Overview
- The 2. Bundesliga match kicks off at 13:00 local time with coverage from 12:30 on Sky and WOW, and BILD offers a free live ticker.
- Schalke top the table after five straight league wins and have eight victories in ten with only five goals conceded.
- Muslic says the team aim to respond to the Darmstadt 0–4 in the cup and confirms Vitalie Becker will start, with Peter Remmert a possibility for minutes.
- Christian Gomis and Antwi-Adjej remain unavailable through injury according to Schalke's coach.
- Karlsruhe sit seventh after a 4:1 win over Fürth, have four victories in five home matches at the Wildpark, and lead the league with 30 yellow cards.