Eintracht Braunschweig will host Schalke at the Eintracht-Stadion on Friday in the first round of the 2023-24 DFB Pokal campaign.
The home side kicked off their 2. Bundesliga campaign last month, suffering a 1-0 defeat to Holstein Kiel following a late goal from Iceland international Holmbert Fridjonsson. They were then beaten 2-1 by Magdeburg in their second league outing, finding themselves two goals down before Anthony Ujah scored a late consolation goal.
Schalke, meanwhile, suffered a 5-3 defeat to Hamburg in their league opener last month and had looked set to be headed toward a draw before their opponents scored twice in additional time. They then returned to winning ways in their second game with a comfortable 3-0 win over nine-man Kaiserslautern featuring goals from three different players including Turkey international Kenan Karaman.
Braunschweig are on a run of back-to-back defeats after going undefeated in their three games prior. They have lost three of their last four competitive home games and could struggle here.
Schalke's latest result ended a run of back-to-back winless outings and they will be looking to build on that this weekend. They have enjoyed a positive run of results in this fixture of late and should come out on top here.
Prediction: Eintracht Braunschweig 1-2 Schalke
Tip 1 - Result: Schalke to win
Tip 2 - Goals - Over/under 2.5 - Over 2.5 goals (Six of the last seven matches between the two teams have produced more than 2.5 goals)
Tip 3 - Both teams to score: YES (Both sides have found the back of the net in five of their last seven matchups)
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