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20:42
Tooor for FC Schalke 04, 1:0 by Simon Terodde
The ball is now in the net. Král plays an excellent pass from the right touchline into Terodde’s run, who is able to beat both central defenders. Terodde goes into the sixteen and pushes the ball very coolly from 13 meters past the hundredweight that rushes out. The Royal Blues are in the lead.
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20:42
Is it tight? Mollet takes the free kick directly and fails at the side netting. Only centimeters are missing!
8th.
20:41
Schalke get a free kick in a promising position. Kohr brings down Král 25 meters before the box. From a half-left position, they lay the ball down.
5.
20:38
And it’s not at all safe. Lee extends the ball in at the near post and almost finds Ingvartsen to take it. But the Dane comes too late at the second post and just misses the ball.
4.
20:37
Onisiwo picks up the pace on the right after winning the ball himself. He tries to stage Lee from the half field, but Yoshida gets a toe between them. There is the first corner kick for Mainz.
2.
20:35
Compared to the Bremen game, Schalke remain unchanged in the starting lineup. At Mainz, da Costa replaces Widmer on the right rail position today.
1.
20:34
The ball rolls and the 05ers toast. With a wide pass, the Mainz team want to set Ingvartsen on the right, but the ball tumbles wide.
20:32
Both teams have entered the field and it’s about to start!
20:24
The last encounter between the two from the 20/21 Bundesliga season ended in a goalless draw. Dimitrios Grammozis also made his home debut as head coach in the VELTINS Arena and was quite happy with the result. That is now three coaches and a second division season of Schalke ago. We can be curious to see who will win the game today, or whether the points will be shared.
20:21
Mainz have been particularly strong away from home and have celebrated four of their five successes on foreign pitches. On the other hand, the S04 also got their only win in their own stadium so far, but are still only 18th in the home table.
20:04
Despite the defeat against Bremen, Thomas Reis saw some positives in his team. “We want to continue where we left off,” the S04 coach demanded of his players. For him, scoring points against Mainz means: “A lot of running, a lot of fighting. With the audience behind us, we want to reward ourselves to put more joy on our faces again,” he emphasized before the Wednesday evening game.
19:52
Coach Bo Svensson chose clear words in the run-up to the game after the two defeats in a row. “We not only need a good feeling, we also need three points. We want to create a basis for the second part of the season,” emphasized the head coach.
19:39
Mainz, on the other hand, are an unpleasant opponent. The 05ers suffered a severe 2:6 defeat against the almost unbeatable Bayern and there was also a clear 3:0 defeat against the in-form VfL Wolfsburg. At least in the last game the result is higher than deserved. Mainz actually showed their strong side against Wolfsburg, but failed because of the efficiency that the wolves mercilessly demonstrated. Nevertheless, Mainz are playing a good season and are eleventh in the table with 18 points. With a win today, the guests could orientate themselves in the upper ranks in the narrow table.
19:25
Schalke are deep in crisis. After 13 match days, the Royal Blues have just got six points. The Knappen have lost for seven league games in a row and the change of coach from Frank Kramer to Thomas Reis did not give the team the desired impetus. The S04 is simply lacking in every nook and cranny. In addition, Bochum scored a three-pointer against Gladbach last night and are four points away from bottom of the table. For today’s hosts, a point is essential to avoid hibernating in last place over the winter.
18:56
Welcome to the 14th matchday in the Bundesliga. On Wednesday evening, the bottom of the Schalke 04 league welcomes 1. FSV Mainz 05. At 8:30 p.m. the ball rolls in the VELTINS Arena. The live ticker for this game starts right before kick-off.