Played
April 28, 2012 9:30 AM EDT
Veltins-Arena — Gelsenkirchen
Referee: G. Perl
Attendance: 61673
April 28, 2012 9:30 AM EDT
Veltins-Arena — Gelsenkirchen
Referee: G. Perl
Attendance: 61673
Bundesliga Preview: Schalke - Hertha Berlin
With Monchengladbach set to face Augsburg on Sunday, a win could be necessary to keep the Royal Blues in the Bundesliga's final Champions League auto-qualification spot.
By Stephen Crawford
| PROBABLE LINEUP |
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SCHALKE
Unnerstall
Uchida, Howedes, Matip, Fuchs Jones, Holtby Farfan, Raul, Draxler Huntelaar |
HERTHA BERLIN
 Kraft Lell, Hubnik, Janker, Bastians Perdedaj, Ottl Ebert, Raffael, Ramos Lasogga |
The host will be without first-team regular Kyriakos Papadopoulos (hamstring) as it looks to record its first win in four matches. Joining the Greek on the sidelines will be fellow defender Christoph Metzelder, who has an issue with his foot. Timo Hildebrand and Ralf Fahrmann still remain long-term absentees. Additionally, Hans Sarpei will not be fit for the clash.
For the visitor, Levan Kobiashvili and Peter Niemeyer miss out through suspension. Sebastian Neumann is short on match fitness and will also be absent. Furthermore, Marco Djuricin, Andre Mijatovic, Maik Franz, and Fabian Lustenberger are unavailable through injury.
| DID YOU KNOW? |
Klass-Jan Huntelaar is still the joint-top scorer for the Bundesliga with 25 so far this term, on par with Bayern Munich's Mario Gomez.
- Schalke's Raul also features in the top 10 at number eight, with 14 for the season so far.
- Pierre-Michel Lasogga is the visitors' top scorer, although the 20-year-old only weighs in at joint-21st with eight goals.
- On stats alone, Schalke hardman Jermaine Jones is currently the most undisciplined player in the German top flight at the moment with an incredible 13 yellow cards.
- Interestingly, Hertha's Raffael will be the player on the pitch with the greatest amount of Bundesliga assists between the two teams with nine, one more than Schalke's Jefferson Farfan.
Field Report
Reader's Predictions
Top 3 Predictions
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Schalke 04 3-0 Hertha BSC
- 16.39 %
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Schalke 04 3-1 Hertha BSC
- 10.38 %
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Schalke 04 2-0 Hertha BSC
- 9.84 %
| 1. Bundesliga (GER1) | Apr 28, 2012 | Schalke 04 4 - Hertha BSC 0 |
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| 1. Bundesliga (GER1) | Dec 9, 2011 | Hertha BSC 1 - Schalke 04 2 |
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| 1. Bundesliga (GER1) | Apr 24, 2010 | Hertha BSC 0 - Schalke 04 1 |
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| 1. Bundesliga (GER1) | Dec 6, 2009 | Schalke 04 2 - Hertha BSC 0 |
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| 1. Bundesliga (GER1) | May 16, 2009 | Hertha BSC 0 - Schalke 04 0 |
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Schalke 04
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| May 18, 2013 | Freiburg 1 - Schalke 04 2 | GER1 |
| May 11, 2013 | Schalke 04 1 - Stuttgart 2 | GER1 |
| May 3, 2013 | Mönchengladbach 0 - Schalke 04 1 | GER1 |
| Apr 28, 2013 | Schalke 04 4 - Hamburger 1 | GER1 |
| Apr 20, 2013 | Eintracht 1 - Schalke 04 0 | GER1 |
Hertha BSC
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| May 19, 2013 | Hertha BSC 1 - Cottbus 1 | 2.BL |
| May 12, 2013 | FC Köln 1 - Hertha BSC 2 | 2.BL |
| May 3, 2013 | Hertha BSC 3 - Erzgebirge Aue 2 | 2.BL |
| Apr 28, 2013 | St. Pauli 2 - Hertha BSC 3 | 2.BL |
| Apr 21, 2013 | Hertha BSC 1 - SV Sandhausen 0 | 2.BL |
| 36 | Lars Unnerstall | Goalkeeper |
| 4 | Benedikt Höwedes | Defender |
| 22 | Atsuto Uchida | Defender |
| 23 | Christian Fuchs | Defender |
| 32 | Joel Matip | Midfielder |
| 7 | Lewis Holtby | Midfielder |
| 13 | Jermaine Jones | Midfielder |
| 18 | Jurado | Midfielder |
| 7 | Raúl | Striker |
| 17 | Jefferson Agustin Farfán | Striker |
| 25 | Klaas-Jan Huntelaar | Striker |
| 33 | Mathias Schober | Goalkeeper |
| 3 | Sergio Escudero | Defender |
| 23 | Tim Hoogland | Defender |
| 12 | Marco Höger | Midfielder |
| 8 | Ciprian Marica | Striker |
| 20 | Teemu Pukki | Striker |
| 19 | Chinedu Ogbuke Obasi | Striker |
| 35 | Thomas Kraft | Goalkeeper |
| 2 | Christian Lell | Defender |
| 4 | Roman Hubnik | Defender |
| 6 | Christoph Janker | Defender |
| 22 | Felix Bastians | Defender |
| 10 | Raffael | Striker |
| 12 | Ronny Heberson Furtado de Araújo | Midfielder |
| 17 | Änis Ben-Hatira | Midfielder |
| 23 | Fanol Perdedaj | Midfielder |
| 9 | Adrian Ramos | Striker |
| 13 | Nikita Rukavytsya | Striker |
| 1 | Maikel Aerts | Goalkeeper |
| 8 | Andreas Ottl | Midfielder |
| 17 | Tunay Torun | Striker |
| - | Patrick Ebert | Midfielder |
| 26 | Nico Schulz | Midfielder |
| 32 | Fabian Holland | Midfielder |
| 19 | Pierre-Michel Lasogga | Striker |
Results
Times In EDT
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Match News
Top Scorers
| Player | Goals | Penalties | |
|---|---|---|---|
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Stefan Kießling Striker Bayer Leverkusen |
25 | 4 |
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Robert Lewandowski Striker Borussia Dortmund |
24 | 1 |
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Alexander Meier Midfielder Eintracht Frankfurt |
17 | 3 |
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Vedad Ibisevic Striker VfB Stuttgart |
15 | 5 |
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Mario Mandzukic Striker FC Bayern München |
15 | 0 |
