45.
9:19 p.m
Half-time conclusion:
In a lively game, the score between St. Pauli and Schalke 04 was 1-1 at the break. From the guests’ point of view, it is a very flattering interim result. The FCSP took the initiative right from the start and after a quarter of an hour were creating great chances every minute. However, the overdue goal to make it 1-0 came after a hand penalty. The VAR had previously alerted the referee to a Tempelmann handball. Afterwards, only the Kiezkickers played, but they had to accept the cold shower in almost the only Schalke attack. Ouwejan served Polter perfectly, who hit the ball perfectly and sank it from eleven meters. Even afterwards there was hardly anything to be seen from S04. Recently, however, Hamburg also found it difficult to create clear chances.
45.
9:18 p.m
End of 1st half
45.
9:16 p.m
Yellow card for Cédric Brunner (FC Schalke 04)
Brunner just looks at the ball, but first clears Ritzka with his tackle, hitting him brutally on the ankle. While the S04 player cannot believe that he is seeing yellow and insists that he played the ball, it is clear that this action falls more into the dark yellow category.
45.
9:15 p.m
Yellow card for Marcin Kamiński (FC Schalke 04)
At the beginning of the two-minute stoppage time, Kamiński passes Afolayan’s back in the center. Clear yellow card.
45.
9:15 p.m
Official injury time (minutes): 2
45.
9:15 p.m
The greatest speed is no longer possible. Schalke lets the leather circulate calmly in their own third, while St. Pauli suspends the high pressing.
42.
9:12 p.m
Hartel pulls a corner up into the box, where Smith prevails in the header duel, but presses the leather almost vertically onto the ground with his forehead. Wahl was able to exploit the touchdown, but he headed it past the Gelsenkirchen box on the right.
40.
9:11 p.m
Saliakas joins the attack on the right, but ultimately the flat cross into the box is too easy to defend. S04 is now more compact defensively.
38.
9:09 p.m
Furthermore, extremely little comes from the people of Gelsenkirchen, who find it very difficult to free themselves playfully. St. Pauli basically still has everything under control, but they hardly pose a threat to the opposing goal anymore.
35.
9:05 p.m
After winning the ball in the center, Oladapo Afolayan wants to make it a little too selfish. While Johannes Eggestein would have been completely free and ready to play, the 26-year-old simply shot straight from 17 meters, but missed the visitors’ goal with his right-footed shot.
33.
9:02 p.m
Yellow card for Connor Metcalfe (FC St. Pauli)
Schallenberg claims the ball in the center, but Metcalfe comes flying in and clears the celebratory player with a rustic body check. This earns him the first yellow card of the game.
31.
9:01 p.m
Hamburg tries to give a direct answer, but Hartel, who could shoot directly from 15 meters, wants to make it too playful. However, his pass intended for Eggestein is successfully blocked.
29.
20:58
Tooor for FC Schalke 04, 1-1 by Sebastian Polter
That is impossible! From a half-chance, Schalke 04 actually equalized out of the blue. Ouwejan is not attacked and then plays a wonderful pass with his inside instep from the left corner of the penalty area into the path of Polter, who stops the ball, hits the ball perfectly and sinks it into the bottom right corner, unstoppable for Vasilj. What a cold shower for the vastly superior neighborhood footballers!
27.
8:57 p.m
The people of Hamburg are now taking a little time out and trying to lure the guests from the Ruhr area out of their reserve. Schalke is currently running behind the action in almost every situation.
24.
20:54
After a foul in the center, Hartel simply takes the free kick from 28 meters. However, the right-footed shot clearly misses the Schalke goal.
22.
20:52
On the other hand, Yusuf Kabadayı wants to ensure a quick answer and promptly hits his head against the wall. In fact, he can hold the ball well into the opponent’s penalty area, but then has to do it himself from a tight angle due to the lack of a teammate. However, the high, violent shot at the near corner misses. Nevertheless, it is the miners’ most dangerous action to date.
21.
8:50 p.m
Tooor for FC St. Pauli, 1-0 by Marcel Hartel
Hartel takes responsibility for the penalty and coolly scores the overdue 1-0 for the Kiezkickers, whose excess of chances in the last five minutes has no consequences. Hartel looks casually at Langer and slides in half-right as the Schalke keeper moves to the left.
20.
8:50 p.m
The VAR reports and draws the referee’s attention to an alleged handball by Tempelmann, who earlier threw himself into Metcalfe’s follow-up shot, which hit the ball over the crossbar. The pictures actually show: Tempelmann distracts the play equipment with his hand. The referee decides Hand penalty for St. Pauli!
