Sports · Schalke injury updateHoffenheim Schalke Gosens injury: Right-knee injury confirmed, Karius nearing trainingWritten November 9, 2026 at 8:18 PM UTCWatchTranscript0:07Robin Gosens has injured his right knee and will initially be unavailable for0:10Shalke.0:11Goalkeeper Loris Carrius has bruising after the same collision, and Shalke expects0:15him to resume training soon.0:16Earlier on November9, we reported that both players had left injured, with Coach0:21Miran Muslik fearing a serious knee injury.0:23Shalke has now examined both men.0:25Whether either can play when the league resumes is still unresolved.0:28Both players underwent thorough examinations on Monday after Sunday's two, one0:32defeat at Hoffenheim.0:34Those examinations give Schalke a clearer picture of what happened to each player.0:37Imaging confirmed an injury to Gosens's right knee, and Shalke says he'll initially0:41be unavailable.0:42Carrius suffered bruising to his face and upper body.0:45The club expects its goalkeeper to be able to resume training soon.0:48Carrius has a clearer next step, but Shalke hasn't set a date for his return to0:52training.0:52He'll still need a decision on match availability before he can take his place in0:56goal again.0:57The collision forced both players out in the forty, seven minute at the SMP arena in1:01Sinsheim.1:02Carrius had pushed away a shot from Fisnik Aslani.1:05Gosens then slid toward the loose ball.1:07Trying to reach it ahead of Andre Cremari.1:09Gosens caught his own goalkeeper in the face with his foot.1:11Neither player could continue.1:13Gosens left with his knee bandaged, supported by two teammates.1:16Kevin Eller replaced Carius in goal, while Vidali Becker came on for Gosen's.1:21One defensive rescue attempt had forced Shalke to make two changes.1:24Shalka coach Miran Muslik feared a serious knee injury immediately after the match.1:28He said, It looks bad.1:30We fear a serious knee injury.1:31He also expected a long absence.1:33Monday's medical update leaves the injury's severity undisclosed.1:36Shalke says Gosens will initially be unavailable.1:39The club hasn't identified the damaged part of his knee or said how long recovery1:43will take.1:43His return therefore remains open as the team heads into the international break.1:47Hoffenheim won two, one after building a two goal lead before halftime.1:52Fisnick Azalani scored in the tenth minute and Tim Lemperlet in the twenty-sixth.1:56Junior Adamou replied in the eighty first minute.1:59His goal ended Shalka's run of five hundred goalless minutes and gave the promoted2:03side its first goal from a striker this season.2:05Gosens had only just returned to the starting lineup after head wounds suffered2:08against KLN on October twenty-four.2:11He'd collided with Sufyan L.2:12Fowsi.2:13Schalke announced his return to full team training on November4, before the knee2:17injury at Hoffenheim.2:18Schalke entered the international break second from bottom, still seeking a second2:22league win.2:23The club had gone six Bundesliga games without victory, and seven competitive2:27matches overall.2:28Hoffenheim moved up to ninth.2:30The match drew twenty-eight three hundred and sixty nine spectators, including2:33roughly ten zero traveling Schalke supporters.2:36Schalke hosts VFB Stuttgart at the Veltans arena on November twenty-one at six2:41thirty in the evening after the international break.2:43Neither players' availability for that match has been confirmed.2:46Gosens is initially unavailable, while Carrius is expected to resume training soon.Read the articleStory timelineHeyDex
