Overview

• Summer signing Christian Gomis suffered a thigh injury in training and will miss Sunday’s trip to Arminia Bielefeld.
• Defender Timo Becker remains sidelined for weeks with a serious medial‑ligament injury sustained against Greuther Fürth.
• Coach Miron Muslic says Schalke have internal options and will pick replacements according to the intended match profile.
• Muslic anticipates a very intense game and points to strides in pressing and set pieces, with analysis support from adviser Franky Schiemer.
• Schalke enter on 15 points, one behind the leaders, and expect around 3,000 traveling supporters, including a Deutsche Bahn relief train.