39
16:11
Yellow card for Simon Terodde (FC Schalke 04)
Terodde is totally mad at Latza and lets the frustration out immediately afterwards. He runs to Chabot immediately after the goal kick and kicks the defender too late.
38
16:10
It’s much more dangerous on the other side. A cross that is actually harmless is made hot in the Cologne backcourt, so Latza approaches the central defenders in the penalty area. He lays to the left at Terodde, but he wasn’t expecting it from eight meters at that point. That would have been a fire hazard.
36
16:08
After all, this free kick ensures a shot again. Kainz completely slips the cross. He gives in flat with the inside instep from 20 meters from the left, but the ball still slips over the instep of the defender. So Hübers still manages to shoot at the penalty spot, but it goes at least to the third floor.
35
16:05
Yellow card for Cédric Brunner (FC Schalke 04)
Brunner falls for a fake Kainz cross and then has to hold it. That gives yellow.
33
16:03
In the attack third it is far too imprecise on both sides. First Skhiri intercepts a bad pass on the Schalke wing, the counterattack is then just as sloppy as the pass goes almost to the left corner flag.
30
16:00
This time, while shielding, Hector gets knocked over at his own baseline. The FC captain needs a short break but can continue without treatment.
27
15:59
FC’s first shot. Skhiri drives forward over the middle and lays to Schmitz on the right. However, Maina processed his diagonal flat lay to the rear much too slowly, so that the right-footed shot from nine meters was immediately blocked.
25
15:57
Krauss animates the audience again, but this time rather passively. He gets upset about a somewhat impetuous nudge from Chabot, who extends his arms a bit after his block. Thus, the emotional arena is there again!
23
15:55
After a double throw-in, Schalke is back in the penalty area, but Schmitz throws himself in the way. The counterattack is stopped with a tackle, for which there is applause from the audience.
21
15:52
Ljubicic breaks through the right wing for the first time and moves to the baseline. In the penalty area, however, the pass to the back area is far too imprecise. After more than 20 minutes, it remains a shot on goal in the entire game.
17
15:49
In the duel between Terodde and Hübers, the hosts cautiously demand a hand penalty, which rightly doesn’t exist.
15
15:46
Due to the many duels, there is little near the penalty area. Since his good save, Schwäbe hasn’t had to intervene anymore, and the ferryman hasn’t even been in action yet.
11.
15:43
Cologne are significantly more in the attacking half and have won the first three corners. However, Schalke works well against it and leads 11:5 in the duels won. This is also a consequence of the fact that they can lead them as defensive duels.
9.
15:40
Right from the start you can feel that there is a lot at stake. All duels are fought with a lot of intensity and there is a lot of noise in the stands.
6.
15:37
After the second execution, the royal blue counterattack runs. Bülter gets the ball on the right side of the center line and has everything free in front of him, but Ljubicic can just spy away to Schwäbe from the middle with a tackle.
5.
15:36
The first corner, on the other hand, is for FC. After winning a header duel, Maina pulls out the set piece. Kainz gives in from the right with his right, but the first defender clears to the next corner.
2.
15:34
Schalke boldly gets going and scores a first free kick from 23 meters on the left wing. It is first clarified on the right wing, but the second flank from there becomes dangerous. Jenz pushes his forehead into the left corner from 5 meters but Schwäbe is there in a flash with his right paw.
15:29
There is one number after all: With the inclusion of Terodde and Fährmann, Schalke’s average age increases to 28.9 years. This is the Bundesliga high for almost 18 years.
15:25
At FC there is also very fresh news from the transfer market: Ondrej Duda will be loaned out to Italy to Hellas Verona until the end of the season. But that won’t have any impact on today’s game, so let’s focus on the sport now.
15:14
The mood in Cologne couldn’t be more different! In addition to the approaching carnival, the Baumgart team swept Werder Bremen out of their home stadium 7-1 last Saturday. With this result behind them, they traveled to Munich and even led there until the 90th minute. So the game ended 1:1.
15:05
The spirit of optimism should also be invoked yesterday. At the final training session in the Parkstadion, numerous fans came and sang for and with the team. The emotional highlight was definitely the two-minute speech by a predecessor who turned to the team and demanded 100% commitment and assured the people’s full support.
15:00
The Royal Blues messed up the first two games after the restart. At first there was no reward despite a good performance in Frankfurt (0:3). The slight tailwind from this was taken out of the sails in the heavy 1: 6 on Tuesday against Leipzig.
14:58
So then to the situation before the game: Schalke are at the bottom of the table with seven points behind the relegation at the start of the second half under pressure. There was therefore a great spirit of optimism around the game, which also explains the rapid integration of the newcomers and the goalkeeper change.
14:41
At FC, Davie Selke makes his starting eleven debut for Cologne. Hübers returns for Soldo in central defence. In addition, Ljubicic is back in the starting line-up after a long injury and replaces Huseinbašić.
14:38
Just a look at the line-ups, because there is a big surprise at Schalke: Ralf Fährmann is back between the posts and pushed Schwolow, who was always shaky, to the bench. In addition, with Jenz, Uronen and Starke there are three newcomers in the starting XI. Somewhat surprisingly, Frey has to go to the bench for this.
14:31
Hello and welcome to the live ticker of the Bundesliga match between FC Schalke 04 and 1. FC Köln. There will be a toast to Schalke at 3:30 p.m.