Borussia Mönchengladbach enjoyed a Bundesliga double over FC Schalke 04 last season
Borussia Mönchengladbach enjoyed a Bundesliga double over FC Schalke 04 last season

Three points a must for slow-moving Gladbach and Schalke

xwhatsappmailcopy-link

Mönchengladbach - Two sides expected to be challenging for the European places go in search of their first Bundesliga win of the season as Borussia Mönchengladbach welcome FC Schalke 04 to Borussia Park on Saturday evening (kick-off 16:30 GMT/ 18:30 CEST).

bundesliga.com presents the necessary pre-match skinny on one of Matchday 3's standout encounters...

Possible line-ups:

Gladbach: Sommer - F. Johnson, Stranzl, Jantschke, Alvaro Dominguez - Kramer, G. Xhaka - Hahn, Traore - Raffael - M. Kruse

Schalke: Fährmann - Uchida, Höwedes, Ayhan, Aogo - Neustädter - Höger, K.-P. Boateng - Sam, Draxler - Huntelaar

Schalke fans will never forget 7 January 1967 - find out why courtesy of theofficial Bundesliga YouTube channel: