Bundesliga predictions and predicted lineups, matchday 3: Schalke vs Bayern on Saturday, Dortmund away at Hoffenheim

The Bundesliga plays nine games between Friday and Sunday, and matchday 3 has something Germany had not seen for a while: Schalke 04 hosting Bayern Munich. Up with them are Hamburg, Paderborn and Elversberg.

There is also a pattern in our read on this round: of nine games, eight say at least two goals. The Bundesliga is still the division where the most is scored, and the numbers keep saying it.

Friday and Saturday

Stuttgart vs Köln opens at 18:30 on Friday, with Stuttgart built around Undav and Führich (at least two goals).

Five kick off together at 13:30 on Saturday, the classic German afternoon block. Hoffenheim vs Borussia Dortmund is the heaviest, with Guirassy and Beier up front for Dortmund (at least two goals). Beside it: Bayer Leverkusen vs Union Berlin with Schick leading the line (at least two), Werder Bremen vs RB Leipzig with Füllkrug one end and Nusa the other (at least two), Borussia Mönchengladbach vs Elversberg (at least two) and Paderborn vs Freiburg (at least two).

At 16:30 comes the game of the round: Schalke 04 vs Bayern Munich. Schalke line up in a 3-4-2-1 around Gosens and Moussa Sylla, Bayern with Kimmich, Olise, Luis Díaz and Kane. Here too, at least two goals.

Sunday

Hamburg vs Mainz at 13:30 is the one game of the round where we expect things closed down: fewer than 4.5 goals.

Eintracht Frankfurt vs Augsburg closes it at 15:30, with Burkardt and Can Uzun ahead for Eintracht: we say Eintracht to score at least once.

The predicted lineups, game by game

Stoccarda - Colonia

Stoccarda (4-2-3-1)
Fabian Bredlow, Josha Vagnoman, Finn Jeltsch, Jeff Chabot, Maximilian Mittelstädt, Grischa Prömel, Angelo Stiller, Jamie Leweling, Deniz Undav, Chris Führich, Dženan Pejčinović

Colonia (4-3-3)
Marvin Schwäbe, Alessio Castro-Montes, Jahmai Simpson-Pusey, Luka Lochoshvili, Gideon Mensah, Ellyes Skhiri, Tom Krauß, Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson, Jan Uwe Thielmann, Ragnar Ache, Linton Maina

Hoffenheim - Borussia Dortmund

Hoffenheim (4-3-3)
Oliver Baumann, Vladimír Coufal, Ozan Kabak, Albian Hajdari, Bernardo, Patrick Wimmer, Leon Avdullahu, Wouter Burger, Tim Lemperle, Adam Hložek, Adam Daghim

Borussia Dortmund (3-4-2-1)
Gregor Kobel, Joane Gadou, Waldemar Anton, Luca Reggiani, Julian Ryerson, Jobe Bellingham, Felix Nmecha, Daniel Svensson, Konstantinos Karetsas, Maximilian Beier, Serhou Guirassy

Bayer Leverkusen - Union Berlino

Bayer Leverkusen (4-2-3-1)
Mark Flekken, Lucas Vázquez, Edmond Tapsoba, Facundo Medina, Miguel Gutiérrez, Ezequiel Fernández, Aleix García, Ibrahim Maza, Malik Tillman, Afonso Moreira, Patrik Schick

Union Berlino (4-4-2)
Matheo Raab, Josip Juranović, Leopold Querfeld, Zeno Van Den Bosch, Tom Alexander Rothe, Michel Aebischer, Rani Khedira, Aljoscha Kemlein, András Schäfer, Marin Ljubičić, Emmanuel Latte Lath

Werder Brema - RB Lipsia

Werder Brema (4-3-3)
Karl Hein, Arthur, Amos Pieper, Marco Friedl, Olivier Deman, Chuki, Youri Regeer, Ludovit Reis, Marco Grüll, Niclas Füllkrug, Eren Dinkçi

