Karlsruher were involved in the relegation battle for some time, but after some positive results they are ranked 9th with 32 points and a difference 7 points from the relegation.

From December they lost only 2 games against Werder Bremen and Sandhausen. Meanwhile Karlsruher play for a place in semifinal of the DFB Cup against Hamburg this Wednesday.

At home the atmosphere is usually very hot, while they lost only 3 games.

"We're expecting an opponent who will play to win we have to show that 15,000 spectators are there, that it can be uncomfortable in Karlsruhe" said coach Eichner.

Best player st Philipp Hofmann, who has scored 12 goals in 23 league games this season is doubtful and I don't think will be risked.

Other players out are def Bormuth (7/0), def Jung (7/1) and mid Jansen (0/0).

Schalke 04 in other hand is aiming for the direct promotion. Currently they are ranked 5th with 40 points, but all the top teams are separated by 1 or 2 points so the battle for top 2 places is more open than ever.

Initially struggled with the change of division but now all the players looks adapted. Only 1 of the last 7 games was lost, recently away at Fortuna Düsseldorf.

Most of problems are away from home for Schalke where they alternate positive and negative results.

For this game coach Grammozis will be without mid Aydin (15/1) and mid Vindheim (2/1) while captain Latza is back.

I think Schalke have a lot of quality for Karlsruher. In this phase of 2 Bundesliga all the points are crucial. Of course the pressure is on Schalke.

Probable lineups:

KARLSRUHER (4-3-3): Gersbeck - Thiede, Kobald, O'Shaughnessy, Heise - Wanitzek, Breithaupt, Gondorf - Goller, P. Hofmann, Choi.

SCHALKE 04 (4-4-2): Fraisl - Itakura, Sané, M. Kaminski - Churlinov, Flick, Ouwejan - Latza, Idrizi - Terodde, Bülter.

GL!

卡尔斯鲁厄曾一度卷入保级战，但在取得一些积极的成绩后，他们以32分排名第9，与保级区相差7分。

从 12 月开始，他们只输了 2 场对阵云达不莱梅和桑德豪森的比赛。与此同时，卡尔斯鲁厄将在本周三对阵汉堡的德国杯半决赛中争夺一席之地。

主场气氛通常非常火爆，而他们只输了3场比赛。 “我们期待一个能够赢得比赛的对手，我们必须证明有 15,000 名观众在观战，客队很可能会感到不适，”教练艾希纳说。

本赛季在 23 场联赛中打进 12 球的最佳球员圣菲利普霍夫曼出战存疑，我认为他不会冒险出场。 其他缺席的球员是后卫Bormuth（7/0），后卫Jung（7/1）和中场Jansen（0/0）。

另一方面，沙尔克04的目标是直接升级。目前他们以40分排名第5，但所有排名靠前的球队都相差1分或2分，所以前2名的争夺是比以往任何时候都更加激烈。

最初在分部变化中挣扎，但现在所有球员看起来都恢复了。过去 7 场比赛中只有 1 场输球，最近客场挑战杜塞尔多夫。

对于沙尔克来说，大多数问题都在客场，取得了一些不太理想的结果。

本场比赛主教练格拉莫齐斯将缺少中场艾登（15/1）和中场温德海姆（2/1），而队长拉扎则回归。

我认为沙尔克对卡尔斯鲁厄实力仍然占有。在这个阶段的德甲联赛中，所有的点都是至关重要的。当然，压力在沙尔克身上。

祝好运！