45.+4
9:20 p.m
FCM goalkeeper Reimann was only able to secure a sharp cross when he reached out and buried the ball in front of the onrushing Murkin, who has so far been rather inconspicuous.
45.+3
9:19 p.m
On the corner kick, Ouédraogo comes across the ball at the second post, but with a fine movement he hits another catch. As a result, the angle is too acute and he chases the ball high past the short corner.
45.+2
9:18 p.m
Temple man with violence! He thunders the ball onto the FCM housing from more than 25 meters. Reimann parries unconventionally and digs the ball next to the goal in volleyball style.
45.+2
9:17 p.m
Lawrence defends strongly against the agile Ouédraogo and remains fair.
45.+1
9:17 p.m
In view of two goals and the injury interruption, there is a seven minute delay!
45.
9:16 p.m
Official injury time (minutes): 7
45.
9:16 p.m
Substitution at FC Schalke 04: Michael Langer
45.
9:16 p.m
Substitution at FC Schalke 04: Marius Müller
44.
9:16 p.m
And actually: Müller leaves the pitch crying bitterly, not yet wanting to admit his injury. The Schalke hospital is expanding.
42.
9:15 p.m
When Marius Müller hits the ball, he hits his groin, the keeper immediately falls to the ground and immediately calls for the physiotherapists. This does not look good.
41.
9:14 p.m
Kabadayı tries it from a tight angle, but shoots clearly over it.
40.
9:11 p.m
Tooor for FC Schalke 04, 1:2 by Sebastian Polter
Schalke accepts the FCM gift! The home team is running way up front, but Magdeburg still wants to stay true to its style of play and tries to play out from the back. However, this takes revenge, Seguin wins the ball just a few meters near the edge of the penalty area and passes it over to Polter. He stays cool and pushes it flat into the left corner.
39.
9:11 p.m
Polter narrowly misses! Schalke is here now! Ouédraogo does this strongly on the left side, advances to the baseline and then brings the ball sharply in front of the goal. Polter slips into the six-yard box just too late.
38.
9:10 p.m
Maximum penalty for Mohr! He was substituted in the first half after a poor performance and left the pitch with his head hanging.
38.
9:09 p.m
Substitution at FC Schalke 04: Yusuf Kabadayı
38.
9:09 p.m
Substitution at FC Schalke 04: Tobias Mohr
37.
9:09 p.m
After an offensive foul, Reimann and Baumgartl briefly clashed, but tempers quickly calmed down again.
36.
9:08 p.m
S04 double chance! Kamiński dangerously extends a free kick cross, but Reimann reacts brilliantly and prevents the goal thanks to his strong reflex. Paul Seguin tries it from a distance straight away, but Reimann parries again.
34.
9:06 p.m
It doesn’t take long until the next FCM chance: After a Schalke loss of the ball, Atik turns up the heat and finishes a solo with a curled right-foot shot next to the post. It could already be 3-0 in Gelsenkirchen!
33.
9:05 p.m
Schalke remains extremely lethargic in defense, which is now being punished with a concert of whistles from the audience. The Royal Blues are unable to defend a corner kick, and the next long-range shot flies towards the left corner – but this time Müller is there.
32.
9:03 p.m
Cheers from the home fans: Brunner clears the ball in front of the running Atik with good timing.
30.
9:02 p.m
For the team from the Ruhr area, the worry lines become even greater when you look at the table. The Knappen are currently in the relegation place, but tomorrow the two weaker teams, Hertha BSC and VfL Osnabrück, will play.
29.
9:00 p.m
The Titz team is doing almost everything right so far, especially in midfield they have Schalke firmly under control. Schalke, on the other hand, hardly finds any solutions.
27.
8:57 p.m
Tooor for 1. FC Magdeburg, 0:2 by Silas Gnaka
First Müller’s brilliant deed, seconds later he can no longer do anything. Gnaka has too much space in midfield and plays the through ball to Schuler. He fails because of Müller, who closes the corner. But the situation is still hot, Ceka is surrounded by some Schalke players in the penalty area, but the back area is completely free. The number ten then places the ball there, Gnaka comes to the shot undisturbed and welds the long-range shot again flat into the left corner. The shot is a copy of the first hit.
25.
20:56
Bell Bell holds strong against Mohr and finally takes the free kick on the sideline in his own half. The small duels usually go to Magdeburg.
24.
8:55 p.m
After a hard aerial duel by two Magdeburg players, Ouwejan crosses the half-field free kick towards the penalty spot. There, however, an FCM player has control of the air and clears the ball. As of now, the home team’s standard situations can still be improved.
22.
20:52
Promising dead ball for the guests: Barış Atik will try a direct free kick about 25 meters from the goal. But his shot flies clearly too low into the Schalke wall.
20.
8:50 p.m
Great snapshot for all Magdeburg fans: In the live table, FCM jumps to the top of the table and could benefit from HSV’s defeat in Elversberg on this matchday.
19.
8:49 p.m
Tobias Mohr shoots from a half-right position, but clearly hits the ball too high over the opponent’s box. Still a decent approximation.
18.
8:49 p.m
The goal is the logical result of the previous minutes. Schalke didn’t show quite as much bite on the pitch after the pyrotechnics break, Magdeburg got more and more possession of the ball and is handling the ball very confidently in the current phase.
