18:30

Bayern Munich

Bayern Munich have barely managed a 1-1 draw against Eintracht Frankfurt in the last round when they equalized in the last minute of that match with a penalty goal scored by Mario Gomez.

Bayern Munich can not afford any slip ups in the remaining three matches of the season and must win them all so they can hope to finish third.

No matter on what place Bayern Munich finishes this season, it has been a very bad season for the Bavarians and is considered to be a failure, as the team will end it empty handed, without any trophy, and what might be even worse they might miss out the Champions League football for next season as well which will damage this team a bit financially.

Good team news is the return in the starting line up of the Dutchman Arjen Robben who had served his two match ban sentence for the red card he had picked up couple of rounds ago.

Hamit Altintop is out with a back problem and Luiz Gustavo will have to sit out this match to serve a five yellow cards suspension, so Holger Badstuber will take his place in the central defense.

Probable Bayern Munich line-up :
Butt,
Lahm, van Buyten, Badstuber, Contento,
Tymoshchuk, Schweinsteiger,
Robben, T. Muller, Ribery,
Gomez

Schalke 04

Schalke 04 will enter into this match without any pressure whatsoever as their Bundesliga status is safe and they will think more on the rematch with Manchester United next week than on this match.

Coach Rangnick is expected to field relatively strong line up, but probably this match will be used just like a warm up for the next weeks match in the Champions League.

Except for Benedikt Howedes who suffers from a hamstring injury all other players are fit to play, so coach Rangnick will field standard 4-4-2 formation with Raul (twelve goals scored) and Edu (three goals scored) as strikers.

Probable Schalke 04line-up :
Neuer,
Uchida, Matip, Metzelder, Escudero,
Kluge, Papadopoulos, Farfan, Jurado,
Raul, Edu

The Betting Verdict

Interestingly, Schalke 04 have beaten Bayern Munich twice already this season-in the league they won 2-0 at home and they also beat Bayern in Munich 1-0 in the DFB Cup.

The overall record speaks clearly for Bayern Munich as they have 38 wins, 25 draws and 18 losses against Schalke 04.

I am 99 percent sure that this match will end in a home win for Bayern Munich. Schalke 04 will be a bit tired from the match against Man Utd plus they have to think and focus for the rematch that comes just in few days and this match is a must win for Bayern Munich so they will push for a win from the start.

Bayern Munich home record has been outstanding this season and they are leaders in that category with 15 home wins, two draws and just two losses, and having on mind that Schalke 04 have nothing to play for in this match, the home win for Bayern Munich seems like an obvious choice.

The Statistics :

The Pick :

Bayern Munich-Schalke 04 3-1

FIXED ODDS BETTING :

Take the Home win for Bayern Munich and the best price is 1.40 at Interwetten