On Saturday (September 13, 1 p.m.) FC Schalke 04 Holstein Kiel asks for dance in the 2nd Bundesliga. The man in particular should worry about the storks coaching bench.
The duel between FC Schalke 04 and Holstein Kiel on September 13th (1:00 p.m. in the Sport.de live ticker/highlights afterwards on RTL+) is only the fifth that the royal blue and the North Germans deliver in the 2nd league. The balance sheet clearly speaks for the guests who only had to give the debut 0: 3 in early August.
In January 2022 they separated 1-1, in August 2023 (2-0) and February 2024 (1-0) the Kieler prevailed. Striking: The last three matches were already responsible for coach Marcel Rapp on Kiel, who has never lost against S04.
This time Rapp has to shake a very good plan out of your sleeve if you want to put the Schalke in your barriers. After all, there should hardly be less than euphoria in Gelsenkirchen.
Because even if you do not always occur completely convincingly, S04 has so far laughed in the face of the demanding league start with three wins (2: 1 against Hertha BSC, 2: 1 against VfL Bochum, 1-0 against Dynamo Dresden). The 0: 1 against Lautern on the 2nd matchday has only briefly clouded the mood of the second in the table.
Quite different with the KSV: The Bundesliga relegated team still struggles with the German football sub-house. Against SC Paderborn (1: 2), Arminia Bielefeld (0: 2) and on the last matchday against Hannover 96 (1: 2), one lost only on matchday 3. In the table you just take 14th place, so the pressure should not be underestimated.
More facts about the game FC Schalke 04 vs. Holstein Kiel
- However, the false start of the Kieler cannot be justified with a lack of will to work. With an average of 123.3 kilometers per game, the storks covered the second largest route of all 18 second division teams. Dynamo Dresden easily exceeds the yield with 124.5 kilometers on average. For comparison: S04 ranks with an average of 116 kilometers per game in midfield (10th place).
- The top 3 running miracles of the Kiel are Marko Ivezic (11.6 per game), Ivan Nekic (11.2) and Marco Komenda (10.9). At Schalke, Soufiane EL-Faouzi (11.5) and Ron Schallenberg (11.2) and Timo Becker (10.9) stand out.
- It should also be exciting how the following statistics affect the game: Holstein Kiel went to the matter with a total of 65 fouls on the first four match days together with Hannover 96 – Schalke only fouled 13 (13th place). For this purpose, the miners have so far been punished with 35 times so far, Kiel’s players were fouled 53 times (8th place).
- A personnel are also particularly in focus: Timo Becker. The 28-year-old defender, who took his first steps as a professional at S04, played for the Kieler (86 games/10 goals) from 2022 to 2025 before returning to the lap of old love in the summer of 2025-and immediately played a major role on the defensive. As a new addition, Becker was also chosen as vice captain of the short. In the last two duels, Becker was still on the lawn for Kiel and celebrated two victories with the KSV.
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