The Bundesliga 1 tie at Veltins-Arena on Saturday sees home side Schalke welcome guests Werder Bremen. Time to bring you the latest player updates and predicted line ups.
Schalke will be looking to improve on their last outing here after the 4-0 Bundesliga 1 loss in their previous game against Freiburg. We think that Schalke could kick off with a 4-2-3-1 system and select Alexander Schwolow, Henning Matriciani, Maya Yoshida, Moritz Jenz, Jere Uronen, Alex Kral, Tom Krauß, Dominick Drexler, Rodrigo Zalazar, Marius Bülter and Simon Terodde.
Soichiro Kozuki, Cédric Brunner, Ralf Fährmann, Justin Heekeren, Tim Skarke and Sebastian Polter won’t be available for Schalke gaffer Thomas Reis.
How Schalke might line up vs Werder Bremen
Werder Bremen head into the match after a 2-4 Bundesliga 1 win as they beat Hertha Berlin in their last outing. We believe Werder will likely make use of a 3-5-2 formation, settling for Jiri Pavlenka, Amos Pieper, Niklas Stark, Marco Friedl, Mitchell Weiser, Leonardo Bittencourt, Christian Gross, Jens Stage, Anthony Jung, Maximilian Philipp and Eren Dinkci.
Bremen boss Ole Werner has a number of players out of action. Felix Agu (Fitness) and Niclas Füllkrug (Calf Problems) are not able to play.
Predicted Werder Bremen team
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