Overview
- Hasan Kurucay scored in the fourth minute to clinch a 1–0 home win over SV Elversberg in Gelsenkirchen.
- Schalke moved to 27 points and first place at least overnight, with Elversberg on 23 after a fourth straight match without a win.
- Seventeen-year-old Mike Wallentowitz made his first start for the senior team as Schalke leaned on youth amid multiple absences.
- A second-half medical emergency in the Südkurve was reported resolved by the club, which wished the supporter a full recovery.
- Agent Tim Jerat said several clubs are scouting Soufiane El‑Faouzi as reports link Borussia Dortmund, noting the midfielder is under contract until 2029 with no release clause.