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Among Schalke's new signings this summer, coach Miron Muslic has recruited centre-back Nikola Katic - who was his student at Plymouth last season.

Soufiane El-Faouzi and Timo Becker have also arrived, while former Liverpool goalkeeper Loris Karius, who signed a short-term contract in January, has now signed a two-year extension.

However, Derry Murkin and Tobias Mohr have both left the club, while Pape Meissa Ba is closing in on a move to Queens Park Rangers. Notably, captain Kenan Karaman will be out until September with a knee injury.

Hertha lost some important players such as Jonjoe Kenny, Derry Scherhant, Florian Niederlechner and young talent Ibrahim Maza.

To compensate, Hertha recruited Paul Seguin from Schalke and borrowed young midfielder Maurice Krattenmacher from Bayern Munich.

New signing Dawid Kownacki – a Polish striker currently playing for Werder Bremen – is likely to support Fabian Reese in attack. Last season, Kownacki scored 13 goals in the 2. Bundesliga for Fortuna Dusseldorf.

Latest expected lineup Schalke 04 vs Hertha Berlin

Schalke 04:Karius; Becker, Katic, Sanchez; Gantenbein, Gruger, Schallenberg, Zalazar, Bulut; Sylla, Antwi-Adjei

Hertha Berlin:Ernst; Gechter, Leistner, Dardai; Eitschberger, Demme, Seguin, Cuisance, Karbownik; Kownacki, Reese

Latest football commentary Schalke 04 vs Hertha Berlin

Having reached the Champions League semi-finals in 2011, Schalke has endured a turbulent decade, with financial crisis and poor management causing the club to decline rapidly.

Now the Gelsenkirchen side are set to embark on their fourth season in the 2. Bundesliga in five years, with former Plymouth Argyle boss Miron Muslic the latest to be tasked with returning them to the top flight of German football.

With Hamburg and Koln having secured promotion in May, Schalke – the biggest team left in the second division – are certain to target promotion, especially after finishing 14th last season.

Ending the 2024-25 season with a series of 4 consecutive losses, Schalke returned to competition from the beginning of July and won only 2 out of 6 friendlies.

They lost 4-2 at home to Sevilla on Saturday – the opponents who knocked them out in the 2006 Europa League semi-finals – but the game that really matters is on Friday.

As for Hertha Berlin, like the home team, they are also trying to rebuild after being affected by financial difficulties, and are entering their third consecutive year of competing in the 2. Bundesliga.

After two seasons of finishing ninth and 11th respectively, Hertha have been transformed by the arrival of coach Stefan Leitl in February, losing just three of their final 12 games last season.

Coach Leitl – who brought Greuther Furth to promotion – has shown an impressive ability to turn things around, and so expectations for him this season are very high.

Hertha could be promotion contenders in what looks to be a very open season, with pre-season friendlies suggesting they are ready to make a strong start.

After three wins against lesser opposition, Hertha travelled to Austria for a training camp, losing 1-0 to Brondby but then beating Austria Vienna 2-1. They finished their pre-season with a 1-1 draw with Scottish side Motherwell last Friday – a good start to the season ahead of a challenging away trip in the opening round.

Latest score prediction Schalke 04 vs Hertha Berlin

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• Sportsmole:Schalke 04 0-2 Hertha Berlin

• WhoScore:Schalke 04 0-2 Hertha Berlin
• Our newspaper predicts:Schalke 04 1-2 Hertha Berlin

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