On Friday evening, FC Schalke 04 will host 1. FC Kaiserslautern for the first time in the 2nd Bundesliga at the Betzenberg. There have already been many duels in the top flight.
On Friday evening, FC Schalke 04 and 1. FC Kaiserslautern will meet at the Betzenberg in Kaiserslautern for the cellar duel in the 2nd Bundesliga. Despite the great tradition of both clubs, this is the first ever clash in the lower division in Kaiserslautern. S04’s 3:0 win in the first leg was the first clash between the two clubs in the 2nd division.
Overall, Schalke are slightly ahead in the comparison of competitive matches between the two clubs. Royal Blue have won 35 times. Kaiserslautern won 30 games, 24 matches were without a winner. Of course, most of the matches took place in the Bundesliga. Here the balance is completely even. Both clubs won 28 times each. 22 matches ended in draws.
There is one match in the past that Schalke fans will not have fond memories of. On November 27, 2010, 1. FC Kaiserslautern swept FC Schalke 04 from the Betzenberg with a score of 5:0. And the miners were playing with Manuel Neuer in goal at the time. In addition to Lukas Schmitz, the defense also featured the later world champion Benedikt Höwedes as well as Christoph Metzelder and Atsuto Uchida.
The defensive midfield was also prominent with Jermaine Jones and Peer Kluge. Jefferson Farfan and Edu were lame on the wings. And two world stars played up front: Raúl and Klaas-Jan Huntelaar were completely up in the air against Schalke, who were played to the wall on the day
The goals for Kaiserslautern were scored twice by Srdjan Lakic, Martin Amedick and Ivo Ilicevic. The biggest humiliation at the end was the header by Jan Moravek, who had been loaned to FCK by S04, in the 88th minute. A pitch-black evening for the miners, who subsequently found themselves in 15th place in the table with this star-studded line-up. The fact that Schalke’s coach at the time, Felix Magath, stood up after the game and announced that the Schalke fans were louder than the Lauter fans was almost embarrassing.
The rest is history. Magath was sacked in March 2011 after disagreements at the club. His successor Ralf Rangnick won the DFB Cup with the team in the summer