GELSENKIRCHEN. Schalke 04 bounces back against Borussia Dortmund with a goal on the N. Schlotterbeck 38′ and a goal on the R. Guerreiro 60′. Borussia Dortmund was decisively superior in terms of ball possession (66%)
The match was played at the VELTINS-Arena stadium in Gelsenkirchen on Saturday and it started at 6:30 pm local time. In front of 61,571 spectators. The referee was Marco Fritz who was helped by Dominik Schaal and Marcel Pelgrim. The 4th official was Sven Waschitzki. The weather was cloudy. The temperature was quite cold at 1.8 degrees Celsius or 35.29 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 70%.
Match Statistics
- ! 34 Ball Possession 66
Shots
- 10 Total 20
- 4 On Target 8
- 6 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 8
- 98 Attack 118
- 30 Dangerous attack 42
- 90 Ball safe 98
- 0 Penalties 0
- 3 Corners 6
- 1 Off Sides 1
Fouls
- 16 Total 8
- 1 Yellow Cards 1
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 3
Ball possession
Borussia Dortmund had a strong ball possession 66% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 34% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Borussia Dortmund was putting more pressure with 42 dangerous attacks and 20 shots of which 8 were on target. However, that was not enough Borussia Dortmund to win the match.
Schalke 04 shot 10 times, 4 on target, 6 off target. Talking about the opposition, Borussia Dortmund shot 20 times, 8 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Schalke 04 received 1 yellow card (Cédric Brunner). Talking about the opposition, Borussia Dortmund received 1 yellow card (Emre Can).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this contest, Schalke 04 will have 20 points like VfB Stuttgart to hold in the 17th place. Regarding the opposition, Borussia Dortmund will have 50 points to remain in the 2nd place.
Next matches
Schalke 04 – Formation
Schalke 04
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Schalke 04 adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
The manager Thomas Reis decided to play with the following team: Ralf Fährmann , Cedric Brunner , Maya Yoshida , Moritz Jenz , Henning Matriciani , Mehmet Aydin , Alex Král , Tom Krauß , Rodrigo Zalazar , Michael Frey and Marius Bülter .
The home team had on the bench: Niklas Tauer, Kenan Karaman , Éder Balanta , Tobias Mohr , Simon Terodde , Marcin Kamiński, Joey Paul Müller, Alexander Schwolow and Leo Greiml.
Substitutions
Schalke 04 made 4 changes: Rodrigo Zalazar for Kenan Karaman (68′), Michael Frey for Simon Terodde (74′), T. Krauß for Éder Balanta (74′) and M. Aydin for Tobias Mohr (74′).
Best player: Marius Bülter
The most impressive player for Schalke 04 was Marius Bülter.
His rating is with 1 goal, 10 passes (60% accurate) and 3 key passes. He was won 3 duels out of 16. He performed 6 crosses.
Borussia Dortmund – Formation
Borussia Dortmund
Also Borussia Dortmund adopted the aggressive line-up (4-3-3).
Edin Terzic played with: Alexander Meyer , Marius Wolf , Mats Hummels , Nico Schlotterbeck , Julian Ryerson , Raphaël Guerreiro , Emre Can , Jude Bellingham , Donyell Malen , Sébastien Haller and Jamie Bynoe-Gittens .
They had on the bench: Justin Njinmah, Anthony Modeste , Salih Özcan, Thomas Meunier, Niklas Süle, Mahmoud Dahoud , Felix Passlack, Marcel Laurenz Lotka and Giovanni Reyna .
Substitutions
Borussia Dortmund made 3 changes: Jamie Bynoe-Gittens for Mahmoud Dahoud (68′), Sébastien Haller for Anthony Modeste (80′) and D. Malen for Giovanni Reyna (80′).
Best player: Raphaël Guerreiro
As per our analysis, the most impressive player for Borussia Dortmund was Raphaël Guerreiro.
His rating is with 1 goal, 49 passes (89% accurate) and 2 key passes. He was won 5 duels out of 7. He performed 4 crosses.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- Schalke 04 – Borussia Dortmund – 2-2
- Hertha BSC – FSV Mainz 05 – 1-1
- Eintracht Frankfurt – VfB Stuttgart – 1-1
- RB Leipzig – Borussia Mönchengladbach – 3-0
- FC Bayern München – FC Augsburg – 5-3
