DID YOU KNOW?
* Schalke have won their last four Champions League matches at the Veltins Arena.
* The Konigsblauen have never lost a European tie after winning the first leg on the road.
* Raul scored his 70th goal of the Champions League in the first leg at San Siro.
* Schalke have scored nine goals in their last three home matches in the competition.
* Jefferson Farfan will miss the second leg due to suspension.
* Inter have conceded eight goals in their last three Champions League matches.
* The Beneamata have one win in four away matches in the tournament (W1, D1, L2).
* Walter Samuel was included in Leonardo's 22-man squad after missing the last five months with a knee injury.
* The Nerazzurri have picked up five wins in their last 16 matches away to German teams (W5, D7, L4).
* Samuel Eto'o is tied with Mario Gomez and Lionel Messi for the most goals in this season's competition (8).
LAST MEETING
April 5, 2011: Inter 2-5 Schalke
Schalke stunned the defending champions with a five-goal salvo at San Siro. Inter took an early lead through Dejan Stankovic's wonder goal from the halfway line, but Joel Matip levelled matters in the 17th minute.
The Nerazzurri went in front once more thanks to a goal by Diego Milito but again the hosts were pegged back when Edu scored five minutes before the half-time interval.
It was all Schalke in the second half as Raul gave the visitors their first lead of the game before Andrea Ranocchia's own goal made it 4-2. Edu then scored his second of the evening to complete the rout.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Schalke: Neuer; Uchida, Howedes, Matip, Sarpei; Jurado, Papadopoulos, Draxler, Baumjohann; Raul, Edu
Inter: Julio Cesar; Maicon, Ranocchia, Lucio, Zanetti; Thiago Motta, Cambiasso, Stankovic; Sneijder; Milito, Eto'o
Prediction
Inter showed a great deal of character to come from behind and beat Bayern Munich in the last 16 but overturning a 5-2 deficit against Schalke at the Veltins Arena will be an extremely tough ask.
The Germans ran rampant and wild at San Siro and with the holders conceding 19 goals already in the tournament a clean sheet is likely out of the question. Leonardo's men will not go gently into the Gelsenkirchen night but this hole is just too deep to dig themselves out of.
The Germans ran rampant and wild at San Siro and with the holders conceding 19 goals already in the tournament a clean sheet is likely out of the question. Leonardo's men will not go gently into the Gelsenkirchen night but this hole is just too deep to dig themselves out of.
Schalke 04 1-3 Inter Milan 
