Looking at Bundesliga table, it is more weird to see other big traditional clubs like Sttugar and Hertha Berlin in bottom ranking range too. A difference between Schalke and Hertha Berlin at a safe position is only 5 points but with Schalke, 5 points are something too big as we see they only got 9 points totally after 18 matches.
I am not surprised where they are standing at the table , specialy Schalke as i expected that they will not win much.
I also expect that they will getting down again this season into the second league again.
The performances of Stuttgart, Bochum and Schalke have been very poor this season. They are consistently underperforming. However, the teams still have enough time and opportunity to get out of the relegation zone. If the team's performance is stable, they will be able to get out of the relegation zone. Especially the defense of the teams must be strong. They conceded a lot of goals and dropped points due to poor defense. And so if defenders perform well in the upcoming matches, they will be able to get out of the relegation zone.
With some luck they will be win a few games and i dont know how they will be doing after the winter break.
But i think that we dont see to much changing on this teams for there playing and how they playing.