FC Schalke 04 against 1. FC Köln on TV and live stream: How to watch the 2. Bundesliga duel for free

• On the fourth matchday of the 2. Bundesliga, FC Schalke 04 welcomes 1. FC Köln.
• Kick-off is at 1:30 p.m. in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen.
• You can watch the party on Sky, WOW and OneFootball.

Things are heating up again in the Sunday conference of the 2nd Bundesliga. One of the exciting duels is between FC Schalke 04 and 1. FC Köln. The party starts at 1:30 p.m. in the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen.

After an impressive start to the season, the euphoria at Schalke has recently waned somewhat. With a 2-2 draw against 1. FC Magdeburg, Karel Geraerts’ team currently has four points. Up front, new signings Moussa Sylla and Kenan Karaman are always a threat, but they don’t seem to have found their feet at the back yet. Today, another tough test awaits them with 1. FC Cologne.

After a stuttering start in the 2nd Bundesliga, the Billy Goats seem to be on the up again. After the second round of the cup, they celebrated their first landslide victory of the season last weekend. In the 5-0 win against a weak Braunschweig team, the whole team showed why they are among the candidates for promotion. Can they show that again against Schalke or can the Royal Blues secure their second home victory?

You can watch the match completely free of charge on the English YouTube channel Sky Sports Football. You can also watch the broadcast in full afterwards. In order to see the stream, however, you will need to connect to Great Britain using a VPN service to bypass the country block.

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Use CyberGhost, the VPN service is perfect for streaming.

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Sky Sports Football is not available everywhere. Set your VPN service to a server in “Great Britain or England”.

Once you have done that, you can test your connection and see if you get an IP from the right country.

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You can access Sky Sports Football using a browser. You don’t need another app or streaming service.

If your VPN service is set to the correct country, you can access the stream live.

To the stream ❯

The country block can be circumvented with a VPN, but this puts you in a legal grey area.

You can also see this in Germany on OneFootball. Here you don’t have to take out a subscription, but pay a one-off fee of 4.99 euros for a game. The costs are debited directly from the payment method stored in your app store. With a trick you can also use OneFootball on your PC.

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Watch the party on Sky

You can also watch the match in the conference on Sky Sport 1 on pay TV. The individual game is available on another Sky channel. You will need a Sky Q subscription with the Bundesliga package for this.

Watch the party on WOW

If you want to watch the game live, you can also use Wow (formerly Sky Ticket). The sports subscription required for this costs 35.99 euros per month after the price increase or 40.99 euros with Premium. The annual subscription currently costs 29.99 euros or 34.99 euros with Premium. But before you sign up, check whether there are currently any discount vouchers from Wow.

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Listen for free instead of paying to watch

On the go? You can also follow your party in full length as a free audio stream via the ARD Mediathek or the Sportschau app.

The highlights on YouTube

If you don’t have time to watch the game, you can watch the highlights of this game from Sunday night on the Sportschau YouTube channel.

To the Sportschau YouTube channel❯

Be careful with shady streaming portals

Other, dubious streaming platforms may also offer free streams. You should definitely avoid these. Firstly, using such a streaming portal is a criminal offense. Secondly, there is the possibility that you could catch viruses on your device. We will tell you which streaming providers are reputable and which are not.

Sky now protects its live streams from piracy with a watermark.

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