Two clubs in the top half of the Bundesliga table will do battle today in a league match between Schalke 04 and Borussia Monchengladbach. The first-division clash scheduled for 2:30 p.m. ET will be held at the the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen and can be live streamed here. Additional TV coverage can be found on GolTV.
What They're Saying
Schalke 04 manager Roberto Di Matteo (via Bundesliga): "Gladbach are a team that don't give much away. I'm expecting a game with very few chances."
Borussia Monchengladbach manager Lucien Favre: "Schalke have a very good team that are incredibly well organised. We have to have options."
Tactical Preview
Player to Watch: Schalke's Eric Choupo-Moting has been integral in the club's league form. The 25-year-old has nine goals and four assists in 19 appearances.
Schalke 04's Projected Lineup (5-3-2): Wellenreuther; Fuchs, Nastasic, Kirchhoff, Howedes, Uchida; Neustadter, Boateng, Meyer; Moting, Sam
Borussia Monchengladbach's Projected Lineup (5-4-1) : Sommer - Korb, Jantschke, Alvaro Dominguez, Wendt - Kramer, Xhaka - Herrmann, Hazard - Raffael - M. Kruse
Note: Credit all statistics to officially licensed data from Opta Sports (lineups and statistics via WhoScored).
Standings
Rnk | Team | MP | W | D | L | GF | GA | +/- | Pts | |||
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1 | FC Bayern München | 19 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 43 | 9 | 34 | 46 | |||
2 | VfL Wolfsburg | 19 | 11 | 5 | 3 | 38 | 19 | 19 | 38 | |||
3 | Borussia Mönchengladbach | 19 | 9 | 6 | 4 | 27 | 16 | 11 | 33 | |||
4 | FC Augsburg | 19 | 11 | 0 | 8 | 26 | 22 | 4 | 33 | |||
5 | Bayer Leverkusen | 19 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 29 | 20 | 9 | 32 | |||
6 | Schalke 04 | 19 | 9 | 4 | 6 | 30 | 22 | 8 | 31 | |||
7 | Hoffenheim | 19 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 31 | 30 | 1 | 26 | |||
8 | Hannover 96 | 19 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 22 | 28 | -6 | 25 | |||
9 | Eintracht Frankfurt | 19 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 36 | 39 | -3 | 24 | |||
10 | 1. FC Köln | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 19 | 23 | -4 | 23 | |||
11 | Werder Bremen | 19 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 30 | 40 | -10 | 23 | |||
12 | FSV Mainz 05 | 19 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 25 | 24 | 1 | 22 | |||
13 | Hamburger SV | 19 | 5 | 5 | 9 | 12 | 21 | -9 | 20 | |||
14 | SC Paderborn | 19 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 21 | 34 | -13 | 19 | |||
15 | SC Freiburg | 19 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 21 | 27 | -6 | 18 | |||
16 | VfB Stuttgart | 19 | 4 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 33 | -13 | 18 | |||
17 | Hertha BSC | 19 | 5 | 3 | 11 | 24 | 38 | -14 | 18 | |||
18 | Borussia Dortmund | 19 | 4 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 27 | -9 | 16 |
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