16.
8:46 p.m
Tooor for 1. FC Magdeburg, 0-1 by Silas Gnaka
Schalke’s lethargy is punished! After a long ball, the Royal Blues didn’t clear the ball consistently enough and Mohr ended up playing the ball to Gnaka’s feet. He reacts strongly, puts the ball on his left foot about twenty meters in front of the goal and shoots it dry into the left corner – no chance for Marius Müller!
15.
8:45 p.m
There is also an emotional connection on the other side: The father of Schalke’s six Paul Seguin, Wolfgang Seguin, is a true FCM legend, Paul was born in Magdeburg.
14.
8:44 p.m
Luca Schuler and Jason Ceka have scored five goals to date and are returning to their old place of work together today. Both were trained in the miners’ forge.
12.
8:43 p.m
Magdeburg takes a corner short and combines strongly into the penalty area. A few dangerous situations arise, but the guests cannot get into the shooting position. Finally Schalke clarify.
10.
20:41
Jason Ceka with the first individual action in the Schalke penalty area, but after a few quick movements he puts the ball into the side netting from an acute angle.
8th.
8:39 p.m
Schalke set the tone a little more in the first few minutes, but at the moment most of the action takes place in the midfield.
7.
8:37 p.m
The fog still hangs in the stadium, but has now risen further up. So let’s move on, regardless of the pyrotechnics, the atmosphere in Gelsenkirchen is great.
5.
8:36 p.m
The pyrotechnics made it foggy in the Veltins Arena. The referee therefore interrupts the game for a short time.
4.
8:35 p.m
The referee for the game is Michael Bacher, assisted by Pascal Müller in the Cologne basement. FCM keeper Dominik Reimann punches a Schalke corner kick out of the danger zone.
2.
8:32 p.m
Schalke’s first half-field free kick is harmless.
1.
8:32 p.m
Of course, Schalke plays in the royal blue home jerseys, the guests from Saxony-Anhalt wear the dark away jerseys.
8:31 p.m
A short moment of silence: The flood and earthquake victims in Libya and Morocco will be remembered with a minute’s silence.
20:29
Around 6,000 FCM fans probably traveled along, there is a choreo in both fan curves – with lots of pyrotechnics at both fan camps.
20:28
There are also two changes at 1. FC Magdeburg compared to the 6:4 against Hertha BSC, both due to injuries. Captain Amara Condé returns to the starting eleven and replaces Elfadli, while Gnaka will probably move back. Nollenberger plays instead of El Hankouri.
20:24
Because Terodde is missing from Schalke due to injury, Sebastian Polter plays up front. In addition, new signing Derry Murkin makes his starting eleven debut, playing in place of Soichiro Kozuki. Nothing has changed for the Knappen in midfield or defense.
8:20 p.m
Curious: Schalke and Magdeburg have already met in three competitive games, none of which were league games. In December 2000, Schalke won the DFB Cup quarter-final duel 1-0 and five months later became cup winners in the final against Union Berlin. The previous two duels were in the UEFA Cup when Germany was divided: In the second round of 1977/78, the then runner-up in the GDR Oberliga knocked the runner-up in the Bundesliga out of the tournament with two clear victories; Magdeburg was only defeated in the quarter-finals UEFA Cup winner PSV Eindhoven stopped.
8:14 p.m
Both teams tested during the international break: Schalke won 4-2 at third division team SSV Ulm, Magdeburg – also against a third division team – couldn’t get beyond a draw and drew 1-1 with Erzgebirge Aue.
8:08 p.m
Before the international break, Magdeburg were involved in what was probably the most spectacular game of this second division season so far; 1. FCM won the ten-goal festival against Hertha 6-4. The Saxony-Anhalt team demonstrated morale several times: the guests from Berlin took the lead four times, but Magdeburg always had the answer ready and ultimately turned the game around.
8:01 p.m
In Magdeburg, however, the mood could hardly be better. The FCM celebrated three wins and two draws at the start of the season and, thanks to their first round victory in the DFB Cup, are undefeated in the first six games of the season. This had already become apparent at the end of last season: Magdeburg only lost one of twelve competitive games across the season. The three-time GDR champions are currently doing better in German football than ever since reunification.
19:53
The recurring trouble spots in the team and absences due to injuries don’t really improve the situation. The dispute between coach Reis and goalkeeper Ralf Fährmann, which has been settled for the time being, will not be given any further fuel for the time being: Ralf Fährmann is missing injured, but Marius Müller may therefore become even more entrenched in the goalkeeper position. Captain Simon Terodde is also missing with a minor calf injury.
19:43
This rebellion is still missing in the here and now: After the 1-1 draw at SV Wehen Wiesbaden, the Royal Blues only have a weak points tally of four points after five games and have their backs against the wall early on. If Thomas Reis’ team misses their second league win in the sixth game, the gap to the top places will slowly become dangerously large.
7:36 p.m
Schalke’s disappointing start to the second division was similar to the start of the season two years ago, when the championship and direct promotion were determined at the end. At that time, a strong series of six wins in seven games followed from match day five.
7:30 p.m
Good evening and welcome to the top second division game on Saturday evening! The previously disappointing Bundesliga relegated Schalke 04 welcomes the surprise team from 1. FC Magdeburg. The ball rolls in the Veltins Arena at 8:30 p.m.