Overview

• Schlager left the Bundesliga match against Mainz after roughly half an hour with apparent muscular complaints.
• Ezechiel Banzuzi replaced him and soon set up Johan Bakayoko for the opening goal.
• Head coach Ole Werner had praised Schlager’s stabilizing influence two days earlier, noting his growing presence after a long layoff.
• Schlager had cautioned during preseason that he might need about a year to regain full fitness after previous injuries and missed the entire preparation and the first two league games.
• Antonio Nusa also had an injury scare after falling on his right arm and was substituted later, with the extent still unclear.