In this week 31 match, on Sat Apr 24th, Schalke 04 will play host to Hertha BSC in a clash of the Bundesliga. Schalke 04 is fresh off their 0-1 loss against Arminia Bielefeld. Fabian Klos struck first for Arminia Bielefeld in the 50th minute on a feed from Pieper, and with that single goal the scoring was complete. Neither team could manage anything else In the end, Schalke 04 was frustrated by Arminia Bielefeld’s defence and couldn’t put any tallies on the board. Arminia Bielefeld ended the match with the shutout victory. Schalke 04 looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 7 of their last 10, while hertha BSC sits at 16th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 2-2 draw against Borussia M’gladbach. Santiago Ascacibar scored the first goal for Hertha BSC in the 23rd minute, then Alassane Pléa tied it up for Borussia M’gladbach in the 27th minute . Hertha BSC looks to improve on their recent performance, having lost 5 of their last 10.
On Saturday Jan 2nd, Hertha BSC hosted Schalke 04 at the Olympiastadion Berlin in their last match together. Hertha BSC was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of an empty stadium. Mattéo Guendouzi struck first for Hertha BSC in the 36th minute, then Jhon Córdoba added another in the 52nd minute on a feed from Vladimír Darida At the end of 90 a dissapointed Schalke 04 couldn’t manage to score, and Hertha BSC took the shutout win.
Both Dodi Lukebakio and Jhon Córdoba have been the hottest scorers for Hertha BSC in the last five each having scored 2 goals. Schalke 04 is having problems scoring lately. Their top scorers, Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and Suat Serdar each only have 1 goal in their last 5
Dimitrios Grammozis’s squad will be without Benito Raman, Salif Sané, Levent Mercan, Mark Uth, Steven Skrzybski, Hamza Mendyl, Ralf Fährmann, Nassim Boujellab, Matija Nastasić, Nabil Bentaleb and Kilian Ludewig, while Pál Dárdai’s Hertha BSC squad will be without Dedryk Boyata, Rune Jarstein and Luca Netz.