Schalke 04 vs Borussia Dortmund: Bundesliga Preview and Team News
By Tushar Bahl
Team News
Borussia Dortmund midfielder Thomas Delaney should be back in contention on Saturday after missing the Sevilla win for the birth of his first child. Thomas Meunier could also start after coming off the bench on Wednesday. It remains to be seen at the moment whether, Thorgan Hazard, Dan-Axel Zagadou and Lukasz Piszczek will be fit to feature. But Axel Witsel, Roman Bürki and Marcel Schmelzer will certainly miss the game.
Schalke will be without January signing Klaas-Jan Huntelaar and fellow striker Gonçalo Paciência. Goalkeeper Frederik Rønnow, centre-back Salif Sané and winger Steven Skrzybski will also miss the game. Mark Uth is also a doubt, but Nabil Bentaleb could be back in contention to start.
Expected Starting XIs
Schalke 04: Fährmann – Becker, Mustafi, Nastasic, Kolasinac – Stambouli, Serdar- William, Bentaleb, Harit – Hoppe
Borussia Dortmund: Hitz – Meunier, Akanji, Hummels, Guerreiro – Delaney, Bellingham, Dahoud – Sancho, Reus – Haaland