18.
8:48 p.m
Posts for St. Pauli! The Hamburg team is pushing hard for the 1-0 lead, but it still doesn’t want to fall. A corner from the left lands at the second post at the free Eggestein, who first fails with a header against Langer and then puts the follow-up shot at the right post. Seguin is a crucial distraction here.
16.
8:47 p.m
Great opportunity for St. Pauli! The Kiezkickers throw everything forward and almost take a 1-0 lead. After a strong pass from Saliakas, the ball lands at Saad, who shoots from eleven meters. Langer has already been beaten, but Kabadayı prevents the shot on the line before Langer parries the follow-up shot and Metcalfe hits the follow-up shot over the crossbar.
13.
8:45 p.m
Now Schalke is doing it quickly. However, Kabadayı’s cross, intended for Polter, was safely plucked out of the air by Vasilj.
11.
20:41
Ten minutes are over and the Gelsenkirchen team is increasingly constricted in their own half. At the moment there is little relief coming from the miners. St. Pauli increases the pressure.
8th.
8:39 p.m
The Kiezkickers are increasingly taking the initiative. But a deep pass intended for Metcalfe is too long. Fährmann and Müller representative Langer comes out in time and has the ball safely.
5.
8:35 p.m
The first degree belongs to the FCSP. The attack rolls over to the left via Brunner. Hartel narrowly missed the cross from Eggestein and Metcalfe’s subsequent shot from the second row went well past the Schalke goal to the left. Goal kick.
4.
8:33 p.m
Tactically influenced initial phase in Hamburg. Both teams are still feeling each other out and trying to figure out the opponent’s orientation.
1.
8:30 p.m
Kick-off at Millerntor. The home team is dressed entirely in brown, the guests from the Ruhr area are dressed in light blue and white. Let’s go.
1.
8:30 p.m
Game start
8:06 p.m
Relegated Schalke is not at all satisfied with the results so far. Just seven points from six league games correspond to the Royal Blues’ weakest result in the lower house since the 1989/90 season. The Knappen have never conceded twelve goals, meaning an average of two goals conceded per second division game, and they could easily have conceded even more. After six league games, no other second division team has such a high expected goals against value as S04 (13.7).
19:56
FC St. Pauli is the only second division team that is still unbeaten after six matchdays (two wins, four draws). Hamburg also has the best defense in the lower house of German football, conceding just three goals from six games, and have not been behind in any of the six games so far. Across all seasons, the Kiezkickers have only lost one of their last 22 second division home games (eleven wins, ten draws). The FCSP goes into the Saturday evening game with corresponding confidence.
19:51
Speaking of Ron Schallenberg: The returnee, who is allowed to play again after his red card suspension, could well become a lucky charm today. The 24-year-old is making his 100th appearance in the 2nd Bundesliga. With his previous club, SC Paderborn, he played five times against FC St. Pauli, scoring five goals and not losing a single one of these games (three wins, two draws).
7:47 p.m
In the absence of the injured goalgetter Simon Terrode, who is missing again today (calf problems), S04 won 4-3 in a heated match against Magdeburg last week thanks to double packer Sebastian Polter. Coach Thomas Reis still makes a total of three changes: In addition to Michael Langer, who replaces the injured Marius Müller between the posts, Ron Schallenberg also returns to the first team after a red card suspension. In addition, Yusuf Kabadayı begins. Assan Ouédraogo and Tobias Mohr (both bench) remain outside.
19:43
When you look at the lineups, there are few surprises at FC St. Pauli. The Kiezkickers won 5-1 against Holstein Kiel in the Millerntor Stadium last Sunday. Compared to this victory, there is only one change to the starting line-up: Manolis Saliakas, who is fit again after an illness, has moved back into the starting eleven to replace Philipp Treu (bank).
7:38 p.m
In the only season together so far between the two clubs in the 2nd Bundesliga (2021/22), the home team prevailed, with the Kiezkickers having to attend Gelsenkirchen’s promotion celebrations in the 2-3 defeat to Schalke. Overall, FC St. Pauli has lost six of the last seven competitive games against the Knappen (one win).
7:30 p.m
Good evening and welcome from the Millerntor Stadium. Here FC St. Pauli welcomes FC Schalke 04 this evening at 8:30 p.m. as part of the 7th matchday of the 2nd Bundesliga.