In this 19th week match, on Saturday Feb 4th, Schalke 04 will travel to Mönchengladbach to battle Borussia M’gladbach in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 8 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. In their last match, 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 schalke 04 sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they 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 scoreless draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
On Aug 13th, Schalke 04 hosted Borussia M’gladbach at the Veltins-arena 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 tied it up for Borussia M’gladbach in the 72nd minute on a feed from Marcus Thuram . Lars Stindl has been the most prolific scorer on Borussia M’gladbach in the last 5 matches with 3 goals
Daniel Farke’s squad will be without Hannes Wolf, Marcus Thuram, Christoph Kramer, Florian Neuhaus, Jonas Hofmann, Mamadou Doucouré, Lars Stindl, Tobias Sippel and Alassane Pléa, while Thomas Reis’s squad will be without Alex Král, Thomas Ouwejan, Leo Greiml, Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez, Niklas Tauer and Ibrahima Cissé.