2. Bundesliga: Fortuna Duesseldorf vs Schalke

Fortuna Duesseldorf team news

There are lingering doubts about the fitness of Emmanuel Iyoha and Tim Oberdorf heading into the weekend.

Defensive midfielder Marcel Sobottka is back in training following a lengthy injury lay-off, but will need to rebuild his fitness before featuring here.

Jona Niemiec is suspended after picking up his fifth yellow card of the season against Eintracht Braunschweig.

Schalke 04 team news

Attacking midfielder Kenan Karaman and left-back Derry John Murkin will both return to the squad after serving their suspensions.

Jakob Fimpel will be without Christopher Antwi-Adjei, Paul Seguin and Tobias Mohr when Schalke travel to the Merkur Spielarena on Saturday.

Max Grüger could return in midfield to partner Ron Schallenberg.