FC Schalke want their third win in a row, but the task against Fürth will be more difficult than against Osnabrück or Rostock. What the coach says ahead of the game.

After the victories against VfL Osnabrück and Hansa Rostock, FC Schalke 04 will face Greuther Fürth in the 2nd Bundesliga on Friday (6.30 pm).

S04 coach Karel Geraerts will once again be without numerous players. As in Rostock, seven players – Dominick Drexler, Leo Greiml, Yusuf Kabadayi, Danny Latza, Marius Müller, Assan Ouedraogo and Ron Schallenberg – are out.

Number eight will be attacker Sebastian Polter, who had to undergo groin surgery.

The season is over for him and the coach hopes that Polter will be back in four or five weeks. Another attacker gone, that doesn’t make it any easier to score against Fürth. They conceded 1:1 in the 90th minute against Magdeburg, having previously gone over 500 minutes without conceding a goal

Geraerts: “We have to play with confidence. We have a good team, everyone can score goals. It won’t be easy to score, but we’ll accept the challenge.”

In general, he has great respect for his opponents: “Fürth have a very good team. We have to reach a good level to win the game. But we are looking after ourselves, we believe in ourselves. It will be a completely different game than against Osnabrück or Hansa Rostock. We’re on a good path and we believe in it.”

The coach has not yet decided whether he will start the team that won in Rostock: “Never change a winning team” is a good quote, but you never know if something will change. In general, the Belgian is satisfied with the development of his team, because: “I see in every training session that the players understand my philosophy more and more. “