Kyriakos Papadopoulos has returned to Schalke's starting lineup for their Bundesliga clash with Werder Bremen at home this afternoon

The defender will replace Atsuto Uchida at the back as the Royal Blues will aim to close the seven-point gap on leaders Bayern Munich.

Bremen too have made one change to their team, Assani Lukimya-Mulongoti coming in place of Sebastian Prodl at the back.

Schalke: Unnerstall, Howedes, Papadopoulos, Fuchs, Matip, Afellay, Jones, Farfan, Neustadter, Holtby, Huntelaar

Werder Bremen: Mielitz, Lukimya-Mulongoti, Schmitz, Papastathopoulos, Gebre Selassie, De Bruyne, Arnautovic, Elia, Hunt, Zlatko, Petersen