In this 2nd week match, on Saturday Aug 13th, Borussia M’gladbach and Schalke 04 will play a match in Gelsenkirchen in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but hot day with daytime temperatures of 29 degrees, which hopefuly doesnt affect the pace of the match. Schalke 04 sits at 15th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 1-3 loss against Köln. Luca Kilian scored the first goal for Köln in the 49th minute, then Florian Kainz added another in the 65th minute. Schalke 04 looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while in their last match, Borussia M’gladbach recorded a 3-1 win against Hoffenheim. Robert Skov struck first for Hoffenheim in the 25th minute on a feed from Andrej Kramarić, then Ramy Bensebaini tied it up for Borussia M’gladbach in the 42nd minute on a feed from Ko Itakura Finally they completed the comback victory in the 71st minute on a goal by Marcus Thuram to cap off a wild match. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Marcus Thuram has been on a hot streak lately. In the last 5 games, the attacker has scored four goals for Borussia M’gladbach. Both Marcin Kamiński and Dominick Drexler have been the hottest scorers for Schalke 04 in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Alexander Schwolow is unavailable to play for Schalke 04, while Daniel Farke’s Borussia M’gladbach squad will be without Hannes Wolf, Lars Stindl and Tony Jantschke.