Week 17 brings us a match on Jan 20th, where Köln and Schalke 04 will play a match in Gelsenkirchen in a Bundesliga match. In their last match, 18th placed Schalke 04, recorded a 1-3 loss against Eintracht Frankfurt. André Silva struck first for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 28th minute on a feed from Erik Durm, then Matthew Hoppe got the equalizer for Schalke 04 in the 29th minute on a feed from Benjamin Stambouli. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 6 of their last 10, while köln is fresh off their 0-0 scoreless draw against Hertha BSC. Köln had 8 on net, and Hertha BSC had 14, but no one could beat the goalie, and the game ended in a 0-0 draw,. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 10 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season. Last season Köln won the head to head battle with 1 win. Schalke 04 is glad to have Matthew Hoppe in top form. In the last 5 matches the defender has scored four goals
Salif Sané, Omar Mascarell, Mark Uth, Steven Skrzybski, Alessandro Schöpf, Nassim Boujellab, Frederik Rønnow and Kilian Ludewig are unavailable to play for Christian Gross’s team, while Köln will be without Florian Kainz, Marco Höger, Rafael Czichos, Ismail Jakobs and Sava-Arangel Cestic.