Week 16 features a match on Sat Jan 21st, where Eintracht Frankfurt plays host to Schalke 04 in a meeting of these two extremely mismatched Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 1 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 4th placed Eintracht Frankfurt is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Mainz 05. Jonathan Burkardt scored the first goal for Mainz 05 in the 40th minute, then Randal Kolo Muani tied it up for Eintracht Frankfurt in the 67th minute on a feed from Mario Götze earning them at least the one point. Eintracht Frankfurt should be reasonably happy with their recent performance, earning 19 points in their last 10 matches, while 18th placed Schalke 04 is fresh off their 0-2 loss against Bayern München. Serge Gnabry scored the first goal for Bayern München in the 38th minute, then Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting added another in the 52nd minute At the end of 90 a dissapointed Schalke 04 couldn’t manage to score, and Bayern München took the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having earned only 6 points in their last 10 matches.
This will be the first match for these two teams against eachother this season.
Schalke 04 is lucky enough to have a few offensive weapons, with Simon Terodde and Soichiro Kozuki each having 2 goals in their last 5. For Eintracht Frankfurt, their top scorers are Randal Kolo Muani and Lucas Alario, each having 2 goals in their last five matches
Eintracht Frankfurt will be without Buta and Makoto Hasebe, while Thomas Reis’s squad will be without Thomas Ouwejan, Leo Greiml, Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez and Ibrahima Cissé.