Schalke winless run continues after late goal, Uth concussed

Posted December 13, 2020 6:00 am

The Associated Press

AUGSBURG, Germany (AP) - Schalke's bid to end its lengthy winless streak in the Bundesliga was thwarted when 10-man Augsburg salvaged a 2-2 draw with a late goal Sunday in a game marred by a concussion for Schalke forward Mark Uth.

Marco Richter leveled the score for Augsburg in added time with a header off Michael Gregoritsch's cross. That meant Schalke reached 27 games in the league without a win, nearing the all-time German record of 31 set by Tasmania Berlin in the 1965-66 season.

A Champions League club as recently as 2018-19, Schalke remains last in the Bundesliga after conceding 33 goals in its first 11 games.

Much of the game was played in a somber atmosphere after Uth suffered an apparently serious injury while challenging for a high ball with Augsburg's Felix Uduokhai. Medical staff attended to him for around eight minutes on the field before he was taken off motionless on a stretcher.

Schalke wrote on Twitter that Uth had been hospitalized with a concussion and that 'œwe hope that he can go home tomorrow.'ť Later in the first half, his teammate Nassim Boujellab had his head bandaged after a clash of heads with Uduokhai, but was able to continue playing.

Augsburg took the lead when former Schalke player Daniel Caligiuri hit a free kick that went in off Schalke's Suat Serdar for an own-goal. Benito Raman seized on a poor back pass to level the score for Schalke in the 51st.

Soon after, Augsburg's chances took a hit when Florian Niederlechner was sent off after a second yellow card when he backed into Salif SanÃ© in a challenge for an aerial ball and the Schalke player went down clutching his face. Serdar redeemed himself after the own-goal with a cross for Boujellab to score Schalke's second in the 61st.

Elsewhere in the Bundesliga, Borussia Dortmund parted company with Lucien Favre following a 5-1 loss to Stuttgart on Saturday. Bayer Leverkusen hosts Hoffenheim later Sunday and can overtake Bayern Munich for the top spot.

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