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Berlin (dpa) - Schalke 04 and 1. FC Köln have a firm grip on the low in the west before the ninth Bundesliga matchday.
Will the winless series of the two traditional clubs continue?
The next opponents promise the fans little hope: Schalke, for 24 games without success, play at Borussia Mönchengladbach.
Cologne, after all 18 games without triple point win, must play at Borussia Dortmund.
SCHALKER CRISIS: After the turbulent days with the suspensions of Amine Harit and Nabil Bentaleb as well as the premature separation of Vedad Ibisevic and squad planner Michael Reschke, coach Manuel Baum has to get around with a decimated squad.
At least seven professionals are not available to him on Saturday in Mönchengladbach.
In addition, the negative streak of 24 Bundesliga games without a win is annoying.
«No player is allowed to put his ego above the team.
The most important thing is that we now have eleven players on the pitch who are passionate about it and always give full throttle, ”said Baum.
After all: Borussia was the last opponent in the league against whom Schalke could win, on January 17th with 2-0.
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COLOGNE SIEGLOSSERIE: With the first lockdown, the misery of 1. FC Köln began.
On March 11th there was a 1: 2 in Mönchengladbach in the first ghost game and then another 17 games without a win.
This is the club's negative record for FC.
Coach Markus Gisdol urged his players on Thursday to forget the dark past and not to pack their rucksacks full.
Rather, you should act courageously in Dortmund - like in the 1: 2 against FC Bayern.
BAVARIAN INCREASE: A shaky 1-1 draw against Bremen, a 3-1 draw against Salzburg with all kinds of vulnerabilities.
FC Bayern want to maintain the top of the table and not benefit primarily from the outstanding Manuel Neuer again as in the last two games.
Before the guest appearance at VfB Stuttgart, coach Hansi Flick calls for a better game from his ensemble.
«Our ball losses are things that shouldn't happen like that.
We were a little too careless and we will analyze it, "said the 55-year-old.
HAALAND PHENOMENON: He hits and hits and hits.
Striker Erling Haaland can hardly be stopped at the moment.
His four goals in Berlin were followed by two against Bruges.
The 20-year-old Norwegian has already scored 16 goals in his first twelve Champions League games.
In the Bundesliga, Haaland is hot on the heels of Bayern professional Robert Lewandowski (11) with ten goals.
Therefore, despite the large number of games, coach Lucien Favre wants to give his goal-guarantor a break “as late as possible”.
Against Cologne on Saturday, Haaland should storm again from the beginning.
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TORJÄGER DUEL: Lewandowski and Haaland are on everyone's lips, but Mainz and Hoffenheim are also offering first-class goal scorers this season.
Both the French Jean-Philippe Mateta and the Croatian World Cup runner-up Andrej Kramaric have already scored seven goals this season.
Kramaric, who missed three league games after a corona infection, scores on average every 51 minutes and thus almost as often as the leader Lewandowski.
Without Mateta's hit the table would be 15.
Mainz (a total of ten goals this season) was even worse.
The Frenchman made a significant contribution to the first win of the season with three goals last weekend.
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