FC Cologne vs Schalke 04, 2024-25 German 2. Bundesliga

· German 2. Bundesliga

FC Cologne

43': Damion Downs

FT
1 - 0

Schalke 04

About

FC Cologne are hosting Schalke 04 at RheinEnergieSTADION, Köln, Germany, starting on . The match is a part of the German 2. Bundesliga.

Match Commentary

34': Joel Schmied (FC Cologne) Yellow Card at 34'
39': Mathias Olesen (FC Cologne) Yellow Card at 39'
43': Damion Downs (FC Cologne) Goal at 43'
45': Neo Telle (FC Cologne) Substitution at 45'
57': Max Finkgrafe (FC Cologne) Substitution at 57'
57': Florian Kainz (FC Cologne) Substitution at 57'
62': Adrian Gantenbein (Schalke 04) Substitution at 62'
62': Ilyes Hamache (Schalke 04) Substitution at 62'
62': Aymen Barkok (Schalke 04) Substitution at 62'
72': Damion Downs (FC Cologne) Yellow Card at 72'
73': Jan Thielmann (FC Cologne) Substitution at 73'
81': Imad Rondic (FC Cologne) Substitution at 81'
81': Amin Younes (Schalke 04) Substitution at 81'
81': Christopher Antwi-Adjei (Schalke 04) Substitution at 81'

Statistics

S04		KOE
6	Fouls	14
0	Yellow Cards	3
0	Red Cards	0
0	Offsides	0
4	Corner Kicks	4
2	Saves	2
63.2	Possession	36.8
11	SHOTS	12
2	ON GOAL	3
0.2	On Target %	0.3
0	Penalty Goals	0
0	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
2	Blocked Shots	4
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: RheinEnergieSTADION
Location: Köln, Germany
Attendance: 50,000

2. Bundesliga Standings

#	TEAM	GP	GD	PTS
1	FC Cologne	34	+15	61
2	Hamburg SV	34	+34	59
3	SV 07 Elversberg	34	+27	58
4	SC Paderborn 07	34	+10	55

Full Standings

Line-Ups

FC Cologne (3-4-1-2)

No.	Name
1	Marvin Schwäbe (GK)
6	Eric Martel
3	Dominique Heintz
2	Joel Schmied
8	Denis Huseinbasic
47	Mathias Olesen
7	Dejan Ljubicic
17	Leart Paqarada
25	Jusuf Gazibegovic
37	Linton Maina
42	Damion Downs

FC Cologne Substitutes:

Anthony Racioppi, Emin Kujovic, Max Finkgrafe, Steffen Tigges, Florian Kainz, Imad Rondic, Neo Telle, Luca Waldschmidt, Jan Thielmann.

Schalke 04 (4-2-3-1)

No.	Name
28	Justin Heekeren (GK)
35	Marcin Kaminski
26	Tomás Kalas
5	Derry John Murkin
23	Mehmet Can Aydin
14	Janik Bachmann
37	Max Grüger
6	Ron Schallenberg
19	Kenan Karaman
29	Tobias Mohr
10	Pape Meissa Ba

Schalke 04 Substitutes:

Felipe Sanchez, Aymen Barkok, Anton Donkor, Loris Karius, Amin Younes, Adrian Gantenbein, Ilyes Hamache, Christopher Antwi-Adjei, Michael Langer.

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