Schalke is expected to win. The players are having higher quality. And both teams have some promising talents in their ranks. Watch them next season.
Hamburger SV
| Player | Goalimpact | Peak GI | Age | Team | No. Games | No. Minutes |
| Jaroslav Drobný | 88.8 | 88.8 | 34.2 | Tschechien Olymp. | 207 | 19160 |
| Heiko Westermann | 109.2 | 117.5 | 30.4 | Deutschland | 420 | 38397 |
| Zhi Gin Lam | 98.2 | 110.8 | 22.6 | 107 | 8128 | |
| Jonathan Tah | 74.3 | 131.7 | 17.9 | 44 | 3844 | |
| Marcell Jansen | 101.3 | 105.7 | 28.2 | Deutschland | 294 | 24433 |
| Hakan Çalhanoglu | 96.3 | 128.4 | 19.9 | Türkei | 116 | 9255 |
| Ivo Ilicevic | 94.6 | 97.0 | 27.2 | Kroatien | 220 | 13970 |
| Milan Badelj | 128.7 | 131.9 | 24.8 | Kroatien | 218 | 17725 |
| Tolgay Arslan | 96.3 | 104.9 | 23.4 | 109 | 7778 | |
| Rafael van der Vaart | 143.3 | 155.2 | 30.9 | Niederlande | 507 | 38395 |
| Pierre-Michel Lasogga | 112.8 | 128.0 | 22.1 | Deutschland [U21] | 131 | 9193 |
| Bench | ||||||
| Sven Neuhaus | 86.5 | 86.5 | 35.8 | 199 | 18371 | |
| Dennis Diekmeier | 97.8 | 102.8 | 24.2 | Deutschland [U21] | 153 | 13388 |
| Lasse Sobiech | 99.9 | 110.7 | 22.9 | Deutschland [U21] | 118 | 9721 |
| Ouasim Bouy | 91.0 | 117.6 | 20.6 | Niederlande [U19] | 28 | 1994 |
| Petr Jirácek | 107.2 | 111.1 | 27.8 | Tschechien | 169 | 11461 |
| Ola John | 115.8 | 134.2 | 21.6 | Niederlande [U21] | 111 | 6769 |
| Jacques Zoua | 110.3 | 124.1 | 22.3 | Kamerun | 136 | 6899 |
FC Schalke 04
| Player | Goalimpact | Peak GI | Age | Team | No. Games | No. Minutes |
| Ralf Fährmann | 98.3 | 98.3 | 25.3 | 96 | 8875 | |
| Felipe Santana | 112.8 | 116.6 | 27.8 | 166 | 12104 | |
| Sead Kolasinac | 108.8 | 135.7 | 20.5 | Deutschland [U19] | 96 | 7141 |
| Atsuto Uchida | 122.1 | 122.7 | 25.8 | Japan | 228 | 19758 |
| Christian Fuchs | 107.2 | 110.9 | 27.8 | Österreich | 372 | 30686 |
| Joel Matip | 108.9 | 122.3 | 22.4 | Kamerun | 183 | 14736 |
| Max Meyer | 96.7 | 146.9 | 18.3 | Deutschland [U17] | 69 | 4618 |
| Kevin Prince Boateng | 110.5 | 112.2 | 26.8 | Ghana | 271 | 19512 |
| Roman Neustädter | 129.1 | 129.5 | 25.8 | 242 | 19745 | |
| Jefferson Farfán | 130.0 | 135.0 | 29.2 | Peru | 410 | 33925 |
| Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | 137.6 | 145.9 | 30.4 | Niederlande | 398 | 31673 |
| Bench | ||||||
| Timo Hildebrand | 109.0 | 109.0 | 34.8 | Deutschland | 424 | 39528 |
| Tim Hoogland | 109.0 | 113.6 | 28.6 | 138 | 10899 | |
| Kyriakos Papadopoulos | 110.4 | 127.0 | 21.8 | Griechenland | 123 | 9368 |
| Marcel Sobottka | 84.9 | 119.4 | 19.7 | 84 | 7399 | |
| Leon Goretzka | 88.0 | 131.4 | 18.9 | Deutschland [U21] | 71 | 5329 |
| Chinedu Obasi | 111.6 | 115.0 | 27.6 | Nigeria | 145 | 10224 |
| Ádám Szalai | 113.8 | 113.9 | 26.1 | Ungarn | 157 | 10808 |