The Topgame of the 3rd Round will be held this week on friday when 1899 Hoffenheim is hosting the traditional club of Gelsenkirchen, FC Schalke 04. Hoffenheim, after 2 games with 6 points leading the table, could start very good to the new season, when FC Schalke 04 is facing a very bad start with 2 winless games.
In Hoffenheim there were no big transfers this summer only a very surpising sell of Carlos Eduardo who leaves the club to the russian team of Rubin Kazan. Short before the end of the transfer period Hoffenheim signed the 20 year old iceland defender Gylfi Sigurdsson from FC Reading.
Very different the transfer activities of Schalke 04. Before the begin of the new season they signed Real Madrid striker Raul Gonzalez Blanco and after the two lost games Schalke used a 30 million Euro budget to sign also Klaas-Jan Huntelaar (AC Milan), Jose Manuel Jurado (Athletico Madrid) and Nicolas Plestan (OSC Lille). Out of these tree new players only Klaas-Jan Huntelaar could start the game on friday.
1899 Hoffenheim vs FC Schalke 04
Date: Friday, 10th of september 2010, 8:30 pm
Stadium: Rhein-Nackar-Stadion
Referee: tba
1899 Hoffenheim
Goal: Starke
Defender: Beck - Simunic - Vorsah - Compper (Eichner)
Midfield: Weis - Luiz Gustavo - Salihovic
Striker: Mlapa - Ibisevic - Ba
Coach: Ralf Rangnick
Injured: Jaissle, Obasi, Compper (possibly missing)
Booked: -
FC Schalke 04
Goal: Neuer
Defender: Höwedes - Matip - Metzelder - Sarpei
Midfield: Kluge - Jones - Rakitic - Schmitz
Striker: Raul - Huntelaar
Coach: Felix Magath
Injured: Hoogland, Pander, Kenia
Booked: -
Referee: tba
Last Game: Saturday, 30th of January 2010, Schalke 04 vs 1899 Hoffenheim 2:0 (1:0)
Wins 1899 Hoffenheim: 1
Draws: 2
Wins Schalke 04: 1
| Betting Tips / Predicition |
Hoffenheim versus Schalke could be a very interesting and offensive football night because both teams looking forward for a win. Schalke with a must-win situation, Hoffenheim with a want-win situation after the first two rounds. So everthing looks like a
DRAW!
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