Bundesliga start with historic district derby: Dortmund versus Schalke in the live ticker

The Bundesliga will be the first of the world's largest sports leagues to start after the Corona break - and that with the Revierderby Dortmund against Schalke. Here you can follow the game in the live ticker.

• The Revierderby : Borussia Dortmund against FC Schalke 04 in the live ticker .
• The first match day since the Corona break * in the Bundesliga . 
• Germany's top division starts under special conditions and with  ghost games * .

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke 04 -: - (- :-), Saturday 3:30 p.m .: Estimated lineups

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Update at 11:04 a.m .:

Because in addition to the players, the referees before a Bundesliga match on the

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are tested, the

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the fixtures are only known at short notice on the match day when the test results are available. This is the case now.

Referee Deniz Aytekin heads the 96th Bundesliga derby between Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04. 

Meanwhile, it became known that a Bundesliga star must be in quarantine. His child is said to be infected with the corona virus.

Borussia Dortmind - FC Schalke 04: Bundesliga in the live ticker - district derby without a hospital octet

Update at 9.51 a.m .: Both clubs go to the Revierderby somewhat weakened by the way. BVB has to do without Emre Can , Axel Witsel (both torn fibers), Nico Schulz (muscular problems), Dan-Axel Zagadou (outer ligament rupture) and also Marco Reus (post-muscle training).

With the miners, the tense personnel situation has eased somewhat. Against Dortmund, Ozan Kabak (lumbar vertebral fracture), Omar Mascarell (tendon tear in the adductors) and Benjamin Stambouli (training after foot injury) are missing .

The expected lineups at a glance:

Dortmund: Bürki - Piszczek, Hummels, Akanji - Hakimi, Brandt, Delaney, Guerreiro - Sancho, Haaland, Hazard

Schalke: Schubert - Kenny, Todibo, Nastasic, Oczipka - McKennie, Serdar - Caligiuri, Harit - Burgstaller, Raman

Update from May 16, 8.35 a.m .: In just under seven hours, the time has come. Finally Bundesliga again. The colleagues from wa.de also accompany the game Borussia Dortmund against FC Schalke with a live ticker. 

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke: Watzke was "never so tense"

18:35:  Hans-Joachim Watzke feels the resumption of F ußball Bundesliga after corona break despite anticipation as a special burden. "I've almost never been so tense. We do not know where we stand in sports. Of course, I wonder if everything that we have prepared in organizational terms will work, ”said the managing director of Borussia Dortmund to the“ Funke Mediengruppe ”before the district derby against FC Schalke 04 on Saturday (3:30 pm / Sky) in their own stadium.

The traditional game is being played as a ghost game for the first time due to the Corona crisis . "Playing without spectators really hurts us a lot," said Watzke . However, contacts to the fan scene would have given him the impression "that many fans understand why we are going to continue," he commented, referring to the criticism of many observers about the return of the footballers to the title fight.

In addition to the tension, the 60-year-old also feels relief "because things are now going on in our industry and we are generating revenue again". "I can only really feel joy again when we play in a full stadium," said the BVB boss .

Update from May 15th, 10:27 am: Football fans worldwide are craving to watch the professional ball hunters again. On Saturday the 26th matchday rises - and with the Revierderby between Borussia Dortmund and FC Schalke 04 offers a special hit.

At BVB, the top performers Marco Reus, Emre Can and Axel Witsel are missing due to health reasons, with Markus Schubert the guests will most likely guard the goal and not Alexander Nübel, who is changing to Bayern.

Ex-Borusse and Augsburg coach Heiko Herrlich meanwhile have a scandal - the FCA coach has to stop work because of Corona.

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke: Bundesliga start after Corona break with the 26th matchday

Dortmund - The restart of the Bundesliga starts with a bang! The League is back with the well brisantesten Derby in German footbal l back - the Ruhr derby. Borussia Dortmund against FC Schalke. BVB against S04, black-yellow against blue-white, Lüdenscheid-Nord against Herne-West, Lucien Favre against David Wagner .

BVB expects S04 in the district derby.

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But the Revierderby never had any similar signs as this year. The league comes from the Corona break * and is the world's first major sports league to resume regular operations. The league and also Bayern * boss Karl-Heinz Rummenigge expect an extremely high number of spectators in front of the screens. 

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke: Derby with unusual signs - live ticker

The training procedures in the past few weeks were also unusual. After the cancellation, the players were only allowed to train at home. Then we worked in small groups and only recently has complete team training been allowed again. The teams will also have to get used to new cheers *. After all, curious injuries should be excluded.

But it is not the unusual training methods that make the derby, according to Sebastian Kehl , "certainly the most unusual derby in history". Of course there is also the viewer aspect. The game, like the rest of the season, will be a ghost game without fans . No battle cries, no chants, no special choreo.

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke 04: "No home or away game" - live ticker

"Saturday will start a lot from scratch, there is no home or away game of the kind, no advantages and no disadvantages," BVB international Julian Brandt told Sky . "In the end, it depends on who best accepts this situation and who can best deal with it."

⏳ A look at Saturday! #MondayMotivation #Bundesliga pic.twitter.com/Ynn16ffH7q

The season starts "from zero", but it is important to follow the existing numbers. Because therefore the Dortmund have almost only final games in front of them if they want to continue to put pressure on FC Bayern Munich * in the fight for the championship . They are only four points behind the German record champions * - but the Borussia will not lack motivation in the big derby anyway. 

Borussia Dortmund - FC Schalke 04: "Knappen" under pressure again - live ticker

At FC Schalke the sporting signs look a little different. The "Knappen" held their sixth place and qualification for the Europa League with only one point ahead, but the last games were anything but successful. The team of David Wagner has been waiting for a win for seven competitive games, among other things it set clear bankruptcies against RB Leipzig (0: 5) and 1. FC Köln (0: 3). 

The anticipation for the derby can also be seen under the mask # S04 | # BVBS04 | #Revierderby pic.twitter.com/fSuEyjyM6c

In the derby against BVB, fans will only be able to cope with a defeat if they recognize the correct use of their team. One that you can rely on is central midfielder Weston McKennie : "Just fight for the ball again, tackle a tackle, I really miss that," said the American. Schalke will be happy to hear that and would rather see it. Even neutral fans can hardly wait to finally see the players in the derby again.

Before the derby there will be important decisions about the Bundesliga. Among other things, it is about relegation and home law. FC Bayern starts sporting operations against 1. FC Union Berlin. You can also follow the game in our live ticker. 

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