GELSENKIRCHEN. VfL Wolfsburg didn’t concede much to Schalke 04 to lock the result on a 0-0 scoreline on Friday..

M. Arnold squandered a decisive penalty (9′). That would have allowed VfL Wolfsburg to win the match.​

M. Arnold didn’t convert 1 penalty (9′) for ​VfL Wolfsburg.

The match was played at the VELTINS-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen on Friday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. In front of 60,836 spectators.​ The referee was Benjamin Brand assisted by Thomas Stein and Christian Leicher. The 4th official was Martin Thomsen. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 6.4 degrees Celsius or 43.5 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 78%.​

Match Statistics​

Ball possession

There was not much difference in terms of ball possession. Schalke 04 was in possession of the ball for 53% of the time vs. VfL Wolfsburg that controlled the ball for 47% of the time.

Attitude and shots

Schalke 04 was more aggressive with 62 dangerous attacks and 24 shots of which 6 were on target. However, that was not enough Schalke 04 to win the match​.

Schalke 04 shot 24 times, 6 on target, 14 off target. On the opposite side, VfL Wolfsburg shot 8 times, 2 on target, 4 off target.

Cards

Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card (Rodrigo Zalazar ). Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg received 4 yellow cards (P. Wimmer, Yannick Gerhardt, Josuha Guilavogui and Mattias Svanberg).

Standings

After playing this contest, Schalke 04 will have 12 points to sit in the 18th place. Talking about the opposition, VfL Wolfsburg will have 30 points to sit in the 7th place.

Next matches

In the next match in the Bundesliga, Schalke 04 will play away with VfL Bochum 1848 on the 4th of March with a 8-3 head to head statistic in favor of Schalke 04 (1 draw).

VfL Wolfsburg will host Eintracht Frankfurt on the 5th of March with a 15-6 head to head in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (13 draws).

Schalke 04 – Formation

Schalke 04 adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

The manager Thomas Reis decided to play with the following team: Ralf Fährmann (7.0), Cedric Brunner (6.6), Maya Yoshida (7.3), Moritz Jenz (6.5), Jere Uronen (6.8), Alex Král (6.9), Tom Krauß (6.8), Soichiro Kozuki (6.6), Rodrigo Zalazar (7.6), Tim Skarke (6.4) and Michael Frey (7.0).

The home team had on the bench: Dominick Drexler (6.5), Henning Matriciani, Thomas Ouwejan, Mehmet Aydin (6.2), Simon Terodde, Kenan Karaman, Marius Bülter (7.2), Éder Balanta and Alexander Schwolow.

Substitutions

Schalke 04 made 4 changes: Tim Skarke for Marius Bülter (46′), Cédric Brunner for Mehmet-Can Aydin (63′), S. Kozuki for Dominick Drexler (73′) and Michael Frey for Simon Terodde (87′).

Best player: Rodrigo Zalazar​

Following our analysis, the most impressive player for Schalke 04 was Rodrigo Zalazar.

His rating is (7.6) with 18 passes (61% accurate) and 4 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 12 crosses.

VfL Wolfsburg – Formation

Also VfL Wolfsburg adopted the 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).

Niko Kovač played with: Koen Casteels (7.3), Ridle Baku (6.6), Sebastiaan Bornauw (6.8), Micky van de Ven (7.1), Paulo Otávio (7.3), Maximilian Arnold (6.0), Yannick Gerhardt (6.3), Patrick Wimmer (7.0), Mattias Svanberg (6.3), Jakub Kamiński (6.2) and Jonas Wind (7.4).

These were the players on the bench: Omar Marmoush, Josuha Guilavogui (6.2), Maxence Lacroix (6.8), Felix Nmecha (6.6), Lukas Nmecha, Pavao Pervan, Luca Waldschmidt, Kevin Paredes (6.8) and Nicolas Cozza.

Substitutions

VfL Wolfsburg made 4 changes: Sebastiaan Bornauw for Maxence Lacroix (53′), Yannick Gerhardt for Felix Nmecha (53′), P. Wimmer for Kevin Paredes (53′) and M. Arnold for Josuha Guilavogui (87′).

Best player: Jonas Wind​

As per our analysis, the most impressive player for VfL Wolfsburg was Jonas Wind.

His rating is (7.4) with 28 passes (57% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 11 duels out of 21.

Results of the day

These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.​

• Schalke 04 – VfL Wolfsburg – 0-0