January 24th features a match where Schalke 04 will play host to RB Leipzig in a meeting of these two Bundesliga teams. The game day is forecasted to be a cloudy and cold day, with daytime temperatures of only 0 degrees, making for an unpleasant day. Schalke 04 sits at 18th place in the tables. In their last match they recorded a 0-2 loss against Bayern München. Serge Gnabry struck first for Bayern München in the 38th minute on a feed from Jamal Musiala, then Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting added another in the 52nd minute In the end, Schalke 04 couldn’t muster any offence and Bayern München ran away with the shutout win. They’re hoping to improve on their recent performance, having lost 8 of their last 10, while rB Leipzig is fresh off their 1-1 draw against Bayern München. Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting struck first for Bayern München in the 37th minute on a feed from Serge Gnabry, but Marcel Halstenberg got the equalizer for RB Leipzig in the 52nd minute squeezing out at least the one point for RB Leipzig. RB Leipzig is on a hot streak lately, having won 7 of their last 10 matches.
These two teams have not yet played each other this season.
Christopher Nkunku has been the most prolific scorer on RB Leipzig in his last five matches with 3 goals. Both Simon Terodde and Soichiro Kozuki have been the hottest scorers for Schalke 04 in the last five each having scored 2 goals each
Thomas Ouwejan, Leo Greiml, Rodrigo Zalazar Martínez and Ibrahima Cissé are unavailable to play for Schalke 04, while Marco Rose’s squad will be without Timo Werner, Konrad Laimer, Christopher Nkunku, Péter Gulácsi and Timo Schlieck.