Schalke 04 and Borussia Dortmund will face off at Veltins-Arena in the Bundesliga matchday 22 on Saturday. The kick-off is at 18:30 CET.

Preview

There's little hope for the hosts ahead of the second Revierderby of the 2020/21 season as the Miners have been absolutely worst team in the German top flight this term so far. Christian Gross' men will host their bitter rivals on the back of a six-game streak without a win in the league, including last weekend's goalless draw at Union Berlin. With nine points taken from 21 matches, Schalke sit at the very bottom of the table now.

Borussia, in turn, will travel to Gelsenkirchen after defeating Sevilla 3-2 thanks to Erling Haaland's brace at the Ramon Sanchez Pizjuan on Wednesday. As for their league form, Dortmund have failed to claim a victory in their last two games and thus dropped to sixth in the standings with 33 points.

The host will somehow have to cope with the absence of eight first-team players on the weekend as Frederik Ronnow, Matija Nastasic, Salif Sane, Kilian Ludewig, Steven Skrzybski, Mark Uth, Goncalo Paciencia and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar all remain on the sidelines.

BVB, for their part, will be without Roman Burki, Dan-Axel Zagadou, Marcel Schmelzer and Axel Witsel in this one.

Prediction

Dortmund destroyed Schalke 3-0 at home in their previous head-to-head meeting in October and are very likely to pour more misery on their local rivals on Saturday. As mentioned, the Miners have all but got relegated to the second division halfway through the current campaign. Let's say that the hosts will need a miracle to avoid another thrashing at the hands of BVB this time around.

Tip

Borussia Dortmund to win and total over 2.5 at 1.77 with 1XBET.