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Bundesliga

Aug 22, 2015 at 2.30pm UK

Schalke Schalke 04
1-1
Darmstadt SV Darmstadt 98

Draxler (47')

FT(HT: 0-1)

Rausch (9')

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Half-Time Report: Schalke 04 trail to SV Darmstadt 98

By Callum Mulvihill, Reporter | 22 August 2015

Konstantin Rausch earns SV Darmstadt 98 a 1-0 half-time lead over Schalke 04 at the Veltins Arena.

SV Darmstadt 98 have taken a surprise 1-0 lead into the half-time interval against Schalke 04.

Both sides looked comfortable in possession in the early stages, but it was the visitors who broke the deadlock in the 10th minute when a long goal-kick was flicked into the path of Konstantin Rausch, who curled home to hand his side a surprise lead.

Darmstadt's defender Konstantin Rausch celebrates scoring the 1-0 during the German first division Bundesliga football match FC Schalke 04 v SV Darmstadt 98, on August 22, 2015 © Getty Images

Schalke were inches away from hitting back less than a minute later when Julian Draxler's long-range effort drifted wide of the post.

Andre Breitenreiter's side continued to improve after the early setback, and Draxler in particular was causing problems, finding space to test Christian Mathenia with another effort from outside the box.

Despite spending most of the first half on the back foot after taking the lead, Darmstadt twice threatened to double their advantage when Ralf Fahrmann was forced to save from Mario Vrancic and Dominik Stroh-Engel.