In this week 19 match on Jan 16th, Schalke 04 hosts Holstein Kiel in a clash of these two mismatched 2. Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cool day, with daytime temperatures of only 5 degrees, so hopefuly the match makes up for the weather. 4th placed Schalke 04 is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Hamburger SV. Robert Glatzel scored the first goal for Hamburger SV in the 2nd minute, then Ko Itakura got the equalizer for Schalke 04 in the 87th minute on a feed from Marius Bülter earning them at least the one point. With 17 points in their last 10 matches Schalke 04 should be reasonably happy with their performance, while holstein Kiel sits at 12th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 3-0 shutout win against St. Pauli. Fin Bartels struck first for Holstein Kiel in the 8th minute, then Finn-Dominik Porath added another in the 29th minute In the end, St. Pauli couldn’t muster any offence and Holstein Kiel ran away with the shutout win. Holstein Kiel is looking for direction having 3 win and 3 losses in their last 10 matches.
Holstein Kiel and Schalke 04 last played eachother at the Holstein-stadion on Aug 1st. Schalke 04 was victorious by a score of 3 to 0 in front of a crowd of just over four thousand fans. Simon Terodde scored the first goal for Schalke 04 in the 2nd minute, then Simon Terodde added another in the 21st minute In the end, Holstein Kiel couldn’t muster any offence and Schalke 04 ran away with the shutout win.
Benedikt Pichler has been the most prolific scorer on Holstein Kiel in his last five matches with three goals. Both Marius Bülter and Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez have been the hottest scorers for Schalke 04 in the last five each having scored 2 goals.