Lokomotiv Moscow - Schalke 04 03.10 Free soccer tips
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"Lokomotiv" was in the "group of life", CSKA was placed on the cross
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Then Gelsenkirchen in their field lost to Bayern (0-2) and lost to Freiburg at home (0: 1). In the last match, "Schalke" won the first victory of the season, beating in his field "Mainz" with a score of 1: 0.
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As a result, with 3 points and a goal difference of 3-9, the Gelsenkirchen club ranks 17th in the Bundesliga table.
In the upcoming match will not play defenders Abdul Baba, Sasha Rieter, Bastian Ochipka, midfielder Benjamin Istanbul and strikers Bril Embolo and Steven Skrybski.
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Forecast
Bookmakers consider Lokomotiv the favorite of the match. The Semin team's victory is given a coefficient of 2.45, while for a draw - 3.15, and for the success of "Schalke" - 3.20.
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Forecast: "Locomotive" or draw
Gelsenkirchen lost all three away matches this season, but still remain a serious opponent. But the "Locomotive" has nowhere to retreat and in its field, it should, at least, not lose.
Forecast: Draw in the first half
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Most of the goals scored and missed by the teams falls on the second half, so you can expect that in the first half, the winner will not be. Also interesting are the TM 2.5 variants for 1.60 and "both will be scored - no" for 1.80.
Wednesday night in Moscow will host one of the matches of the second round of the group stage of the Champions League - Locomotive will take Schalke.
Strangely enough, but these teams have not previously crossed, so the intrigue of this confrontation will be frenzied ...
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In general, during the season, Locomotive does not shine at all, so in the Champions League the team is only failing so far. So, in the first round Semin's wards managed to give Galatasaray 3: 0 on the road. Yes, now the "railwaymen" have won 2 victories in a row, but it can not be said that it was easy - 2: 3 after overtime with the Baltics and 2: 0 with Akhmat.
But Schalke even worse conducts a new season, because in the German championship the team only on the last weekend scored the first points scored - a victory over Mainz with the score 1: 0. Before that, in the championship "miners" only lost, and the total score for those 5 matches was 2: 9. At the same time, in the Champions League, Domenico Tedesco's wards proved themselves worthy - draw with Porto (1: 1), but the game Gelsenkirchen deserved 3 points.
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Bookmakers almost do not allocate any of the teams, but this is not entirely reasonable. In fact, the "miners" demonstrate a good game, they simply lacked the confidence and good luck. Now they won and cheered up, so in Moscow they should show themselves in all their glory. Well, the "railwaymen" are not yet impressive, so they can fail ...
Free forecast for the match Lokomotiv Moscow - Schalke: "Schalke's victory or a tie". William Hill bookmaker offers this odds ratio of 1.44.
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Moscow Lokomotiv will compete with the German team Schalke 04 next Wednesday at home. Both teams started the season not in the best way, moreover, both in their domestic championships and in Europe. In this regard, the rivals are very similar. But also the current champion of Russia and the vice-champion of Germany are similar in their high motivation to the upcoming meeting. At the same time, the German brigade is quoted by bookmakers as a small favorite, which is surprising, considering how the Pitmen play away.
Two wins
Semin's team managed to win two consecutive matches, first, the "red-greens” upset the Kaliningrad audience with their victory over the Baltic 3: 2, and after, already pleased their own fans with Victoria over Akhmat. After this victory, Loko rose to the TOP-7 RPL, behind Spartak and the Europa League zone by only three points.
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Also won
Schalke finally managed to win in the Bundesliga, Gelsenkirchen with a score of 1: 0 in the native walls beat Mainz. But, despite the three points scored, the Pitmen remained in the relegation zone, Fortuna and Stuttgart, who share 15-16 places, ahead of Schalke by two points. In the first round of the Champions League group, the Germans with great difficulty kept a draw in their home match against Porto. On the whole, while Schalke looks completely unconvincing, it is risky to bet on the guests.
Forecast
Loko has a very decent squad, and even in the Champions League the Moscow team should not get lost, especially considering the level of rivals of the "railroad” in the group. In the match against Schalke, the Moscow squad has every chance, at least, not to lose. Our free forecast for this meeting: Loko will not lose
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In the second round of the group stage of the Champions League on October 3 at 19:55 Lokomotiv Moscow will play against Schalke at the stadium "RZD Arena".
Lokomotiv Moscow in its first duel with the Champions League defeated 0-3 Galatasarayu, so now the team is at the bottom of the table, but has a chance to improve, if it is much better to perform in the next rounds. Even in the Russian championship, "Zheleznodorozhnikov" has big problems, but on their lawn players give themselves to the maximum.
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Schalke found the strength to in the first round of the group finish the match in a draw with Porto, which provided the club the third place in the table. In the Bundesliga the "Royal Blue" is terrible, because the club only in the last fight interrupted its series without victories, which lasted 5 meetings in a row. Football players are very bad at the exit, where they have not yet won in the past three confrontations.
