Schalke v Steau predictions and betting tips

Match	Date	Selection	Bet	Odds	Bet now
Schalke v Steau predictions and betting tips Champions League Uefa, International	18/09/2013 20:45	other	Schalke win to nil	2.38	Bet at Ladbrokes
Betting prediction was written by Colin

SCHALKE V STEAU BUCHAREST : PREDICTIONS AND BETTING TIPS

Schalke made hard work of getting past PAOK to qualify, but have won their group in the two previous Champions league campaigns. The visit of Steau gives every chance of a winning start. League form has picked up well with two wins, and Kevin Prince Boateng scored the winner at Mainz. His first since his move from Milan. He will hope to get on the scoresheet again here, and along with Draxler and Farfan could torment the Steau defence. Midfielder Jermaine Jones is suspended after his red card against PAOK, and Huntelaar is still out with a knee injury. The sides met in the Europa league groups in 2011, Schalke winning 2-1 at home. No Romanian team has ever beaten a German team in the Champions league with two draws and eight defeats.

Steaua have reached the group stages by beating Vardar, Dinamo Tbilisi and Legia Warsaw in qualifiers, but they have a poor record in the competition proper. They are winless in their last seventeen Champions league games, losing thirteen of them and have never gone beyond the groups. They are on thirteen points from five games in their domestic league, and come here on the back of a 5-0 win at the weekend. Italian striker Piovaccari signed from Sampdoria scored in both games against Legia in qualifying and will pose their biggest threat.

SCHALKE V STEAU BUCHAREST: BETTING TIPS

A Schalke win is quite rightly virtually unbackable unless including in accumulator bets to bolster returns, but Schalke can be backed at 11-8(2.38) with Ladbrokes To win to Nil and this looks unbelievable value to me. Schalke have kept clean sheets in their last two league fixtures and I don’t see Steau getting too many chances in which to score.

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