On Sun Jan 29th, in week 18, Köln and Schalke 04 will play a match in Gelsenkirchen in a meeting of these two mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, and temperatures reaching a maximum of only 2 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. In their last match, 18th placed Schalke 04, recorded a 1-6 blowout loss against RB Leipzig. André Silva scored the first goal for RB Leipzig in the 7th minute, then Benjamin Henrichs added another in the 15th minute on a feed from Daniel Olmo. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 3 points in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Köln recorded a 1-1 draw against Bayern München. Ellyes Skhiri scored the first goal for Köln in the 4th minute, then Joshua Kimmich tied it up for Bayern München in the 90th minute squeezing out at least the one point for Bayern München. Köln is looking for direction having earned 11 points in their last 10 matches.
On Aug 7th, Köln hosted Schalke 04 in their last match together. Köln won by a score of 3 to 1 in front of almost 50000 excited fans. Luca Kilian struck first for Köln in the 49th minute, then Florian Kainz added another in the 65th minute.
Both Denis Huseinbasic and Ellyes Skhiri have been the hottest scorers for Köln in the last 5 each having scored 3 goals each. Schalke 04’s most prolific scorer has been Soichiro Kozuki. The Japaneese midfielder has netted two goals over the last 5 matches
Alex Král, Thomas Ouwejan, Leo Greiml, Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez, Niklas Tauer, Ibrahima Cissé and Mark Uth are unavailable to play for Schalke 04, while Jan Thielmann, Luca Kilian, Lemperle and Florian Dietz are unavailable to play for Köln.