Fortuna Düsseldorf vs Schalke 04, 2025-26 German 2. Bundesliga

· German 2. Bundesliga

Fortuna Düsseldorf

55': Tim Oberdorf

FT
0 - 2

Schalke 04

45'+2': Kenan Karaman (P)
81': Vitalie Becker

About

Fortuna Düsseldorf are hosting Schalke 04 at Merkur Spiel-Arena, Düsseldorf, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German 2. Bundesliga.

Match Timeline

13': Soufian El-Faouzi (Schalke 04) Yellow Card at 13'
40': Florent Muslija (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Yellow Card at 40'
44': Tim Oberdorf (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Yellow Card at 44'
45'+2': Kenan Karaman (Schalke 04) Penalty - Scored at 47'
45'+3': Anouar El Azzouzi (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Yellow Card at 48'
45': Bryan Lasme (Schalke 04) Substitution at 45'
55': Tim Oberdorf (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Red Card at 55'
66': Emmanuel Iyoha (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Yellow Card at 66'
69': Christian Rasmussen (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Substitution at 69'
73': Finn Porath (Schalke 04) Substitution at 73'
73': Kenneth Schmidt (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Yellow Card at 73'
80': Christian Gomis (Schalke 04) Substitution at 80'
81': Matthias Zimmermann (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Substitution at 81'
81': Christopher Lenz (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Substitution at 81'
81': Janik Bachmann (Schalke 04) Substitution at 81'
81': Vitalie Becker (Schalke 04) Goal at 81'
83': Jesper Daland (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Yellow Card at 83'
85': Felipe Sanchez (Schalke 04) Substitution at 85'
86': Jordy de Wijs (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Substitution at 86'
86': Zan Celar (Fortuna Düsseldorf) Substitution at 86'

Statistics

S04		F95
8	Fouls	15
1	Yellow Cards	5
0	Red Cards	1
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	1
1	Saves	5
44.8	Possession	55.2
13	SHOTS	14
7	ON GOAL	1
0.5	On Target %	0.1
1	Penalty Goals	0
1	Penalty Kicks Taken	0
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
0	Blocked Shots	9
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: Merkur Spiel-Arena
Location: Düsseldorf, Germany
Attendance: 51,500

2. Bundesliga Table

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	Arminia Bielefeld	0	0	0
2	VfL Bochum	0	0	0
3	SV Darmstadt 98	0	0	0
4	Dynamo Dresden	0	0	0

Full Table

Line-Ups

Fortuna Düsseldorf (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
33	Florian Kastenmeier (GK)
2	Jesper Daland
44	Elias Egouli
4	Kenneth Schmidt
15	Tim Oberdorf
24	Florent Muslija
46	Klaus Suso
8	Anouar El Azzouzi
13	Cedric Itten
7	Luca Raimund
19	Emmanuel Iyoha

Fortuna Düsseldorf Substitutes:

Matthias Zimmermann, Marcel Lotka, Zan Celar, Christian Rasmussen, Danny Schmidt, Shinta Appelkamp, Christopher Lenz, Moritz Heyer, Jordy de Wijs.

Schalke 04 (3-4-2-1)

No.	Name
1	Loris Karius (GK)
25	Nikola Katic
4	Hasan Kurucay
43	Mert Can Ayhan
46	Paul Pöpperl
23	Soufian El-Faouzi
33	Vitalie Becker
35	Mika Wallentowitz
9	Moussa Sylla
19	Kenan Karaman
18	Christopher Antwi-Adjei

Schalke 04 Substitutes:

Christian Gomis, Luca Podlech, Janik Bachmann, Henning Matriciani, Finn Porath, Felipe Sanchez, Mauro Zalazar, Bryan Lasme, Ayman Gülasi.

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