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Lokomotiv and Schalke have never met each other. With the support of the tribunes, "Railwaymen" perform well, and "Blue" on the contrary, can not cope with the atmosphere on the road, I think the meeting will turn out to be interesting and effective. The game on the defensive is the weak point of both teams. Rate: TB2.
Forecast: TB (2) with a coefficient of 1.76
Both teams had a great last season, and in this they are in a serious crisis. This match will determine which of them is more worthy to continue the fight for reaching the next round.
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In the opening match of the Champions League, Lokomotiv was defeated by Galatasaray with a score of 0: 3. Thus, the wards of Semin occupy the last place in the quartet D. And in the RPL they are only sixth. However, the Railwaymen gradually begin to remind themselves of the sample of the last championship.
After six rounds of the Bundesliga in the assets of Schalke, only one victory and the current seventeenth place in the standings. There is a contrast with the beautiful last season, when Cobalt finished second. In the first match of the Champions League Tedesko wards tied 1: 1 with Porto and still have good chances to go further.
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The chances of teams to win in this game are approximately equal. Let's give a slight advantage to the owners who seem to be out of the crisis. After all, Tuesday's duel is perhaps the last opportunity for Lokomotiv to impose the struggle to enter the playoff round.
Lokomotiv will not lose (1X) at 1.6
Locomotive in this season shows a boring and not a strong-willed game, because of what fails ka in the RPL, and in the Champions League. If in the Premier League it is still possible to establish business, then in the Champions League the "railwaymen" have already been well-preserved - in the first round the team lost to Galatasaray with a score of 3: 0. Now the wards Semina have 2 victories in a row, but in fact, you should not expect them to third victory. Why? Yes, everything is simple: previous victories were forced and, from the part, accidental ...
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Schalke also does not shine, but in the Bundesliga the team has a complete failure. So, for the starting 5 rounds, the miners did not score a single point, but at last weekend they finally won - 1: 0 with Mainz. In the Champions League, Tedesco's wards have shown themselves a little better by playing a draw with Porto at home - 1: 1. However, in that match Gelsenkirchen looked better than rivals, which indicates their motivation for the matches of the Champions League .
October 3, "Locomotive" will meet with "Schalke" in the Champions League. Both teams have already held one fight in group D. "Railwaymen" did not earn a single point, occupying the last place, and the Germans settled on the third. Win the upcoming battle - the only chance for the wards Semin not fly out of the Champions League.
The bookmaker "Olympus" offers a 3.22 coefficient for their victory, "Schalke" "Victoria" is estimated by the coefficient 2.45.
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The first match, "Lokomotiv" played with the Turkish "Galatasaray", losing 3: 0. And the "railroad" more owned the ball. There were unrealized moments. Although the Turkish players had 3 times more strikes on the gates. If we talk about the participation of Semin's squad in the home championship, that's also not all smooth - only 3 wins with 3 defeats and 3 draws. As a result, the team takes only 7th place.
The "Schalke" in the home championship situation is even worse. The Germans are satisfied with only 17th place with 1 victory and 5 defeats. But in the Champions League in the match with the "Port" they were able to withstand a draw (1: 1). "Schalke" does not differ good defense, in almost every fight the team misses goals.
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Now the rivals have a great incentive not to fly out of the Champions League. Both have problems with defense and attack. Chances in this fight are approximately equal. In BC "Olympus" for a draw, the coefficient is 3.20, the total is more than 2.5 - 2.37, less than 2.5 – 1.62.
Lokomotiv returned to the group round of the Champions League and significantly increased under this event, but so far the team of Yuri Semin is doing absolutely no matter - both in the championship and in European competition. In the Championship of Russia, the railroaders occupy only seventh place, but in the Champions League they began their journey with a 0: 3 defeat from Galatasaray.
In Istanbul, Lokomotiv did not look so hopeless as it may seem in a row - Galatasaray just managed to finish off the enemy, but even the victory of the Turks was questionable for a long time. Loko's problem is that the club now has too many newbies who have not yet had time to play and, sooner or later, the team may add. In the enchanting game with Zenit, which ended 3: 5, Lokomotiv performed well in the attack, but the defense of the team played terribly.
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However, not to say that at the start of the season Schalke is very good both in the Champions League and in the championship. With great difficulty defeating 1: 0 Mainz, the gelzenkirchens scored their first points in the Bundesliga, interrupting a series of five defeats in a row. In the Champions League they started with a home draw against Porto, but this result is also not good.
It seems that in this game we will see goals - and, most likely, in those and other gates. The defense of the teams leaves much to be desired, but Lokomotiv and Schalke have a desire to prove themselves in the attack and finally break the chain of failures, because there is a reason to put both "both goals” and total more than 2.5 goals.
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