Overview

• Schalke arrive on 15 points from seven matches after wins over Magdeburg (2:0) and Fürth (1:0), conceding just four goals this season.
• Coach Miron Muslic calls it “intensity against intensity,” warning of potentially hectic phases and aiming to force turnovers for quick transitions.
• Center-back Timo Becker is out for weeks with a knee medial‑ligament rupture and Christian Gomis picked up a thigh injury in training.
• Arminia have lost two in a row, are without suspended playmaker Marvin Mehlem, and pair a leading attack with a test against Schalke’s tight defense.
• Sky carries the match on TV and stream (WOW), with Yannick Erkenbrecher moderating and Toni Tomic on commentary, while NRZ runs a live ticker and post-match podcast.