RB Lipsia (4-3-3)
Maarten Vandevoordt, Ridle Baku, Willi Orbán, Castello Lukeba, David Raum, Neil El Aynaoui, Nicolas Seiwald, Ezechiel Banzuzi, Johan Bakayoko, Tidiam Gomis, Antonio Nusa

Paderborn - Friburgo

Paderborn (3-4-2-1)
Nahuel Noll, Jano Ter-Horst, Tjark Lasse Scheller, Mattes Hansen, Laurin Curda, Laurin Ulrich, Santiago Castañeda, Raphael Obermair, Marvin Pieringer, Gabriel Vidović, Stefano Marino

Friburgo (4-2-3-1)
Mio Backhaus, Philipp Treu, Matthias Ginter, Philipp Lienhart, Jordy Makengo, Maximilian Eggestein, Yannick Engelhardt, Jan-Niklas Beste, Yuito Suzuki, Derry Scherhant, Igor Matanović

Borussia Monchengladbach - Elversberg

Borussia Monchengladbach (4-2-3-1)
Moritz Nicolas, Kevin Diks, Jan Leszczyński, Ko Itakura, Lukas Ullrich, Philipp Sander, Kevin Stöger, Franck Honorat, Hugo Bolin, Robin Hack, Tim Kleindienst

Elversberg (4-2-3-1)
Nicolas Kristof, Jan Gyamerah, Lukas Finn Pinckert, Maximilian Rohr, Lasse Günther, Felix Keidel, Łukasz Poręba, Lukas Petkov, Francis Onyeka, Cole Campbell, David Mokwa

Schalke 04 - Bayern Monaco

Schalke 04 (3-4-2-1)
Loris Karius, Timo Becker, Nikola Katić, Hasan Kuruçay, Dejan Ljubičić, Satoshi Tanaka, Soufiane El-Faouzi, Robin Gosens, Junior Adamu, Adil Aouchiche, Moussa Sylla

Bayern Monaco (4-2-3-1)
Manuel Neuer, Konrad Laimer, Dayot Upamecano, Kim Min-jae, Alphonso Davies, Joshua Kimmich, Aleksandar Pavlović, Michael Olise, Ismael Saibari, Luis Díaz, Harry Kane

Amburgo - Magonza

Amburgo (3-4-2-1)
Daniel Fernandes, Nicolás Capaldo, Sebastiaan Bornauw, Jordan Torunarigha, Zakaria El Ouahdi, Nicolai Remberg, Albert Sambi Lokonga, Louis Lemke, Fábio Vieira, Albert Grønbæk, Patson Daka

Magonza (3-5-2)
Robin Zentner, Danny da Costa, Fabio Gruber, Kacper Potulski, Anthony Caci, Jae-sung Lee, Kaishu Sano, Nadiem Amiri, Phillipp Mwene, Sheraldo Becker, Phillip Tietz

Eintracht Francoforte - Augusta

Eintracht Francoforte (4-4-2)
Noah Atubolu, Elias Baum, Robin Koch, Jeremiaha Maluze, Keita Kosugi, Ayoube Amaimouni Echghouyab, Farès Chaïbi, Raphael Onyedika, Can Uzun, Younes Ebnoutalib, Jonathan Burkardt

Augusta (3-4-2-1)
Finn Dahmen, Noahkai Banks, Chrislain Matsima, Jeffrey Gouweleeuw, Marius Wolf, Han-Noah Massengo, Fabian Rieder, Hennes Behrens, Anton Kade, Robin Fellhauer, Michael Gregoritsch

Predicted lineups can change until an hour before kick-off, when the official teamsheets are released.

The individual calls

The clearest is Michael Olise in Gelsenkirchen, over 2.5 shots. Then Patrik Schick for Leverkusen, also on shots.

The rest: Reitz with two calls in Bremen, El Mala for Köln, Anton Kade for Augsburg, Tigges for Paderborn, Tietz for Mainz and Rani Khedira for Union on fouls. All of them start in the predicted lineups.

Then we count them

When the round closes we publish the tally with nothing removed. The full record of every settled call is in the results history.

Our analysis stays updated until kick-off on the Bundesliga page, and the individual calls are in the Player Predictions section.