On the transfer market, Schalke is making positive headlines in the winter. However, on the field, the team has not yet been able to transfer their quality into the new year. In the derby against VfL ...
On the transfer market, Schalke is making positive headlines in the winter. However, on the field, the team has not yet been able to transfer their quality into the new year. In the derby against VfL Bochum, S04 even had the worst start of the current league season.
The team of Miron Muslic is trailing 0:2 at the start of the second half against Bochum. Koji Miyoshi (1st minute) and Philipp Hofmann (43rd minute) put the hosts in the lead.
The Royal Blues had only conceded two goals in a competitive match once in the 2025/2026 season. In the clear 0:4 defeat against Darmstadt in the second round of the DFB-Pokal, they had already conceded twice before the break.
Because the best defense in the German lower league (14 goals conceded) usually kept a clean sheet before halftime. That will definitely not be the case today.
Schalke now needs to look forward, particularly in attack. Hopes are also resting on veteran Edin Džeko. The 39-year-old is starting on the bench against Bochum, as he did in his debut against Kaiserslautern.
Can he, like last week, initiate a turnaround with a substitute goal? The S04 fans will be hoping so. Their team has not won in the last three league games. If the league leader wants to maintain their top spot, this dry spell must end quickly.
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