About Match
1 points and 3 places separate them: Schalke 04 11th with 4, VfB Stuttgart 14th with 3. Schalke 04 have been over-performing their table position on recent form: 7th in the league over the last five rounds against 11th overall. Against a league average of 1.93 goals per team per game, Schalke 04 run at 1 scored and 1.33 conceded, VfB Stuttgart at 2 and 2.67. If Schalke 04 win, their total rises to 7 and up to 3rd, assuming the rest of the results stand.
23 previous meetings sit in the GioScore records — Schalke 04 12, draws 5, VfB Stuttgart 6, at 2.96 goals per meeting. Goals tend to flow: 65% of the meetings produced three or more, and both sides scored in 65%.
The match takes place at Veltins-Arena in Gelsenkirchen (capacity 62,271).