DID YOU KNOW?
* Schalke are unbeaten in their last four games at the Veltins Arena in the Bundesliga with three wins and a draw.
* Since his debut in August 2006, Schalke goalkeeper Manuel Neuer has kept 62 clean sheets in 152 games - the best ratio of any goalkeeper in the Bundesliga over this period of time.
* The Royal Blues have only tasted defeat in two of their last 12 Bundesliga games against Kaiserslautern, winning eight of those.
* Should Schalke win this game, they would close the gap on Kaiserslautern on the all-time Bundesliga table. Kaiserslautern are in eighth spot with 2,059 points to Schalke 2,055.
* Ralf Rangnick is unbeaten in his first five competitive games in his second spell in Gelsenkirchen. In his first, the club went 10 matches without defeat.
* Kaiserslautern have won their last five Bundesliga games, conceding just once.
* Their coach Marco Kurz made 58 league appearances for Schalke and picked up a UEFA Cup winner's medal back in 1997.
* Should the Red Devils win, it will be their 150th away victory in their Bundesliga history.
* Midfielder Jan Moravek, who is on loan from Schalke, has scored five goals in 26 appearances this season, including the final goal in the 5-0 drubbing of his parent club earlier in the season.
* Kaiserslautern are unbeaten in their three previous away matches, winning two of those and drawing the other.
LAST MEETING
November 27, 2010: Kaiserslautern 5-0 Schalke
Alongside the win over Bayern, this has to rank as FCK's finrst showing of the campaign. Kaiserslautern took an early lead when Srdjan Lakic headed Christian Tiffert's corner home at the near post for his eighth goal of the season. Former Dortmund defender Martin Amedick doubled the lead six minutes before the break when he headed another Tiffert corner past Neuer. After the break, Tiffert and Lakic combined again to devastating effect for the third before a penalty from Ivo Ilicevic and a late goal from Jan Moravek, on loan from Schalke, added the icing on the cake.
PROBABLE LINE-UPS
Schalke: Neuer; Uchida, Matip, Metzelder, Sarpei; Farfan, Papadopulos, Jurado, Baumjohann; Raul, Edu
Kaiserslautern: Trapp; Dick, Abel, Rodnei, Jessen; Petsos; Kirch, Tiffert, Moravek, Hlousek; Lakic
Prediction
Schalke 04 3-0 1. FCK 
