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Schalke's return to football couldn't have been much worse. They were convincingly beaten 4-0 by their biggest rivals Dortmund as they failed to bring a halt to their poor run of results.
While the first-half of the season was one of celebration for Schalke, who experienced a revolution under David Wagner's guidance, 2020 has quickly turned into a nightmare.
Since a 2-0 victory over Borussia Monchengladbach in their first game back from the winter break, Schalke have experienced four draws and four defeats, conceding 19 goals with just two in reply.
A return of four points from 24 has left them nowhere near the top-four. A slight positive is that over the same eight-game period, Augsburg have also posted the same.
Putting these two strugglers together in Sunday's first game hardly sets this up to be contest that will make you forget about the Saturday night hangover. Two shaky defences will be battling to have fewer mistakes than the other over 90 minutes.
That includes the goalkeeper area for Schalke, who have young Markus Schubert in net for Alexander Nubel. I looked at this choice earlier in the week and believed it to be the wrong course of action - you can read the full feature here.
Schalke take favouritism here but there are so many questions still surrounding this team. Dortmund easily found a way through their defence last week and, despite Augsburg's significant problems of their own, there's always going to be a concern that the same could happen here.
Augsburg have the worst record since the winter break and that was indicated in the fact that they were beaten by Wolfsburg last time out. Schalke's seven points gained doesn't place them much higher, but their -15 goal difference over the nine-game period is significant.
There's a complete unwillingness to back either side here, particularly with Schalke at even money value. There are better prices available on Freiburg beating struggling Werder Bremen and Hoffenheim beating bottom club Paderborn on Saturday.
Instead, the best bet in this game comes by sitting on the fence and backing the draw with a price of 5/2 available across the board.
Score prediction: Schalke 1-1 Augsburg ()
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Odds correct at 1800 BST (21/05/20)
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