Bayern Munich vs Schalke 04 Predictions and Betting Tips, 09 Feb 2019

The Match Is Over. Score: 3-1

Bayern Munich vs Schalke 04 Predictions for Saturday's Bundesliga match at the Allianz Arena in Munich. Both sides have tough schedules to follow and lost their last league match, so another slip-up is what they will try to avoid.

Match status: 2018-19 Bundesliga - Matchweek 21
Kick-off: Saturday 09 Feb 2019, 05:30pm GMT
Venue: Allianz Arena (Munich)

Bayern Munich vs Schalke 04 Team News

Frankly it's somehow unusual to see the champions of the last six Bundesliga seasons Bayern Munich sit 3rd behind leaders Dortmund and Borussia Monchengladbach after 20 rounds - in just 13 of which Der FCB have played to win so far. Now they host 13th-placed Schalke in an attempt to cover last Saturday's 3-1 defeat to Leverkusen.

Niko Kovac's played a Bayern Leverkusen side last week when the last time they lost was in a 2-3 thriller against Borussia Dortmund in early November - a streak that had seen the Munich-based club win 8 matches with just two draws.

The Bavarians can take positivity from favourable head-to-head history against today's opponents Schalke: they have not once suffered defeat from the Gelsenkirchen club since 2011, when Schalke beat Bayern 0-1 away, meeting 18 times afterwards with Bayern winning 15 of them (W15 D3).

Schalke standing 12th in the current league season is perhaps frustrating all its fans having finished the runners-up last term and are waiting for the Champions League to resume its action as they are playing Premier League side Man City on 20 February after taking on this Munich side and then host Freiburg a week later. So they have had to play 5 games in 17 days which might prove a little gruelling.

Head-to-Head Bundesliga Record: Bayern Munich vs Schalke 04

2018-19 Bundesliga
Schalke 0-2 Bayern Munich

2017-18 Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 2-1 Schalke

2017-18 Bundesliga
Schalke 0-3 Bayern Munich

2016-17 Bundesliga
Bayern Munich 1-1 Schalke