diff --git a/app/build.gradle.kts b/app/build.gradle.kts
index 4a2303b..d27afcc 100644
--- a/app/build.gradle.kts
+++ b/app/build.gradle.kts
@@ -12,8 +12,8 @@ android {
         applicationId = "dev.castarr.tv"
         minSdk = 26
         targetSdk = 35
-        versionCode = 35
-        versionName = "0.11.2"
+        versionCode = 36
+        versionName = "0.11.3"
     }
 
     // Release signing from environment (see ~/.keys/castarr-release.env on the
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/AppState.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/AppState.kt
index 1377da4..99133bc 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/AppState.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/AppState.kt
@@ -176,6 +176,24 @@ class AppState(
         val further: Int,
     )
 
+    /** How urgent a club menu is right now — drives the rail highlight. */
+    enum class TeamUrgency { NONE, SOON, LIVE }
+
+    /**
+     * LIVE while a match is running, SOON within half an hour of kick-off —
+     * the window in which someone actually wants to be nudged.
+     */
+    fun teamUrgency(matches: List<Pair<Channel, TeamHit>>): TeamUrgency {
+        val now = System.currentTimeMillis()
+        var soon = false
+        matches.forEach { (_, hit) ->
+            val p = hit.programme
+            if (now in p.start until p.stop) return TeamUrgency.LIVE
+            if (p.start in now..(now + SOON_WINDOW_MS)) soon = true
+        }
+        return if (soon) TeamUrgency.SOON else TeamUrgency.NONE
+    }
+
     /**
      * Channels showing the viewer's club within the scanned window, paired
      * with the programme that matched — earliest kick-off first, so whatever
@@ -230,6 +248,9 @@ class AppState(
     private companion object {
         /** Grace period before re-opening the channel just closed. */
         const val REENTRY_GRACE_MS = 2_500L
+
+        /** How far ahead a kick-off counts as "about to start". */
+        const val SOON_WINDOW_MS = 30 * 60 * 1000L
     }
 
     fun isOnline(): Boolean {
diff --git a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/ui/LiveScreen.kt b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/ui/LiveScreen.kt
index 858e0ef..151b981 100644
--- a/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/ui/LiveScreen.kt
+++ b/app/src/main/java/dev/castarr/tv/ui/LiveScreen.kt
@@ -87,6 +87,15 @@ fun LiveScreen(state: AppState) {
     val matchesByTeam = remember(teams, allChannels, epgStamp) {
         teams.associate { it.key to state.teamMatches(it.key) }
     }
+    // Re-evaluates the highlight every minute; without it "gleich" would
+    // only appear when something else happened to recompose.
+    var urgencyTick by remember { mutableStateOf(0) }
+    LaunchedEffect(teams) {
+        while (true) {
+            kotlinx.coroutines.delay(60_000)
+            urgencyTick++
+        }
+    }
     val activeTeam = teams.firstOrNull { it.key == state.activeTeam }
     val activeMatches = activeTeam?.let { matchesByTeam[it.key] }.orEmpty()
     val teamHits = remember(activeMatches) { activeMatches.associate { it.first.url to it.second } }
@@ -189,11 +198,15 @@ fun LiveScreen(state: AppState) {
                 }
             }
             items(teams, key = { it.key }) { club ->
+                val clubMatches = matchesByTeam[club.key].orEmpty()
                 GroupItem(
                     label = club.label,
-                    count = matchesByTeam[club.key]?.size ?: 0,
+                    count = clubMatches.size,
                     selected = state.activeTeam == club.key,
                     leading = { Crest(club, state) },
+                    urgency = remember(clubMatches, urgencyTick) {
+                        state.teamUrgency(clubMatches)
+                    },
                     modifier = intoList.then(
                         if (state.activeTeam == club.key) Modifier.focusRequester(railFocus)
                         else Modifier
@@ -299,6 +312,8 @@ private fun GroupItem(
     selected: Boolean,
     modifier: Modifier = Modifier,
     leading: (@Composable () -> Unit)? = null,
+    /** Replaces the count and adds a dot when a match is on or imminent. */
+    urgency: AppState.TeamUrgency = AppState.TeamUrgency.NONE,
     suppressAutoSelect: () -> Boolean = { false },
     onSelect: () -> Unit,
 ) {
@@ -336,11 +351,32 @@ private fun GroupItem(
                 modifier = Modifier.weight(1f),
             )
             Spacer(Modifier.width(8.dp))
-            Text(
-                "$count",
-                fontFamily = AppFont,
-                fontSize = 12.sp,
-            )
+            when (urgency) {
+                AppState.TeamUrgency.LIVE, AppState.TeamUrgency.SOON -> {
+                    val accent =
+                        if (urgency == AppState.TeamUrgency.LIVE) CastarrColors.live
+                        else CastarrColors.accent
+                    Box(
+                        Modifier
+                            .size(6.dp)
+                            .clip(CircleShape)
+                            .background(accent)
+                    )
+                    Spacer(Modifier.width(6.dp))
+                    Text(
+                        if (urgency == AppState.TeamUrgency.LIVE) "läuft" else "gleich",
+                        color = accent,
+                        fontFamily = AppFont,
+                        fontSize = 12.sp,
+                        fontWeight = FontWeight.SemiBold,
+                    )
+                }
+                AppState.TeamUrgency.NONE -> Text(
+                    "$count",
+                    fontFamily = AppFont,
+                    fontSize = 12.sp,
+                )
+            }
         }
     }
 }