DüSSELDORF. Fortuna Düsseldorf overcomes Schalke 04 5-3 after playing a incredible match.
The match was played at the Merkur Spiel-Arena stadium in Düsseldorf on Saturday and it started at 8:30 pm local time. The referee was Robert Schröder who had the assistance of Jan Clemens Neitzel and Daniel Bartnitzki. The 4th official was Thorben Siewer. The weather was light rain. The temperature was quite cold at 6.61 degrees Celsius or 43.9 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 73%.
Match Statistics
- 55 Ball Possession 45
Shots
- 14 Total 11
- 8 On Target 6
- 6 Off Target 4
- 0 Shots blocked 1
- 106 Attack 80
- 48 Dangerous attack 52
- 22 Ball safe 22
- 0 Penalties 0
- 6 Corners 8
- 2 Off Sides 2
Fouls
- 2 Total 3
- 1 Yellow Cards 2
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 5 Substitutions 5
Ball possession
Fortuna Düsseldorf had a superior ball possession 55% while Schalke 04 was struggling with a 45% ball possession.
Attitude and shots
Schalke 04 was more aggressive with 52 dangerous attacks and 11 shots of which 6 were on target. Nevertheless, Fortuna Düsseldorf was capable to find the solution to win this match.
Fortuna Düsseldorf shot 14 times, 8 on target, 6 off target. Regarding the opposition, Schalke 04 shot 11 times, 6 on target, 4 off target.
Cards
Fortuna Düsseldorf received 1 yellow card (Ao Tanaka). Talking about the opposition, Schalke 04 received 2 yellow cards (Ron Schallenberg and Paul Seguin).
Match Timeline
Standings
After playing this encounter, Fortuna Düsseldorf will have 24 points like SpVgg Greuther Fürth and Elversberg to hold in the 4th place. On the other side, Schalke 04 will stay with 13 points to hold in the 16th place.
Next matches
In the next match in the 2. Bundesliga, Fortuna Düsseldorf will host SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the 20th of April with a 9-6 head to head statistic in favor of SpVgg Greuther Fürth (8 draws).
Schalke 04 will play away agasint SpVgg Greuther Fürth on the 19th of May with a 1-1 head to head statistic.
Fortuna Düsseldorf – Formation
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Fortuna Düsseldorf started with a 4-2-3-1 line-up (4-2-3-1).
The manager Daniel Thioune decided to play with the following team: Florian Kastenmeier
, Emmanuel Iyoha , Jamil Siebert , Tim Christopher Oberdorf , Nicolas Gavory , Marcel Sobottka , Yannik Engelhardt , Felix Klaus , Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson , Christos Tzolis and Vincent Vermeij .The home team had on the bench: Karol Niemczycki, Takashi Uchino, Ao Tanaka
, Jona Niemiec , Shinta Karl Appelkamp , Dennis Jastrzembski and Klaus Sima Suso.Fortuna Düsseldorf could not rely on the presence of Ao Tanaka (injured) and Takashi Uchino (injured).
Substitutions
Fortuna Düsseldorf made 5 changes: Felix Klaus for Shinta Karl Appelkamp (76′), Marcel Sobottka for Ao Tanaka (48′), Nicolas Gavory for Jona Niemiec (90′), Ísak Bergmann Jóhannesson for Dennis Jastrzembski (76′) and Christos Tzolis for Takashi Uchino (90′).
Player of the match: Vincent Vermeij
The most impressive player for Fortuna Düsseldorf was Vincent Vermeij.
His rating is
with 2 goals, 18 passes (61% accurate) and 1 key pass. He won 6 duels out of 11.Schalke 04 – Formation
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Schalke 04 started with a 3-3-2-2 line-up (3-3-2-2).
Karel Geraerts played with: Ralf Fährmann
, Tomáš Kalas , Marcin Kamiński , Derry Murkin , Henning Matriciani , Lino Tempelmann , Ron Schallenberg , Dominick Drexler , Thomas Ouwejan , Bryan Lasme and Kenan Karaman .These were the players on the bench: Paul Seguin
, Simon Terodde, Yusuf Kabadayi, Blendi Idrizi , Timo Baumgartl, Justin Heekeren, Tobias Mohr , Sebastian Polter and Keke Maximilian Topp .Schalke 04 could not rely on the presence of Blendi Idrizi (injured), Keke Maximilian Topp (injured) and Tobias Mohr (injured).
Substitutions
Schalke 04 made 5 changes: Dominick Drexler for Blendi Idrizi (33′), Ron Schallenberg for Keke Maximilian Topp (66′), Lino Tempelmann for Paul Seguin (33′), Thomas Ouwejan for Tobias Mohr (33′) and Bryan Lasme for Sebastian Polter (85′).
Player of the match: Tobias Mohr
The player that probably impressed the most for Schalke 04 was Tobias Mohr.
His rating is
with 30 passes (67% accurate) and 3 key passes. He won 3 duels out of 7. He performed 11 crosses.His performance was exceptional also because he started the match from the bench before entering in the 33′.
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the 2. Bundesliga.
- Osnabrück – Magdeburg – 0-2
- Elversberg – Paderborn – 4-1
- Hansa Rostock – St. Pauli – 2-3
- Fortuna Düsseldorf – Schalke 04 – 5-3