Schalke's only chance in the first half came from a free kick from Daniel Caligiuri into Dortmund's crossbar, and their mission became much more difficult right after the second half came back. Midfielder Salif Sane has just returned from injury and cannot help the defense and goalkeeper Markus Schubert has a forgotten request when losing 0-4 to rivals Borussia Dortmund 0-4 in the Ruhr region derby , there is no miracle for them to equalize 4-4 as last season. Eight non-winning Bundesliga matches were Schalke's longest non-winning series under Wagner with 4 defeats and 4 draws, this is also the longest non-winning series of any Bundesliga club at the moment. The home field is not their fulcrum as they have not won the last 4 matches.
Augsburg started the second half brilliantly when Marco Richter tried Casteels' talent with a good attack from just inside the penalty area, the home side then overwhelmed when Philipp Max launched a brilliant free-kick defender. John Brooks of the United States headed for his net - Casteels deflected the ball under the line, and Tin Jedvaj was present to rescue. Substitute Felix Uduokhai appeared to have taken Augsburg the next few minutes, but his header effort was denied after reference to VAR technology. Unfortunately they are still exposed to a bitter 1-2 shirt against Wolfsburg at home, this is their 13th defeat in the Bundesliga this season. The Bavarians lost the fourth round in a row and were only 4 points behind the relegation play-off position.
