Look at the lenght of players absent!

My German contact confirms that the Schalke players are extremely unhappy with current management, they call each other names and can not co-operate at all, and the feeling is that they will throw this game away.

The Stuttgart team is not good either, and under normal conditions this would be a tight affair, and I see people in Europe, even in Germany picking Schalke to win.

Schalke are the bottom team both in actual table and in expected goal data, in a clear margin, and with a far better squad and mood than what they have today. Stuttgart on the other hand are 10th with 29 points, the performances suggest they might be a bit higher up with 33 points.

Stuttgart have been weak at home, and they have won only 7 games this season. However when they win they do it by a big margin! 5 of the 7 wins would had covered this handicap.

Schalke have won one game - a 4-0 win over Hoffenheim! Another example of how crazy football can be. Yet they have been beadly home and away by weaker clubs than Stuttgart, and with better preparation.

To cut the long story short, there are signs that this could be the worst Schalke performance of all season, and Stuttgart -1.5 feels like a steal!

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看看沙尔克04缺席的球员有多长!

我在德国的联系人证实沙尔克的球员对现在的管理层非常不满，他们互相辱骂，根本不合作，感觉他们会放弃这场比赛。

斯图加特也不太好，在正常情况下这将是一场紧张的比赛，我看到欧洲人，甚至德国人都选择沙尔克获胜。

沙尔克在实际积分榜和预期进球数据上都垫底，比分差距明显，阵容和士气都比今天强得多。另一方面，斯图加特以29分排名第十，表现表明他们可能会更高一些，33分。

斯图加特在主场表现不佳，本赛季他们只赢了7场比赛。然而，当他们赢的时候，他们会以很大的优势取胜!7场胜利中的5场已经弥补了这一障碍。

沙尔克已经赢了一场比赛——4-0战胜霍芬海姆!这是足球有多疯狂的又一个例子。然而，他们在主场和客场都被比斯图加特弱的球队击败过，而且他们有更好的准备。

长话短说，有迹象表明，这可能是沙尔克本赛季最糟糕的表现，竞彩选择让球胜。