Kaiserslautern vs Schalke 04, 2025-26 German 2. Bundesliga

· German 2. Bundesliga

Kaiserslautern

55': Marlon Ritter (P)

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1 - 0

Schalke 04

About

Kaiserslautern are hosting Schalke 04 at Fritz-Walter-Stadion, Kaiserslautern, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German 2. Bundesliga.

Match Timeline

41': Adrian Gantenbein (Schalke 04) Yellow Card at 41'
44': Maxwell Gyamfi (Kaiserslautern) Yellow Card at 44'
45': Emil Höjlund (Schalke 04) Substitution at 45'
52': Mahir Emreli (Kaiserslautern) Yellow Card at 52'
55': Marlon Ritter (Kaiserslautern) Penalty - Scored at 55'
63': Kenan Karaman (Schalke 04) Substitution at 63'
66': Emil Höjlund (Schalke 04) Yellow Card at 66'
70': Taylan Bulut (Schalke 04) Substitution at 70'
70': Janik Bachmann (Schalke 04) Substitution at 70'
72': Faride Alidou (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 72'
72': Naatan Skyttä (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 72'
75': Vitalie Becker (Schalke 04) Yellow Card at 75'
81': Leon Robinson (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 81'
85': Leon Robinson (Kaiserslautern) Yellow Card at 85'
86': Bryan Lasme (Schalke 04) Substitution at 86'
88': Florian Kleinhansl (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 88'
88': Jan Elvedi (Kaiserslautern) Substitution at 88'
90'+4': Janik Bachmann (Schalke 04) Yellow Card at 94'
90'+9': Naatan Skyttä (Kaiserslautern) Yellow Card at 99'

Statistics

S04		FCK
16	Fouls	8
4	Yellow Cards	4
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
3	Corner Kicks	5
2	Saves	4
43.9	Possession	56.1
9	SHOTS	11
4	ON GOAL	3
0.4	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	1
0	Penalty Kicks Taken	1
0	Accurate Passes	0
0	Passes	0
0.0	Pass Completion %	0.0
0	Accurate Crosses	0
0	Crosses	0
0.0	Cross %	0.0
0	Long Balls	0
0	Accurate Long Balls	0
0.0	Long Balls %	0.0
1	Blocked Shots	3
0	Effective Tackles	0
0	Tackles	0
0.0	Tackle %	0.0
0	Interceptions	0
0	Effective Clearances	0
0	Clearances	0

Game Information

Competition: German 2. Bundesliga

Venue: Fritz-Walter-Stadion
Location: Kaiserslautern, Germany
Attendance: 49,327

2. Bundesliga Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Schalke 04	33	+18	67
2	SV 07 Elversberg	33	+22	59
3	Hannover 96	33	+16	59
4	SC Paderborn 07	33	+12	59

Full Table

Line-Ups

Kaiserslautern (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Julian Krahl (GK)
4	Maxwell Gyamfi
5	Kim Ji-Soo
31	Luca Sirch
6	Fabian Kunze
8	Semih Sahin
7	Marlon Ritter
22	Mika Haas
2	Simon Asta
19	Daniel Hanslik
10	Mahir Emreli

Kaiserslautern Substitutes:

Florian Kleinhansl, Richmond Tachie, Jan Elvedi, Leon Robinson, Tobias Raschl, Faride Alidou, Simon Simoni, Naatan Skyttä, Aremu Afeez.

Schalke 04 (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Loris Karius (GK)
4	Hasan Kurucay
2	Felipe Sanchez
5	Timo Becker
23	Soufian El-Faouzi
6	Ron Schallenberg
33	Vitalie Becker
17	Adrian Gantenbein
9	Moussa Sylla
18	Christopher Antwi-Adjei
39	Peter Remmert

Schalke 04 Substitutes:

Justin Heekeren, Henning Matriciani, Bryan Lasme, Kenan Karaman, Max Grüger, Taylan Bulut, Emil Höjlund, Janik Bachmann, Mert Can Ayhan.

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