Kaiserslautern vs Schalke Prediction & Betting Tips (26 January)

The Fritz Walter Stadion in Kaiserslautern will be the setting for a meeting for the simultaneous opening of the 18th day of the 2. Bundesliga in Germany, this Friday January 26, 2024 from 6:30 p.m. This bottom part of the table will see Kaiserslautern, 18 points on the clock, receiving relegated Schalke 04, 20 points. With a negative record of already 10 losses in the space of 18 oppositions, the team playing in its lair only has a single point ahead of the 16th and 17th.

In the league, Kaiserslautern has not taken a single point since October 28 and apart from 2 successes in the national cup, the team has not won since October 6. Thus, after 2 defeats with a score of 2 goals to 1 respectively against Hertha Berlin then, against Braunschweig, the team also lost its resumption match last weekend on the St Pauli field 2-0. Against them, the results are hardly more satisfactory for the players of Gelsenkirchen who after 3 matches without a setback including a success in Rostock 0-2 then a sharing of points against Greuther Furth 2 to 2 before the break, have just losing at home to Hamburg 0-2. The lead is tiny in the 3-unit relegation zone and we will have to quickly follow up with a 7th success in the league to distance ourselves from the teams at the bottom of the table.

Both teams have found the net in just two of the most recent 12 top-flight fixtures involving Kaiserslautern, so it is quite rare for this to happen when they take to the field. It has been a virtually identical story as far as Schalke are concerned, as 11 of their previous 13 matches at this level have seen at least one of the two keepers emerge with a clean sheet.