On Sun Aug 7th, Schalke 04 will travel to Cologne to battle Köln in a Bundesliga match. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy but warm day with daytime temperatures of 25 degrees, a perfect day for football. In their last match, Köln recorded a 2-2 draw against Jahn Regensburg. Andreas Albers Nielsen struck first for Jahn Regensburg in the 18th minute, then Prince-Osei Owusu added another in the 27th minute on a feed from Maximilian Thalhammer. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 1 of their last 10, while schalke 04 sits at 13th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 5-0 blowout win against Bremer SV. Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez struck first for Schalke 04 in the 2nd minute on a feed from Tobias Mohr, then Dominick Drexler added another in the 12th minute In the end, Bremer SV couldn’t muster any offence and Schalke 04 ran away with the shutout win. Schalke 04 is looking for direction having earned 12 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Both Marcin Kamiński and Dominick Drexler have been the hottest scorers for Schalke 04 in the last five each having scored 2 goals each. Köln’s most prolific scorer has been Tim Lemperle. The German attacker has netted 3 goals over the last five matches.