On Feb 4th, Borussia M’gladbach hosts Schalke 04 at Stadion Im Borussia-park in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, which will make playing unpleasant. In their last match, 8th placed Borussia M’gladbach, recorded a 4-1 win against Hoffenheim. Jonas Hofmann scored the first goal for Borussia M’gladbach in the 12th minute, then Jonas Hofmann added another in the 37th minute on a feed from Lars Stindl. Borussia M’gladbach is looking for direction having 4 win and 5 losses in their last 10 matches, while in their last match, Schalke 04 recorded a 0-0 scoreless draw against Köln. Neither Schalke 04 nor Köln could manage to put one past the goalie. They had 17 and 7 shots on net respectively, but no one could score, and the match ended in a 0 – 0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
On the 13th of August, Schalke 04 hosted Borussia M’gladbach in their last match together. Schalke 04 and Borussia M’gladbach battled to a 2-2 draw. Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez struck first for Schalke 04 in the 29th minute on a feed from Tobias Mohr, then Jonas Hofmann got the equalizer for Borussia M’gladbach in the 72nd minute on a feed from Marcus Thuram . Borussia M’gladbach’s most prolific scorer has been Lars Stindl. He has netted 3 goals over the last five matches
Hannes Wolf, Marcus Thuram, Christoph Kramer, Florian Neuhaus, Jonas Hofmann, Mamadou Doucouré, Lars Stindl, Tobias Sippel and Alassane Pléa are unavailable to play for Borussia M’gladbach, while Alex Král, Thomas Ouwejan, Leo Greiml, Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez, Niklas Tauer and Ibrahima Cissé are unavailable to play for Schalke 04.