Betting tips for RB Leipzig vs Schalke 13.01.2018

The Bundesliga resumes in the Red Bull Arena with the match between Die Roten Bullen and Schalke 04, corresponding to the 18th round of the German league. The RB Leipzig completed an almost perfect debut season in the Bundesliga. With less than a decade of history, the team of the energy drinks company led the Bundesliga right up until the winter break, when Bayern Munich defeated them and regained a leadership that they did not abandon. The Red Bulls ended up defending the second position, which has put them in the group stage of the Champions League directly.

With a budget of more than 181 million euros, the German team keeps promising Ralph Hasenhüttl at the helm of the team. The former coach of Ingolstadt has 6 reinforcements of guarantees to empower the team, whose greatest success has been to keep most of its stars. Until now, only Rani Khedira, brother of the German international midfielder, who has left free to Augsburg; next to the Turkish Atinc Nukan, who is on loan to Besiktas; and center forward Davie Selke, sold to Hertha Berlin for 8 million euros, cause them to go down. In contrast, the team invested 37.5 million euros in the signings of French striker Jean-Kévin Augustin, great promise of PSG that has no place in the team of Emery; Portuguese winger Bruma, signed to Galatasaray in exchange for 12.5 million; the midfielder Konrad Laimer, who comes from the brother team RB Salzburg; the Young Boys' Swiss goalkeeper Yvon Mvogo; and free Sub-19 goalkeeper Philipp Köhn, coming from Stuttgart; and the French center of Sochaux Ibrahima Konaté.

The Red Bulls are fifth in the Bundesliga, adding 28 points in the 17 days of the first round, paying the effort to play for the first time in the Champions League. Eliminated in their competitive qualifying group, the Germans take on Naples in the 1/16 final round of the Europa League.

BundesligaThe Schalke 04 took second place in the Bundesliga, adding 30 of the first 51 points, 11 of the leader, Bayern Munich and two ahead of Borussia Dortmund and Bayer Leverkusen. The Mining team was put in the hands of the young Italian-German Domenico Tedesco (31 years) to regain an important role in German football, after a season in which his second round did not even serve to get into the next Europe League.

The team started the season on a good line, adding 9 of the first 12 points, but went through a blip, adding a point in the next 4 games, falling to 6th place in the table. After starting with an unexpected victory against RB Leipzig (2-0), the Miners fell on their visit to the surprising collider, Hannover 96 (1-0). After the return of the break, Tedesco's men added two important victories against Stuttgart (3-1) and Werder Bremen (1-2), before losing consecutively with Bayern (0-3) and Hoffenheim ( 2-0). That trip on September 23 has been the last of the team in the league, where he has 11 consecutive games is to know the defeat.

185 million budget will make the mining team one of the richest in the German competition. Two players who came to the team last year, Bentaleb and Konoplyanka, have been signed definitively, in an investment of 31.5 million euros. In addition, the team has been reinforced with Amine Harit, the midfielder of Nantes; Bastian Oczipka, left-back at Eintracht Frankfurt; and the ex-Leganés Pablo Insúa, confirming the bet of the Miners by the Spanish soccer players. Giefer, Huntelaar, Neumann, Kolasinac and Choupo-Moting are some of the casualties of the team, which hopes to be fighting again for top positions in the Bundesliga.

RB Leipzig vs Schalke   Prediction: X/1 5.50

RB Leipzig vs Schalke betting tip: Over 2.5 Goals @ 1.80

RB Leipzig vs Schalke   final score recommendations: 2-1 10.00