Schalke vs Chelsea Champions League 22.10.2013

Schalke hosts Chelsea after winning their first two matches of the Champions League , at home to Steaua and away to Basel and expected slow recovery Mourinho team .

Although things are not going well for Schalke in the Bundesliga with nine points behind Bayern with respect to eight with respect to Borussia Dortmund, has found solace in the European theater where the results have been evolving .

Until now , every match of the Champions League , including in the back of the tie against Thessaloniki , Schalke has managed to leave behind the insecurities that is showing in the domestic tournament and bring out its best .

However, it seems clear that Chelsea is a more substantial opponent that the Gelsenkirchen club has faced so far.

Schalke will have to do without midfielder Marco Höger , who was injured suffered in Saturday's win at home to Eintracht Braunschweig (2-3 ) .

Instead, the coach Jens Keller hopes to return to have the goal Timo Hildebrand and midfielder Kevin Prince Boateng, who were down at the Braunschweig because of back problems and knee , respectively .

In addition , striker Klaas -Jan Huntelaar is still sidelined with a knee injury.

Chelsea 's Portuguese Jose Mourinho aims to regain ground in Group E of the Champions League in a game against Schalke in which the English could stand as leaders of their group .

The setback in the first meeting this season , 1-2 in the visit to London of Basel, has hindered the progress of Mourinho in the competition, but he rallied to beat to win their next match Steaua Bucharest by 0-4 .

Chelsea opened the season with doubts and irregular results , although it seems to have entered a downward spiral in recent games .

This past weekend, the " blues " Cardiff thrashed at home ( 4-1) and signed and its sixth straight game without losing , have not fallen back from the defeat against Basel .

The final day also left a positive note the first goal for the club of the London of Samuel Eto'o arrived in Russia this summer .

The Chelsea was measured at Schalke last 2007-2008 season , when both teams were also drawn into the same group of the tournament.

At that intersection, the initial 0-0 Schalke kept in the game that was played in Germany but lost 2-0 at Stamford Bridge against the goals of the Ivorian Didier Drogba and Florent Malouda French .