Schalke and Hapoel Tel Aviv are far from desired results. This season is close to be a catastrophe for Schalke. They invest a lot of money in the team, bought some top players like Raul from Real Madrid and Jan Klaas Huntelaar from Milan, but the results are poor. The fans expected they will fight for the trophies in domestic and European competitions, but it seems Schalke will be involved in relegation battle. In Champions League Schalke have one victory over Benfica in the last round, but still they must win against Hapoel Tel Aviv in order to keep their promotions dreams alive.

Hapoel Tel Aviv is even in worse position. They lost both games so far, 2:0 from Benfica and 3:1 from Lyon at home. Now they must try to win or everything will be finished. I know it will be very difficult, but at the same time it is not an impossible. Schalke home form is very bad, they lost ,amy games in Bundesliga even from minor opponents.

For this match Schale will be without injured Levan Kenia, Tim Hoogland and Christian Pander. On other side Hapoel Tel Aviv will probable be without injured Avihay Yadin, while Mahran Lala is definitely out with knee ligaments problem.

I think we will see an open match here. Schalke coach Felix Magath is well aware of the fact that UEFA Champions League is his last chance for something more. It is clear that the domestic championship is gone. So, he will attack in order to collect new three points. And Hapoel Tel Aviv have nothing to loose. Even a point means nothing to them. In this situation I expect at least three goals.