Schalke's Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is likely to face Mainz on Sunday. - © © gettyimages / Dean Mouhtaropoulos
Schalke's Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting is likely to face Mainz on Sunday. - © © gettyimages / Dean Mouhtaropoulos

Possible line-ups: FC Schalke 04 vs 1. FSV Mainz 05

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FC Schalke 04 coach Markus Weinzierl will look to make possible changes following his team's 1-0 UEFA Europa League win away to FK Krasnodar on Thursday. Cameroon international attacker Eric Maxim Choupo-Moting and midfielder Leon Goretzka are fit again and likely to make the starting line-up for a Schalke side shorn of forward Breel Embolo for the long term.

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1. FSV Mainz 05 will continue to observe their squad after Thursday’s Europa League draw at home to RSC Anderlecht. Midfielder Christian Clemens remains sidelined with tendonitis while Jose Rodriguez serves the fifth of a five-game suspension.

Schalke 04 possible line-up: Fährmann - Höwedes, Naldo, Nastasic, Baba - Bentaleb, Geis - Schöpf, Goretzka, Choupo-Moting - Huntelaar

Absentees: Coke (cruciate ligament), Uchida (recovery training), Embolo (ankle and leg fracture)

Coach: Markus Weinzierl

Mainz possible line-up: Lössl - Donati, Bell, Balogun, Brosinski - Frei, Gbamin - Öztunali, Malli, De Blasis - Cordoba

Absentees: Clemens (tendonitis), Halimi (suspended), Jose Rodriguez (suspended), Latza (recovery training), Ramalho (recovery training), Zimling (cruciate ligament), Berggreen (cruciate ligament), Muto (knee)

Coach: Martin Schmidt

Schalke 04 host Mainz at the VELTINS-Arena with the game kicking off at 17:30CEST/15:30GMT on 23 October.

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