Goals: 0-1 Konoplyanka (17'), 1-1 Grujic (39'), 1-2 Uth (44'), 2-2 Ibisevic (45+4')

Both teams had kicked off 2019 with wins, and carried that momentum into a ding-dong battle of a first half. Though only a timely Matija Nastasic block prevented Davie Selke seriously testing Alexander Nübel, Schalke made the best start, and capped it with Yevhen Konoplyanka stylishly curling home the opener. Hertha regrouped and counter-punched on a counter-attack that saw Ondrej Duda breathtakingly backheel the decisive pass into Marko Grujic's run, and the on-loan Liverpool midfielder coolly levelled. Mark Uth was just as clinical as he swept home Bastian Oczipka's cut-back to restore the visitors' lead, but Vedad Ibisevic crept between Schalke's dozing centre-backs to ensure a see-saw 45 minutes ended perfectly balanced.

With Schalke still looking nervously over their shoulders and Hertha peering enviously into the top six, neither side was ever going to be happy with a point. Selke stretched Nübel, who responded with stunning flexibility, before Schalke took hold of the game. Steven Skrzybski led a counter-attack that saw Rune Jarstein push over a Suat Serdar before the Norwegian goalkeeper's hands were left stinging by a powerful Skrzybski drive. But the cutting edge both teams had had in the first half had been blunted with even the introduction of Salomon Kalou not providing the spark required to break the deadlock.

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