Week 16 brings us a match on Jan 21st, where Schalke 04 and Eintracht Frankfurt will play a match in Frankfurt am Main in a Bundesliga match. Weather on match day is looking like a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 4th placed Eintracht Frankfurt is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Mainz 05. Jonathan Burkardt struck first for Mainz 05 in the 40th minute on a feed from Karim Onisiwo, but Randal Kolo Muani got the equalizer for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 67th minute earning them at least the one point. Eintracht Frankfurt should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while schalke 04 is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Bayern München. Serge Gnabry struck first for Bayern München in the 38th minute on a feed from Jamal Musiala, then Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Jamal Musiala In the end, Schalke 04 couldn’t muster any offence and Bayern München ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Both Simon Terodde and Soichiro Kozuki have been the hottest scorers for Schalke 04 in the last 5 each having scored 2 goals. Eintracht Frankfurt is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Randal Kolo Muani and Lucas Alario each having 2 goals in their last 5
Buta and Makoto Hasebe are unavailable to play for Oliver Glasner’s team, while Schalke 04 will be without Thomas Ouwejan, Leo Greiml, Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez and Ibrahima Cissé.