First day of Champions League elimination rounds, where Valencia accepts Schalke at home.
Both teams have met each other four times, where both games in Valencia have ended draw. Valencia are currently 3rd in Spain, with 47 points in 23 games, record of W14 D5 L4. The team has been unbeaten in the past 12 games in all competitions, and hasn’t lost a game since December 4th , when Valencia visited Real Madrid.
In the group stage of the Champions League, Valencia finished second with 11 points, with a record of W3 D2 L1, scoring 15 goals and conceding only 4. Only Tottenham and Bayern Munchen have scored more goals.
Schalke topped their ground with a record of W4 D1 L1, scoring 10 goals and conceding only 3. The team has done poorly against Spanish teams, not being able to win any of the last 7 European games, and not being able to score in 6 of those.
In the Bundesliga, Schalke finished last year as second, but started the season with quite a lot of losses, and perhaps only the stars like Raul and Huntelaar were able to bring up the team to the 10th spot at the moment. Schalke has got 29 points in 22 games a record of W8 D5 L9. In the past 5 Bundesliga games, Schalke has 2 victories 2 losses and a draw.
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Against German teams here, Valencia has recorded five draws and a loss, three out of the last 3 home games against German teams ended draw.
Key players that will miss the game for Valencia are David Albelda who’s suspended, César Sánchez and Juan Mata are still out, but manager Emery says they are ready to play. For Schalke only Kyriakos Papadopoulos and Christoph Moritz will miss the game due to injuries.
Knowing the Valencia has recorded here 5 draws and a loss against German teams here since 1996, I am willing to go in the other direction for this match. While I am not sure whether this game will be a draw or a home win, perhaps the double chance is the best bet here. If you want to watch the game online you can check this link out: here.
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Draw or Schalke @ 2.00 (Bet365)
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