Cameroon internationals Joel and Marvin Matip went head-to-head for the first time in the Bundesliga on Saturday when Joel's Schalke were held 1-1 by Ingolstadt, captained by brother Marvin.

It was the 24th time brothers have been on opposing teams in the Bundesliga and Joel specially ordered 15 tickets so family members could go to the game.

Ingolstadt took a shock first-half lead through Tobias Levels at Gelsenkirchen's Veltins Arena.

But it was the Matip brothers' Cameroon team-mate Eric Choupo-Moting who provided the final pass for Germany Under-21 striker Leroy Sane to head home the equaliser on 77 minutes.

The Matip brothers were born to a German mother in Bochum, but father Jean has lived in Germany since 1975 and seen both of his sons play for Cameroon.

The 55-year-old said he would be wearing the green shirt of Cameroon in Gelsenkirchen as he did not want to favour either son, whose educations he funded to make sure their dreams of playing professional football came true.

"Since the boys were six years old, I told them there'd be no football without your abitur (university entrance exam)," he told German daily Bild.

"They went to a private school, otherwise it wouldn't have worked."

Having risen up through Schalke's academy, strapping centre-back Joel, 24, made his league debut for the Royal Blues in November 2009.

Despite an approach from the German Football Association (DFB), he opted for Cameroon and made his debut for the Indomitable Lions in a friendly against Italy in March 2010.

Marvin, 30, was included in the Cameroon squad in 2008, but his name had to be taken off the list as he had already played for Germany at under-20 level and an application had to be made to FIFA to allow him to switch.

He eventually made his senior international debut in 2013 and the centre-back is now captaining Ingolstadt in their first campaign in Germany's top flight after they won the second division last season.