Schalke head to Erzgebirgsstadion on Saturday for their Bundesliga 2 showdown with Erzgebirge Aue. Let’s check on the predicted line ups and player availability.
Erzgebirge Aue enter this game following on from a 2-2 Bundesliga 2 drawn match vs St. Pauli. It seems likely that Aue look set to use a 3-5-2 system for the game featuring Martin Männel, Malcolm Cacutalua, Sören Gonther, Dirk Carlson, John Patrick Strauß, Antonio Jonjic, Clemens Fandrich, Jan Hochscheidt, Ben Zolinski, Nicolas Kühn and Prince Osei Owusu.
Gaëtan Bussmann, Omar Sijaric, Ramzi Ferjani, Anthony Barylla, Florian Ballas, Ognjen Gnjatic and Soufiane Messeguem are unavailable for Aue boss Marc Hensel.
How Erzgebirge Aue might line up to take on Schalke
In the game prior to this, Schalke drew 1-1 in the Bundesliga 2 tie with Holstein Kiel. We believe Schalke will likely begin the game with a 3-5-2 system, settling for Martin Fraisl, Malick Thiaw, Salif Sané, Ko Itakura, Reinhold Ranftl, Rodrigo Zalazar, Victor Palsson, Danny Latza, Thomas Ouwejan, Simon Terodde and Marius Bülter.
Schalke manager Dimitrios Grammozis has to currently contend with reduced team options. Mehmet Aydin (Hamstring Injury), Michael Langer (Cruciate Ligament Rupture) and Marcin Kaminski (Corona virus) are not able to play.
Predicted Schalke team
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