46 minutes
2:34 p.m
Welcome back to the second round in the Veltins Arena! The struggling Royal Blues have improved compared to their disastrous performance in Paderborn and are somewhat unfortunate behind, as they are not really weaker in terms of clear finishes. Nevertheless, they received whistles from the home fans at half-time. Will they be able to avert their sixth defeat of the season after the break or will their precarious situation in the bottom of the table get worse?
46 minutes
2:34 p.m
Kick-off of the 2nd half
45 minutes
2:17 p.m
Half-time conclusion:
Hertha BSC leads 1-0 at half-time in the away game at FC Schalke 04. The Gelsenkirchen team got off to a fast start, but didn’t capitalize on it. As a result, the capital city team was slightly superior in possession and field, but initially looked in vain for positions ready to score. The home team then produced a remarkable attack on the pitch in the 27th minute through debut goalkeeper Heekeren, Polter and Karaman, at the end of which Drexler missed the visitors’ goal from the best position in the penalty area. In the last quarter of an hour, the Dárdai selection took control and rewarded themselves with the opening goal, which Prevljak scored with a precise direct pass after a deflected cross from Reese (41st). See you soon!
45 minutes
2:17 p.m
End of 1st half
45 minutes
2:15 p.m
Official injury time (minutes): 2
Half time in the Veltins Arena should be extended by 120 seconds.
44 minutes
2:14 p.m
In the live table, the BSC moves up to ninth place in the table thanks to the goal. He is currently five points behind third place and five ahead of the relegation zone led by S04.
41st min
2:10 p.m
Tooor for Hertha BSC, 0:1 by Smail Prevljak
Hertha takes the lead before halftime! A cross from Reeese from the right flank is deflected and becomes an arc. She touches down once in the center of the penalty area before Prevljak pokes the ball into the far corner from four meters in front of guard Baumgartl with his right foot.
40 minutes
2:10 p.m
Reese versus Heekeren! The ex-Kiel player dribbles inwards from the left wing and shoots at high speed from a good 22 meters into the flat right corner. Heekeren is quickly down and parries to the side.
39 mins
2:09 p.m
Tabakovic, Berlin’s best goalgetter with seven goals this season, is not yet a factor. So far, he has only rarely been fed balls by the offensive wide players.
36 minutes
2:05 p.m
There was more in it for Hertha! Zeefuik picks up the ball from Ouwejan on the right offensive side and penetrates into the box, where the Berliners have the majority. But he puts the ball way too far forward and is stopped fairly by the attentive goalkeeper Heekeren.
34 minutes
2:03 p.m
Márton Dárdai wants to circle a corner kick from the right flag directly to the short corner with his left instep. But the ball only sails into the side net.
31st min
2:00 p.m
Yellow card for Kenan Karaman (FC Schalke 04)
The former Turkish international comes a step too late in the fight for a free ball and roughly clears Zeefuik. Here too a warning is due.
29 mins
13:58
Yellow card for Jonjoe Kenny (Hertha BSC)
Kenny brings Murkin down near the halfway line with a side kick far from the ball. Referee Harm Osmers punished the offense with the first yellow card of the afternoon.
27 mins
13:57
The best S04 has a chance in the first half hour! Polter sends Karaman steeply into the penalty area on the right as a result of a precise flying ball from keeper Heekeren. The Stuttgart native lays across for Drexler, who wants to push in at full speed from twelve meters in the middle. But he sends the ball far past the left corner.
24 mins
13:53
After a more reserved phase, Schalke is trying to actively shape this. On the way to the top, Karaman and Polter can be put in the spotlight every now and then, but their contributions to their offensive colleagues are not yet arriving.
21 mins
1:50 p.m
Ouwejan crosses effectively from the left wing with his left instep into the area between the five-yard edge and the penalty spot. Leistner saves from Polter at the expense of a corner into the left goal. It’s harmless again.
18 mins
13:47
After an unfortunate collision with colleague Kenny, Zeefuik initially remains lying on the grass, but shortly afterwards continues his working day without treatment.
15 minutes
1:45 p.m
Zeefuik can assert himself on his right wing for the first time. He sends it steeply into the penalty area. In front of the starting Swiss, goalkeeper Heekeren, who had run out, cleared the ball into the touchline.
12 mins
13:42
After a defensively disorganized start, the visitors became more confident in their passes and now kept the ball in their ranks for longer. Márton Dárdai’s execution of the premiere corner from the right flag brings him nothing.
9 mins
13:38
It should be noted that the Royal Blues, who have changed six positions, want to make the first step out of the crisis with all their might today. They are playing forward very determinedly in this initial phase.
6 mins
1:35 p.m
Reese moves in from the left wing in front of the penalty area and wants to give the Capitals their first attempt at goal with his right instep. Defenseman Baumgartl advanced in time and blocked.
4th min
13:33
S04 gets off to a great start! Tempelmann runs over two opposing lines in the center and serves Murkin in the half-left corridor. He shoots at full speed from a good 18 meters to the short corner. The deflected ball flies into the side netting. The next corner is harmless.
1st minute
13:32
Polter gets the ball at the penalty spot after a half-high cross from Drexler from the right wing. After the pressured reception, the attacker misses a shot from the turn.
1st minute
1:30 p.m
Schalke against Hertha – the first 45 minutes in the Veltins Arena are running!
13:27
The 22 main actors have left the catacombs towards the lawn.
12:58
For the capital city team, who conceded twelve of their 15 goals away from home and who would ideally move up to eighth place in the table with a win, coach Pál Dárdai is forced to make two changes after the 1-2 home defeat against FC St. Pauli. Kenny and Zeefuik replace Dudziak (hit on the foot) and Winkler (infection).
12:52
On the side of the Gelsenkirchen team, who won the last comparison in the Bundesliga in mid-April 5-2 in front of their own audience and whose new coach, according to media reports, will probably be the Belgian Karel Geraersts (most recently Union Saint Gilloise), interim coach Matthias Kreutzer has the comparison Six personnel changes were made following the 1:3 away defeat at SC Paderborn 07. In addition to second division debutant Heekeren, who is preferred to Langer in goal, Baumgartl, Matriciani, Tempelmann, Drexler and Karaman start instead of Langer, Seguin, Ouédraogo, Lasme, Kalas (all on the bench) and Brunner (stricken).
12:47
Hertha BSC only has two points more than today’s hosts, but the mood in the Blue-White camp is much better. After defeating Eintracht Braunschweig (3:0) and KSV Holstein (3:2), they recently lost 1:2 to the extremely strong FC St. Pauli. From a playful point of view, Hertha’s development is undoubtedly correct – if they get a threesome today, they can finally look up again.
12:40
FC Schalke 04 was unable to stop the negative sporting development even through the dismissal of Thomas Reis, as the guest game at SC Paderborn 07, for which interim coach Matthias Kreutzer was responsible, was lost 3-1. The Royal Blues only have seven points to show after eight match days and are therefore stuck in the bottom of the table for the time being. The promotion ranks are currently out of the question – third place is already a whopping ten points away.
12:30
A warm welcome to the 2nd Bundesliga on early Sunday afternoon! The shaky FC Schalke 04 hosts fellow relegated team Hertha BSC on matchday 9. Gelsenkirchen residents and capital city residents will face each other on the pitch of the Veltins Arena from 1:30 p.m.