Krasnodar take on the visitors Schalke in the round 3 match of Europa League group stage. The match will be played on Thursday, October 20th at Krasnodar Stadium.
Krasnodar showed excellent football in starting matches and gained results no one expected. They started with 0-1 away win at Salzburg and followed it with 5-2 performance at home against Ligue 1 leaders Nice. The hosts of the match are currently ahead of the visitors Schalke only due to better goal difference. The teal lost only two matches so far this season but it didn’t stop the board from replacing their head coach in course of the season. The Bulls are on eight-match undefeated run since the end of August. On top of that, Krasnodar won seven of their eight home matches this season.
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Schalke are suffering from inconsistency at the start of the season 2016/17. The team haven’t lost a single point in Europa League after 1-0 win over Nice and 3-1 win over Salzburg. At the same time, Schalke lost their first five starting matches in the league, finally taking points in recent two games with 4-0 win over ‘Gladbach and 1-1 draw with Augsburg.
The teams have taken the lead in the group and they will likely to advance for the knock-out phase of the tournament. The hosts take eurocups seriously and use their best footballers while Schalke may rest some of the players before Bundesliga matches. Anyway, the teams play offensive football and we can expect to see goals on both sides of the pitch.
Prediction for the match: Both teams to score – yes.
